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Central Michigan University: Mount Pleasant, Michigan, US

2024-01-02 to present | Lecturer (Economics)
Employment
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Robert Wright

American Institute for Economic Research: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, US

2021-01-18 to 2023-12-11 | Senior Faculty Fellow
Employment
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Robert Wright

Georgia College and State University: Milledgeville, US

2020-08-01 to 2020-12-31 | Paul Coverdell Visiting Distinguished Fellow (History)
Employment
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Robert Wright

PERC: Bozeman, Montana, US

2020-06-20 to 2020-08-20 | Julian Simon Fellow
Employment
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Robert Wright

Augustana University: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US

2009-09-01 to 2020-05-31 | Nef Family Chair of Political Economy (Social Sciences Division)
Employment
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Robert Wright

Education and qualifications (1)

University at Buffalo: NY, NY, US

1991-09-01 to 1997-02-01 | Ph.D. (History)
Education
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Robert Wright

Funding (1)

U.S. Corporate Development, 1801-1860

2008-02-15 to 2012-01-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (Arlington, US)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000088/0751577/U-S-Corporate-Development-1801-1860
GRANT_NUMBER: 0751577
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Robert Wright via DimensionsWizard

Works (36)

FDR’s Long New Deal

2024 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-74141-8
Contributors: Robert E. Wright
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Revitalizing the American Republic by reinvigorating voluntary association

Discover Global Society
2024-07-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s44282-024-00065-5
Contributors: Robert E. Wright
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Sustaining Gender Parity in Corporate Leadership Roles by Means of Random Selection

2023-05-23 | Preprint
DOI: 10.32388/67KA0J
Contributors: Robert Wright
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Reducing recidivism and encouraging desistance: a social entrepreneurial approach

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
2022-10-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/JEPP-05-2022-0058
Contributors: Robert E. Wright
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(Un)sustainable Wildlife Conservation

2022-09-26 | Preprint
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202209.0376.v1
Contributors: Robert E. Wright
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The Political Economy of Modern Wildlife Management

The Independent Review
2022-04-12 | Journal article
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright

AI UBI

Frontiers in Human Dynamics
2021-08-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fhumd.2021.725516
Part of ISSN: 2673-2726
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright

Sowing the Seeds of a Future Crisis:

Business History Review
2021-06-15 | Journal article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680521000106
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright

The limits of female policy punditry

Media History
2021-04-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13688804.2020.1745626
Contributors: Robert E. Wright
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For-and non-profit special corporations in America, 1608-1860

Research Handbook on the History of Corporate and Company Law
2018 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.4337/9781784717667
EID:

2-s2.0-85047953238
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Robert E. Wright responds

American Historical Review
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/ahr/123.1.378
EID:

2-s2.0-85042729873

Part of ISBN:

00028762
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Preface: Business, religion, history, and consilience

The Business Turn in American Religious History
2017 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190280192.001.0001
EID:

2-s2.0-85060488666
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

The musical Hamilton from the perspective of financial history, in Verse

Independent Review
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85019013765

Part of ISBN:

10861653
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

The Poverty of Slavery: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy

The Poverty of Slavery: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy
2017 | Book
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48968-1
EID:

2-s2.0-85019609356
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Devolution of the republican model of Anglo-American corporate governance

Advances in Financial Economics
2015 | Book
DOI: 10.1108/S1569-373220150000018003
EID:

2-s2.0-84943254513

Part of ISBN:

15693732
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

The pivotal role of private enterprise in America's transportation age, 1790-1860

Journal of Private Enterprise
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84906080498

Part of ISBN:

0890913X
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Corporation formation in the antebellum United States in comparative context

Business History
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2012.741977
EID:

2-s2.0-84876191844

Part of ISBN:

17437938 00076791
Contributors: Sylla, R.; Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Corporation nation

Corporation Nation
2013 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-84943257441
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

The competition game

Journal of Private Enterprise
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84893374567

Part of ISBN:

0890913X
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Corporate insurers in antebellum America

Business History Review
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0007680512000773
EID:

2-s2.0-84892745889

Part of ISBN:

00076805 2044768X
Contributors: Wright, R.E.; Kingston, C.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

What to Do about the Government-Sponsored Enterprises?

