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Philip T. Hoffman
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Dark Matter Credit: The Development of Peer-to-Peer Lending and Banking in France

Princeton University Press, 2019

Interview published by Caltech magazine
Book Review
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Why Did Europe Conquer the World?

Princeton University Press, 2015

Interview published by Princeton University Press
Book Review
Korean Educational TV Documentary, January 2022
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Growth in a Traditional Society: The French Countryside, 1450-1815

Princeton University Press, 1996

Gyorgy Ranki Prize, Economic History Association, 1997

Allan Sharlin Prize, Social Science History Association, 1997

Articles

  • Hoffman, Philip T. (2015) What Do States Do? Politics and Economic History. Journal of Economic History, 75 (2). pp. 303-332. ISSN 0022-0507. Download
  • Hoffman, Philip T. and Postel-Vinay, Gilles and Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent (2015) Entry, information, and financial development: A century of competition between French banks and notaries. Explorations in Economic History, 55 . pp. 39-57. ISSN 0014-4983. Download
  • Hoffman, Philip T. (2012) Why Was It Europeans Who Conquered the World? Journal of Economic History, 72 (3). pp. 601-633. ISSN 0022-0507. Download
  • Hoffman, Philip T. (2011) Prices, the military revolution, and western Europe's comparative advantage in violence. Economic History Review, 64 (S1). pp. 39-59. ISSN 0013-0117. Download

Working Papers

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