Robert E. Wright

Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858

United States

Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

22

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Scholarly Papers (22)

1.

The Modern Corporation Statement on Economics

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 05 Nov 2016
University of Massachusetts Lowell, SOAS, University of London, The University of Manchester - Division of Accounting and Finance, University of Geneva, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) - School of Economic and Social Research (IRES), Université Paris VII Denis Diderot, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Economics and Politics, University College London - Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, The Open University - Department of Political Economics, Kingston University, London, University of Edinburgh, Lancaster University - Politics, Philosophy & Religion, De Montfort University - Faculty of Business and Law, University of Gothenburg, Lancaster University, Roskilde University, University of Haifa, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, University of Bremen, HEC Paris, Manchester Metropolitan University, Central Michigan University - Department of Economics, University of Glasgow, Middlesex University, Curtin University, ESSEC Business School, Technological University Dublin, University of the West of England, Princeton University, University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Greenwich, Jawaharlal Nehru University - Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), University of Bristol, University of London Institute in Paris, University of Glasgow, University of Portsmouth, University of Brighton, University of the West of England (UWE), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Sciences Po Lille, Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel - Sociology and Anthropology, University of Warwick - Department of Economics, Manchester Metropolitan University - Cheshire, University of Glasgow, Open University, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) - Economics, Liverpool Hope University, Birmingham City University, University of Wolverhampton, University of Alberta - Department of Accounting, Operations & Information Systems, University of Edinburgh, SOAS, University of London, Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), Durham Business School, IE Business School, University of Gothenburg - School of Business, Economics and Law, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Independent, University of York, Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business, Morgan State University, Independent, College of Business, United Arab Emirates University, University of Bristol, Wellesley College - Department of Economics, The University of Manchester - School of Law, State University of New York (SUNY), Empire State College, Business School Aalborg UniversityWorld Economic Forum, University of Warwick - Warwick Law School, Alfaisal University - College of Science and General Studies, Université Grenoble Alpes, University of Leicester - School of Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, University of Toronto - Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, City University London - The Business SchoolCardiff Business School and Nyenrode Business university
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Economics, Corporate, Governance, Shareholder, Value, Executives, Tax, Inequality, Stakeholder

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Reducing Recidivism

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Jan 2021
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics
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criminality modeling; desistance; entrepreneurship education; recidivism; structural barriers to human flourishing

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Scale and Scope in Early American Business History: The "Fortune 500" of 1812 

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 224
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 Oct 2024
Richard Sylla and Robert E. Wright
New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics and Central Michigan University - Department of Economics
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Fortune 500, Structure of US Economy, Early American Business History

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banks and banking, bank failures, community banks, community banking, unit banks, unit banking, mutual savings banks, mutual savings banking, corporate governance, bank management, financial history, business history

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State 'Currencies' and the Transition to the U.S. Dollar: Clarifying Some Confusions

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Jan 2004
Ronald W. Michener and Robert E. Wright
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Central Michigan University - Department of Economics
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Monetary union, exchange rates, United States of America, Pennsylvania, history

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Observations on the Composition of Colonial Pennsylvania's Money Supply

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Apr 2005
Ronald W. Michener and Robert E. Wright
University of Virginia - Department of Economics and Central Michigan University - Department of Economics
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monetary history, Pennsylvania, medium of exchange, unit of account

7.

Business History > Piketty

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2015
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics
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Thomas Piketty; Capital in the 21st Century; wealth inequality; income inequality; corporate governance; rates of return

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Early American Tax Havens

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Jun 2018
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics
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Tax Haven, Tax Arbitrage, Tax Capitalization, Tax Amortization

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Community, Mega, and Goldilocks Banks in U.S. History

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Mar 2015
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics
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community banks, large banks, regional banks

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Private Ownership of Canals, Railways, Bridges, and Other Transportation Infrastructure

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Apr 2024
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics
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transportation network spontaneous development, ownership of bridges, canals, railroads, turnpikes

11.

History and Evolution of the North American Wildlife Conservation Model

Posted: 29 Sep 2020
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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conservation; scientific wildlife management; policy persistence

12.

Reinsurance in America: Regulatory Regimes and Markets

Posted: 03 Jun 2018
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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Financial History, Insurance History, Reinsurance, Alternative Risk Transfer Mechanisms, Insurance Regulation

13.

From Jim Crow Finance to Subprime Shenanigans: Expunging Financial Exclusion, Discrimination, and Predation from America

Posted: 15 Feb 2017
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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United States, financial history, financial discrimination, financial exclusion, financial inclusion, financial predation

14.

The Poverty of Slavery: How Enslavers Victimize Us All

Posted: 16 Apr 2016
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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slavery, negative externalities, economic growth

15.

Devolution of the Republican Model of Anglo-American Corporate Governance

Posted: 18 Mar 2015
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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corporate governance, history of corporations, theories of governance

16.

Corporation Nation: Rise and Demise of the American Economic Juggernaut

Posted: 29 May 2011
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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corporate governance, policy reform, economic history, financial history, business history, U.S. economic growth and (in)stability

17.

The Private Provision of Transportation Infrastructure in Antebellum America: Lessons and Warnings

Posted: 07 Feb 2009
Robert E. Wright and Brian Phillips Murphy
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics and Baruch College Department of History

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transportation infrastructure, market failures, government failures, hybrid failures, public goods, private ownership

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Alexander Hamilton, Central Banker: Crisis Management During the U.S. Financial Panic of 1792

Business History Review, Vol. 83, pp. 61-86, Spring 2009
Posted: 30 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2011
Richard Sylla, Robert E. Wright and David J. Cowen
New York University - Stern School of Business, Department of Economics, Central Michigan University - Department of Economics and Quasar Capital Partners

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Panic of 1792, Alexander Hamilton, Bagehot's Rules, government bonds, securities markets, financial crises

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Insuring America: Market, Intermediated, and Government Risk Management Since 1790

Posted: 09 Nov 2007
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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insurance, history, regulation, taxation, mutuality, United States of America

20.

Firm Labor Choices in America before the Civil War: A Simple Model

Posted: 15 Apr 2007
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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slaves, slavery, wage laborers, wage labor, economic history

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Entrepreneurship in Pre-War South Carolina: A Case of Southern Corporate Capitalism

Posted: 07 Nov 2006
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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South Carolina, corporate capitalism, entrepreneurs, American South

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The Beet Sugar Entrepreneurs of Antebellum America: An Industry's Failure and an Economy's Success

Posted: 30 Oct 2006
Robert E. Wright
Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

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beet sugar, entrepreneurs, capital markets, economic growth