Restoring Financial Stability: How to Repair a Failed System
2012 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1002/9781118258163.ch4
EID:

2-s2.0-84886195927
Contributors: Richardson, M.; Jaffee, D.; Nieuwerburgh, S.V.; White, L.J.; Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Corporate governance and stockholder/stakeholder activism in the United States, 1790-1860: New data and perspectives

Origins of Shareholder Advocacy
2011 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1057/9780230116665_11
EID:

2-s2.0-85014653145
Contributors: Wright, R.E.; Sylla, R.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Teaching history in business schools: An insider's view

Academy of Management Learning and Education
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2010.56659887
EID:

2-s2.0-78650913174

Part of ISBN:

1537260X
Contributors: Wright, R.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

The deadliest of games: The institution of dueling

Southern Economic Journal
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4284/sej.2010.76.4.1094
EID:

2-s2.0-77952121222

Part of ISBN:

00384038
Contributors: Kingston, C.G.; Wright, R.E.
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Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Thinking beyond the public company

McKinsey Quarterly
2010 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84987837806

Part of ISBN:

00475394
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Alexander Hamilton, central banker: crisis management during the U.S. financial panic of 1792

Business History Review
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0007680500000209
EID:

2-s2.0-67249120897

Part of ISBN:

00076805
Contributors: Sylla, R.; Wright, R.E.; Cowen, D.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Financial crisis and reform: Looking back for clues to the future

McKinsey Quarterly
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-60149105354

Part of ISBN:

00475394
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

What to do about the government sponsored enterprises: Chapter 4: Executive summary

Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0416.2009.00147_8.x
EID:

2-s2.0-62249219030

Part of ISBN:

09638008 14680416
Contributors: Jaffee, D.; Van Nieuwerburgh, S.; Richardson, M.; White, L.; Wright, R.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Development of the US monetary union

Financial History Review
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0968565006000047
EID:

2-s2.0-33645582386

Part of ISBN:

09685650 14740052
Contributors: Michener, R.; Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Integration of trans-atlantic capital markets, 1790-1845

Review of Finance
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10679-006-9007-6
EID:

2-s2.0-33845406685

Part of ISBN:

15723097 1573692X
Contributors: Sylla, R.; Wilson, J.W.; Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Monitoring Reverse Logistics Programs: A Roadmap to Sustainable Development in Emerging Markets

Multinational Business Review
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1108/1525383X200500014
EID:

2-s2.0-84993030113

Part of ISBN:

20541686 1525383X
Contributors: Glenn Richey, R.; Tokman, M.; Wright, R.E.; Harvey, M.G.
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Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

State "currencies" and the transition to the U.S. dollar: Clarifying some confusions

American Economic Review
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1257/0002828054201495
EID:

2-s2.0-29644443157

Part of ISBN:

00028282
Contributors: Michener, R.W.; Wright, R.E.
Source: Self-asserted source
Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Glut reaction

Chronicle of Higher Education
2002 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-18844482289

Part of ISBN:

00095982
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
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Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Bank ownership and lending patterns in New York and Pennsylvania, 1781-1831

Business History Review
1999 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0033468688

Part of ISBN:

00076805
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
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Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Ground rents against populist historiography: Mid-atlantic land tenure, 1750-1820

Journal of Interdisciplinary History
1998 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1162/002219598551625
EID:

2-s2.0-0041087111

Part of ISBN:

00221953
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
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Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

The First Phase of the Empire State's "Triple Transition": Banks' Influence on the Market, Democracy, and Federalism in New York, 1776-1838

Social Science History
1997 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0145553200017831
EID:

2-s2.0-0040493128

Part of ISBN:

01455532
Contributors: Wright, R.E.
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Robert Wright via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (44 reviews for 24 publications/grants)

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Review activity for Explorations in economic history. (3)
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Review activity for Journal of sports economics (1)
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Review activity for Strategic entrepreneurship journal. (5)
Review activity for The business history review. (9)
Review activity for The independent review. (2)
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