Susan Wolcott

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Advising hours (PDF, 41 KB)

PhD (1988), Stanford University
Economic History, Labor Economics, International Economics

Homepage: http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~swolcott/
Professional information: Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

1. "Why Nations Fail: Profits and Managerial Decisions in Indian Cotton Textiles, 1890-38," (with Greg Clark), Journal of Economic History, 59, pp. 397-423 (June 1999).
2. "Did Imperial Policies Doom the Indian Textile Industry," Research in Economic History, 17 , pp. 135-183 (1997).
3. "The Perils of Lifetime Employment: A Comparison of the Indian and Japanese Textile Industries," Journal of Economic History, 54, pp. 307-324 (June 1994).
4. "Keynes vs. Churchill: Sterling Overvaluation and British Unemployment in the Twenties," Journal of Economic History, 53, pp. 601-28 (Sept. 1993).
5. "British Myopia and the Collapse of Indian Textile Demand," Journal of Economic History, 51, pp. 367-384 (June 1991).