John A. James

John A. James

Professor

E-mail:
Phone: 434-924-3525

Address:
PO Box 400182
Department of Economics
Monroe Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4182

Research Interests

Economic history

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (BA), Rice University
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Current Downloadable Papers

A Note on Wage Inflation in the 1930s U.S. (.pdf)

Research Papers

"Economic Instability in 19th Century America," American Economic Review, 1993;

"Job Tenure in the Gilded Age," The Historical Evolution of Labor Markets, 1994;

Capitalism in Context, ed., University of Chicago Press, 1994;

"Reconstructing the Pattern of American Unemployment Before World War I," Economica, 1995;

"The Risk and Fall of the Commercial Paper Market, 1900-1930," Anglo-American Finance: Financial Markets and Institutions in the 20th Century.