Jared Rubin

 

RESEARCH

 

Fields of Concentration                

 

Economic History

Economics of Religion

Applied Microeconomic Theory

Law and Economics

 

Statistical Appendices to Published Works

 

Appendix of Proofs to “Social Insurance, Commitment, and the Origin of Law: Interest Bans in Early Christianity”

 

Publications

 

“Bills of Exchange, Interest Bans, and Impersonal Exchange in Islam and Christianity,” Explorations in Economic History: forthcoming.

 

“Social Insurance, Commitment, and the Origin of Law: Interest Bans in Early Christianity,” Journal of Law & Economics 52, no. 4 (2009): forthcoming.

 

"Restricting Access to Books on the Internet: Some Unanticipated Effects of U.S. Copyright Legislation," Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues 5, no. 1 (2008): 23-53, with Paul A. David

 

“The Lender’s Curse: A New Look at the Origin and Persistence of Interest Bans Throughout History,” Dissertation Summary, Journal of Economic History 68, no. 2 (2008): 575-579.

 

Working and Submitted Papers

 

“Institutions, the Rise of Commerce, and the Persistence of Laws: Interest Restrictions in Islam & Christianity” (February 2009 Version)

 

“Centralized Institutions and Sudden Economic Change ”

 

“Reading, Writing, and Religion: Explaining Hindu and Muslim Literacy Differences in Colonial India”, with Latika Chaudhary (August 2009 Version)

 

“Guns and Books: Legitimacy and Technology Change in the Ottoman Empire and Europe”, with Metin M. Coşgel and Thomas J. Miceli (September 2009 Version)

 

 “The Prophet Function: An Economic Theory of Sacred Space and Spiritual Capital”, with Laurence R. Iannaccone and Colleen E. Haight

 

Works in Progress

 

“The Economics of Legitimacy”

 

“Political Legitimacy and Technology Adoption” (with Metin M. Coşgel and Thomas J. Miceli)

 

 “Keeping the Club Kosher: Endogenous Group Formation via Unproductive Costs” (with Jason Aimone, Laurence R. Iannaccone, and Michael Makowsky)

 

“Leadership in the Lab” (with Jason Aimone, Michael Makowsky, and Sandy Peart)

 

“Indefinitely Renewable Copyright?” (with Paul A. David)

 

“A Simple Regression Model of the Copyright Renewal Rate” (with Paul A. David)

 

Book Reviews

 

EH.Net Review: M. Umer Chapra’s Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform

 

Other Publications

 

“Institutions and Interest Laws in Islam and Christianity”, Lighthouse Economic Review, July 2009.

 

"How Many Scanned Books on the Web?" (with Paul A. David), SIEPR Policy Brief, Stanford University, December 2008.