Leunig, Timothy

Leunig, Tim (2013) Understanding the English economy 1381–1869: editor's introduction. Explorations in economic history, 50 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN 0014-4983

Leunig, Tim (2012) How to cut the cost of railways and keep fares down. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) David Cameron’s housing benefit proposal is nothing but a gimmick. Building more houses is a better way to cut the housing benefit bill. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) The TaxPayers’ Alliance and Institute of Directors have just produced a new report on the British Tax System. Some parts are good, some are plain silly. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) Water companies should incentivise businesses to use less water and charge households that use high amounts more per unit. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) This was a Tory budget from a Tory Chancellor. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) With the budget on the horizon, the government should take the opportunity to create a fairer and more equal tax system for pensioners. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) With one in seven shops now lying empty, high street retail must go where the money is in order to survive. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) The proposed benefit cap for those out of work means that government expects people to live on 62p per day. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) Political pressure may encourage ‘responsible capitalism’ in the short term. But more competition and higher educational standards are needed in the long term. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) It’s official: waivers and bursaries don’t attract students. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) More than 1 in 3 Welsh graduates leave Wales to work. The importance of universities is massively increased if graduates stay in the area. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) Without a rise in German wages, 2012 may see the beginning of the breakup of the Eurozone. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2012) The Liberal Democrats and supply-side economics. Economic affairs, 32 (2). pp. 17-20. ISSN 0265-0665

Leunig, Tim (2011) History tells us that we can get out of the current economic slump if government guarantees low interest rates, rising prices, and provides a more sensible planning system. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) Without a greater focus on education, the government’s strategy of transferring more power to cities may struggle to deliver growth. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) The right to strike is an important one, but the public and private sectors should be treated equally: government should ensure that when unions ballot members simultaneously, ballots are counted separately by employers. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) National Insurance is complex and pointless and should be merged with income tax. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) We need to invest much more in our schools. A better educated Britain is better for employers and for improving social mobility.. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) George Osborne's Comprehensive Spending Review has yielded few surprises. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Beckett, Charlie and Cammaerts, Bart and Carrera, Leandro N. and Leunig, Tim (2011) All change in the UK’s welfare state?: first thoughts on what policy commitments should go, and which should not. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) We need hundreds of thousands of new homes in Britain. But in its present form, the government’s proposed new planning framework is not likely to deliver them. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Ball, Michael and Barker, Kate and Cheshire, Paul and Evans, Alan and Fernández Arrigoitia, Melissa and Gordon, Ian and Holman, Nancy and Leunig, Tim and Mace, Alan and Meen, Geoff and Monk, Sarah and Overman, Henry G. and Power, Anne and Scanlon, Kathleen and Rode, Philipp and Tonkiss, Fran and Travers, Tony and Whitehead, Christine M E (2011) The government’s planned National Planning Policy Framework is a step in the right direction, but policy makers must ensure they get the incentives right, and that decisions are made locally. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) While Cameron’s vision is seriously constrained by the economy, his government’s advantage is that the alternative is still tainted by the past. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) Labour’s proposed tuition fees cap does not change the fact that most graduates will never earn enough to repay their loans. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) When planning for new housing developments, we must make sure they are built where people actually want to live. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) The rise in global gas prices is being passed on disproportionately to the poor by utility companies. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) Conditional discharges for looters that come forward would be a first step towards community reconciliation in the wake of the recent riots. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) Poor pupil performance is more about poverty than school quality. We must ensure our schools work for poor children in all places. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) Measuring economic performance and social progress. European review of economic history, 15 (2). pp. 357-363. ISSN 1361-4916

