# Hans-Joachim Voth research papers

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## Papers
- Spatial Unit Roots in Regressions: A Practitioner's Guide and Stata Package: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/spatial-unit-roots.html
- Going Viral: Protests and Political Polarization in 1932 Hamburg: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/going-viral.html
- Fighting for Growth: Labor Scarcity and Technological Progress During the British Industrial Revolution: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/fighting-for-growth.html
- Image(s): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/images.html
- Slavery and the British Industrial Revolution: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/slavery-british-industrial-revolution.html
- Never Enough: Dynamic Status Incentives in Organizations: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/never-enough.html
- Transmitting Terror: Radio and Repression in Stalin's Soviet Union: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/transmitting-terror.html
- Legacy on Deck: Skill Transmission and Occupational Dynasties in the Royal Navy: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/legacy-on-deck.html
- American Life Histories: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/american-life-histories.html
- From the Death of God to the Rise of Hitler: https://www.jvoth.com/papers/death-of-god-rise-hitler.html

## Published papers
- Highway to Hitler (American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2026): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/highway-to-hitler.html
- New Deal, New Patriots: How 1930s Government Spending Boosted Patriotism during World War II (Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/new-deal-new-patriots.html
- Collective Remembrance and Private Choice: German-Greek Conflict and Consumer Behavior in Times of Crisis (American Political Science Review, 2023): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/collective-remembrance-german-greek.html
- Financial Crises and Political Radicalization: How Failing Banks Paved Hitler's Path to Power (Journal of Finance, 2022): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/financial-crises-political-radicalization.html
- Killer Incentives: Status Competition and Pilot Performance during World War II (Review of Economic Studies, 2022): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/killer-incentives.html
- Sweet Diversity: Colonial Goods and the Welfare Gains from Global Trade after 1492 (Explorations in Economic History, 2022): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/sweet-diversity.html
- The Long-Run Effects of Religious Persecution: Evidence from the Spanish Inquisition (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/religious-persecution-spanish-inquisition.html
- Rage Against the Machines: Labor-Saving Technology and Unrest in Industrializing England (American Economic Review: Insights, 2020): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/rage-against-the-machines.html
- Bowling for Fascism: Social Capital and the Rise of the Nazi Party (Journal of Political Economy, 2017): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/bowling-for-fascism.html
- Leverage and Beliefs: Personal Experience and Risk-Taking in Margin Lending (American Economic Review, 2016): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/leverage-and-beliefs.html
- Nazi Indoctrination and Anti-Semitic Beliefs in Germany (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/taught-to-hate.html
- State Capacity and Military Conflict (Review of Economic Studies, 2015): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/state-capacity-military-conflict.html
- Numeracy and the Impact of High Food Prices in Industrializing Britain, 1780-1850 (Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/numeracy-food-prices.html
- How the West "Invented" Fertility Restriction (American Economic Review, 2013): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/how-the-west-invented-fertility-restriction.html
- The Three Horsemen of Riches: Plague, War, and Urbanization in Early Modern Europe (Review of Economic Studies, 2013): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/three-horsemen-of-riches.html
- Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany (Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2012): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/persecution-perpetuated.html
- Lending to the Borrower from Hell: Debt and Default in the Age of Philip II, 1556-1598 (Economic Journal, 2011): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/lending-to-the-borrower-from-hell.html
- Serial Defaults, Serial Profits: Returns to Sovereign Lending in Habsburg Spain, 1566-1600 (Explorations in Economic History, 2011): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/serial-defaults-serial-profits.html
- Betting on Hitler: The Value of Political Connections in Nazi Germany (Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/betting-on-hitler.html
- Interest Rate Restrictions in a Natural Experiment: Loan Allocation and the Change in the Usury Laws in 1714 (Economic Journal, 2008): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/interest-rate-restrictions-usury-1714.html
- Why England? Demographic Factors, Structural Change and Physical Capital Accumulation during the Industrial Revolution (Journal of Economic Growth, 2006): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/why-england.html
- Riding the South Sea Bubble (American Economic Review, 2004): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/riding-the-south-sea-bubble.html
- With a Bang, Not a Whimper: Pricking Germany's "Stock Market Bubble" in 1927 and the Slide into Depression (Journal of Economic History, 2003): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/with-a-bang-not-a-whimper.html
- Factor Prices and Productivity Growth during the British Industrial Revolution (Explorations in Economic History, 2003): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/factor-prices-productivity-growth.html
- Human Capital, Equipment Investment, and Industrialization (European Economic Review, 1998): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/human-capital-equipment-investment.html
- Time and Work in Eighteenth-Century London (Journal of Economic History, 1998): https://www.jvoth.com/papers/time-and-work-18th-century-london.html