Morgan Kelly

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 853 citations indexed

About

Morgan Kelly is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, History and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Morgan Kelly has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 853 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 7 papers in History and 7 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Morgan Kelly's work include Historical Economic and Social Studies (17 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (6 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (5 papers). Morgan Kelly is often cited by papers focused on Historical Economic and Social Studies (17 papers), Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (6 papers) and Tree-ring climate responses (5 papers). Morgan Kelly collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. Morgan Kelly's co-authors include Cormac Ó Gráda, Joel Mokyr, Neil Cummins, Timothy G. Conley and Anthony Wrigley and has published in prestigious journals such as The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Monetary Economics.

In The Last Decade

Morgan Kelly

40 papers receiving 763 citations

Hit Papers

The Standard Errors of Persistence 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 25 50 75 100
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Standard Errors of Persistence
    2019 115 citations Morgan Kelly SSRN Electronic Journal profile →

Peers

Morgan Kelly
Ann M. Carlos United States
Philip T. Hoffman United States
J.L. van Zanden Netherlands
Jutta Bolt Netherlands
Maarten Bosker Netherlands
Nikolaus Wolf Germany
Mark Koyama United States
Peter Sandholt Jensen Denmark
Şevket Pamuk Türkiye
Hartmut Lehmann Germany
Ann M. Carlos United States
Morgan Kelly
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Countries citing papers authored by Morgan Kelly

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Fields of papers citing papers by Morgan Kelly

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Morgan Kelly

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Conley, Timothy G. & Morgan Kelly. (2024). The standard errors of persistence. Journal of International Economics. 153. 104027–104027. 7 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan & Cormac Ó Gráda. (2022). Connecting the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions: The Role of Practical Mathematics. The Journal of Economic History. 82(3). 841–873. 5 indexed citations
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Cummins, Neil, Morgan Kelly, & Cormac Ó Gráda. (2015). Living standards and plague in London, 1560–1665. The Economic History Review. 69(1). 3–34. 36 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan, et al.. (2015). Why Ireland Starved after Three Decades: The Great Famine in Cross-Section Reconsidered. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan, Joel Mokyr, & Cormac Ó Gráda. (2014). Precocious Albion: A New Interpretation of the British Industrial Revolution. Annual Review of Economics. 6(1). 363–389. 65 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan & Cormac Ó Gráda. (2014). Change points and temporal dependence in reconstructions of annual temperature: Did Europe experience a Little Ice Age?. The Annals of Applied Statistics. 8(3). 14 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan & Cormac Ó Gráda. (2013). Living standards and mortality since the middle ages. The Economic History Review. 67(2). 358–381. 28 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan & Cormac Ó Gráda. (2013). Numerare Est Errare: Agricultural Output and Food Supply in England Before and During the Industrial Revolution. The Journal of Economic History. 73(4). 1132–1163. 34 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan, et al.. (2012). Agricultural Output, Calories and Living Standards in England Before and During the Industrial Revolution. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan. (2010). Whatever Happened to Ireland. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan & Cormac Ó Gráda. (2010). The Poor Law of Old England: Institutional Innovation and Demographic Regimes. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 41(3). 339–366. 22 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan. (2009). TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS UNDER LEARNING BY IMITATION*. International Economic Review. 50(2). 397–414. 8 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan & Cormac Ó Gráda. (2008). The Poor Law versus the Positive Check: Living Standards and Mortality in England since the Middle Ages. 8 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan. (2007). On the likely Extent of Falls in Irish House Prices. Research Repository UCD (University College Dublin). 2007. 42–55. 4 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan, et al.. (2003). Social networks and inequality. Journal of Urban Economics. 53(2). 282–299. 24 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan. (1998). Education in an Economy Undergoing Structural Adjustment: The Case of Zambia. 1–24. 1 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan. (1997). The Dynamics of Smithian Growth. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 112(3). 939–964. 89 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan. (1991). The value of the option to ‘wait and see’. Economics Letters. 36(2). 147–151. 10 indexed citations
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Kelly, Morgan. (1984). Components of Growth in Current Public Expenditure on Education and Health. Economic and social review. 15(2). 87–93. 2 indexed citations

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