Leunig, Tim (2011) Growth figures show that Britain is essentially going backwards. Bringing forward the £10,000 tax allowance is the best option to encourage growth. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) The Office of Fair Access has failed: university fees have been allowed to rise too high and are disproportionate to graduate incomes. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) The News International phone-hacking saga threatens to retoxify the Tory brand. Cameron needs to be ruthless to save his reputation. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) The Higher Education White Paper is a good start at introducing real competition between universities for academic places. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) Abolishing quotas for students with high A level grades will not drive down university fees. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) The government’s proposed cap on benefits is based upon a questionable grasp of how the benefits system actually works, and would exacerbate difficulties for poor, out of work families.. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim and Minns, Chris and Wallis, Patrick (2011) Networks in the premodern economy: the market for London apprenticeships, 1600-1749. Journal of economic history, 71 (2). pp. 413-443. ISSN 0022-0507

Leunig, Tim (2011) Budget 2011: The new flat rate pension will reduce poverty among the retired, but employers who offer good pensions may be penalised financially as a result. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) Housing is expensive in Britain. This is because we have built too few houses for the number of new households – land auctions will help give us the homes we need. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) Budget 2011: Fiscally neutral, and some ‘radical’ planning changes, but the devil is definitely in the detail. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2011) Only competitive tension will keep student fees down – it is time to quit the quotas. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Crafts, Nicholas and Leunig, Tim and Mulatu, Abay (2011) Corrigendum: were British railway companies well managed in the early twentieth century? Economic history review, 64 (1). pp. 351-356. ISSN 0013-0117

Leunig, Timothy (2010) Post-Second World War British railways: the unintended consequences of insufficient government intervention. In: Margetts, Helen and 6, Perri and Hood, Christopher, (eds.) Paradoxes of modernization: unintended consequences of public policy reform . Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 155-184. ISBN 9780199573547

Hills, John and Wehner, Joachim and Dunleavy, Patrick and Cammaerts, Bart and Leunig, Tim (2010) The ‘emergency’ budget – solving the UK’s problems?: or creating the basis for new crises?. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2010) Post-world war II British railways: the unintended consequences of insufficient government intervention. In: Margetts, Helen and 6, Perri and Hood, Christopher, (eds.) Paradoxes of modernization: unintended consequences of public policy reform. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199573547

Bouçek, Françoise and Jones, George W. and Wilks-Heeg, Stuart and Travers, Tony and Beckett, Charlie and Hosein, Gus and Carrera, Leandro N. and Leunig, Tim (2010) LSE election experts reflect on the election result. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Jones, George W. and Bouçek, Francoise and Hagemann, Sara and Leunig, Tim and Carrera, Leandro N. (2010) Eve of the election: reflections from election experts. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2010) Third debate – economic affairs: what our experts said. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Leunig, Tim (2010) Hard choices in UK public policy – railways. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Crafts, Nicholas and Leunig, Tim and Mulatu, Abay (2010) Were British railway companies well-managed in the early twentieth century? Economic History Working Papers, 137/10. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Leunig, Tim (2010) Social savings. Journal of economic surveys, 24 (5). pp. 775-800. ISSN 0950-0804

Humphries, Jane and Leunig, Tim (2009) Cities, market integration and going to sea: stunting and the standard of living in early nineteenth century England and Wales. Economic history review, 62 (2). pp. 458-478. ISSN 0013-0117

Leunig, Tim and Marrison, Andrew and Broadberry, Stephen (2009) Selling English cotton into the world market: implications for the rationalisation debate 1900 - 1939. In: Wilson, John F., (ed.) King cotton: a tribute to Douglas A. Farnie. Carnegie Publishing Ltd., Lancaster, UK, pp. 39-58. ISBN 9781905472093

Humphries, Jane and Leunig, Timothy (2009) Was Dick Whittington taller than those he left behind?: anthropometric measures, migration and the quality of life in early nineteenth century London?. Explorations in economic history, 46 (1). pp. 120-131. ISSN 0014-4983

Crafts, Nicholas and Leunig, Tim and Mulatu, Abay (2008) Were British railway companies well-managed in early twentieth century? Economic history review, 61 (4). pp. 842-866. ISSN 1468-0289

