Gavin Wright
William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History
Contact Info:
write@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~write
Page in Stanford Directory
Phone: 650-723-3837
Office: Landau 329
Office hours: Monday 3:30-5 pm
Interests
- Research: American economic history, the U.S. South, technology, natural resources and economic development
- Current Research: The economics of the Civil Rights revolution in the American South
- Teaching: American economic history, graduate and undergraduate, introductory economics, social science history workshop
- Professional Affiliations:
AEA, Economic History Association, Cliometrics Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Recent Publications
(1) “Order Without Law? Property Rights During the California Gold Rush” (with Karen Clay), Explorations in Economic History, 2005
(2) “Resource-Based Growth Past and Present” (with Jesse Czelusta), in Natural Resources: Neither Curse Nor Destiny (World Bank) Stanford University Press, 2007
(3) “Slavery and American Economic Development,” LSU Press, 2006
List of Stanford Working Papers
Current Courses
| Winter | ECON 1 Introductory Economics A |
| Spring | ECON 116 American Economic History |
Education
Ph.D., Yale University; B.A., Swarthmore College