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November 29, 2023, Paper: "This paper estimates the returns to human capital accumulation during the first era of mega-firms in the United States by linking employees at General…
July 2020, Paper, "In 1993, four years prior to the publication of Clayton Christensen’s highly influential book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, the Business History Review (BHR)…
January 31, 2020, Paper, "Do white collar workers with lower social status in the occupational hierarchy die younger? The influential Whitehall studies of British civil servants…
VC: An American History. Tom Nicholas, 2019, Book, "A major exploration of venture financing, from its origins in the whaling industry to Silicon Valley, that shows how venture…
Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century. Tom Nicholas, Stefanie Stantcheva, September 2018, Paper, "This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation…
History, Micro Data, and Endogenous Growth. Tom Nicholas, September 8, 2018, Paper, "Economic growth is concerned with long-run changes, and therefore historical data should…
Immigration and the Rise of American Ingenuity. Tom Nicholas, February 2017, Paper, "This paper builds on the analysis in Akcigit, Grigsby, and Nicholas (2017) by using US patent…
Linking the Growth of Globalisation with the Evolution of Transport Technology. Tom Nicholas, January 29, 2017, Paper, "We examine the golden age of U.S. innovation by undertaking…
The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age. Tom Nicholas, January 2017, Paper, "We examine the golden age of US innovation by undertaking a major…
The Origins of High-Tech Venture Investing in America. Tom Nicholas, October 2015, Book Chapter. "The United States has developed an unparalleled environment for the…