Leunig, Tim and Overman, Henry G. (2008) Spatial patterns of development and the British housing market. Oxford review of economic policy, 24 (1). pp. 59-78. ISSN 0266-903X

Crafts, Nicholas and Leunig, Tim and Mulatu, Abay (2007) Were British railway companies well-managed in the early twentieth century? Working papers in large-scale technological change, 10/07. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Humphries, Jane and Leunig, Tim (2007) Was Dick Whittington taller than those he left behind?: anthropometric measures, migration and the quality of life in early nineteenth century London. Economic History Working Papers, 101/07. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Leunig, Tim (2006) Time is money: a re-assessment of the passenger social savings from Victorian British railways. Journal of economic history, 66 (3). pp. 635-673. ISSN 1471-6372

Leunig, Tim and Voth, Hans-Joachim (2006) Comment on Oxley’s "Seat of death and terror". Economic history review, 59 (3). pp. 607-616. ISSN 1468-0289

Leunig, Tim and Voth, Hans-Joachim (2006) Height and the high life: what future for a tall story? In: David, Paul A. and Thomas, Mark, (eds.) The economic future in historical perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 419-438. ISBN 9780197263471

Leunig, Tim (2005) Time is money: a re-assessment of the passenger social savings from Victorian British railways. Working papers in large-scale technological change, 09/05. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Leunig, Tim (2004) Turning NIMBYs into IMBYs. Town and country planning, 73 (12). pp. 357-359. ISSN 0040-9960

Leunig, Tim (2003) Piece rates and learning: understanding work and production in the New England textile industry a century ago.. Economic History Working Papers, 72/03. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Leunig, Tim (2003) A British industrial success: productivity in the Lancashire and New England cotton spinning industries a century ago. Economic history review, 56 (1). pp. 90-117. ISSN 1468-0289

Leunig, Tim (2003) Cotton industry: technological change. In: Mokyr, Joel, (ed.) The Oxford encyclopedia of economic history. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 24-29. ISBN 0195105079

Leunig, Tim (2002) Can profitable arbitrage opportunities in the raw cotton market explain Britain’s continued preference for mule spinning? Economic History Working Papers, 69/02. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Leunig, Tim (2001) Britannia ruled the waves. Economic History Working Papers, 66/01. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Leunig, Tim (2001) New answers to old questions : explaining the slow adoption of ring spinning in Lancashire, 1880-1913. Journal of economic history, 61 (2). pp. 439-466. ISSN 1471-6372

Leunig, Tim and Voth, Hans-Joachim (2001) Smallpox really did reduce height : a reply to Razzell. Economic history review, 54 (1). pp. 110-114. ISSN 1468-0289

Leunig, Tim and Voth, Hans-Joachim (2001) Height and the high life – what future for a tall story? In: David, Paul A. and Thomas, Mark, (eds.) The economic future in historical perspective. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 419-438. ISBN 0197262376.

Leunig, Tim (2000) New answers to old questions: explaining the slow adoption of ring spinning in Lancashire, 1880-1913. Economic History Working Papers, 60/00. Department of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Leunig, Tim (1998) The myth of the corporate economy: factor costs, industrial structure and technological choice in the Lancashire and New England cotton textile industries, 1900-1913. The journal of economic history, 58 (2). pp. 528-531. ISSN 0022-0507

Leunig, Tim and Voth, Hans-Joachim (1998) Smallpox did reduce height : a reply to our critics. Economic history review, 51 (2). pp. 372-381. ISSN 1468-0289

Voth, Hans-Joachim and Leunig, Tim (1996) Did smallpox reduce height?: stature and the standard of living in London, 1770-1873. Economic history review, 49 (3). pp. 541-560. ISSN 1468-0289

Leunig, Tim (1996) The myth of the corporate economy: Great Britain's cotton textile industry, 1900 - 1913. Business and economic history, 25 (2). pp. 53-67. ISSN 0849-6825