Leunig, Timothy


Dr Timothy Leunig  

Department

Position held

Department of Economic History

Lecturer

Experience keywords:

Britain: cotton industry; industry; performance; industrial structure; labour turnover; learning by doing; railways; labour productivity; performance housing market; USA: American firms performance

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Britain

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

020 7955 7857

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2010

Leunig, Tim (2010) The glamour of speed: an analysis of postwar investment in Britain's railways. In: Hood, Christopher and Margetts, Helen, (eds.) Paradoxes of modernization: unintended consequences of public policy reform. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199573547

2009

Leunig, Tim and Humphries, Jane (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

2008

Leunig, Tim (2008) Were British railway companies well-managed in early twentieth century? Economic history review, Early view 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

2007

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

2006

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

2005

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 (2005) Time is money : a re-assessment of the passenger social savings from Victorian British Railways. Economic History Department, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2004

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

2003

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

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

2002

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

2001

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.

2000

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

1998

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

1996

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

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