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A cost–benefit analysis of the COVID-19 disease by Rowthorn, Robert, Maciejowski, Jan

“…Abstract The British government has been debating how to escape from the lockdown without provoking a resurgence of the COVID-19 disease. There is a growing…”
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Optimal control of epidemics in metapopulations by Rowthorn, Robert E., Laxminarayan, Ramanan, Gilligan, Christopher A.

“…Little is known about how best to deploy scarce resources for disease control when epidemics occur in different but interconnected regions. We use a…”
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The Conflict Theory of Inflation Revisited by Rowthorn, Robert

“…This article develops ideas contained in a previous paper on conflict inflation (Rowthorn [1977]. 'Conflict, Inflation and Money.' Cambridge Journal of…”
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Premature deindustrialization: A cautionary note by Rowthorn, Robert

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On the management of population immunity by Toxvaerd, Flavio, Rowthorn, Robert

“…This paper considers a susceptible-infected-recovered type model of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 or swine flu, in which costly treatment or…”
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Religion, fertility and genes: a dual inheritance model by Rowthorn, Robert

“…Religious people nowadays have more children on average than their secular counterparts. This paper uses a simple model to explore the evolutionary…”
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Who's Afraid of Population Decline? A Critical Examination of Its Consequences by Coleman, David, Rowthorn, Robert

“…In the multitude of people is the king's honour; but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince—Proverbs 14: 28…”
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The Law and Economics of Marriage and Divorce by Dnes, Antony W, Rowthorn, Robert

“…What sort of contract is marriage? What does it offer the parties? What are the difficulties of enforcement, and the result of failed effective enforcement?…”
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The optimal treatment of an infectious disease with two strains by Rowthorn, Robert, Walther, Selma

“…This paper explores the optimal treatment of an infectious disease in a Susceptible-Infected-Susceptible model, where there are two strains of the disease and…”
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Is government debt net wealth? by Rowthorn, Robert

“…MMT claims that government borrowing makes the private sector wealthier, thereby stimulating expenditure. Robert Barro famously denied this on the grounds that…”
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The impact on advanced economies of north-south trade in manufacturing and services by Rowthorn, Robert

“…Many types of production are being transferred from the rich economies of the North to the poorer economies of the South. Such changes began in manufacturing…”
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A note on Piketty's "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" by Rowthorn, Robert

“…Thomas Piketty's Capital documents long-term trends in income and wealth in advanced economies. It also provides a theoretical framework for analysing the past…”
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Combined and Uneven Development: Reflections on the North-South Divide by Rowthorn, Robert

“…This paper is concerned with the geography of structural change in Great Britain since 1971. It divides the country into two broad areas-the 'North' comprising…”
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The fiscal impact of immigration on the advanced economies by Rowthorn, Robert

“…This paper is concerned with the advanced economies. It begins with a discussion of the demographic issues that have played such a large role in the debate on…”
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A REJOINDER TO GOODRIDGE, HASKEL AND WALLIS by Martin, Bill, Rowthorn, Robert

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A bioeconomic view of the transition to agriculture: a comment by Rowthorn, Robert

“…Arthur Robson (2010) presents an ingenious model to explain why the standard of living apparently fell during the Neolithic transition from hunter-gathering to…”
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Who's afraid of population decline? A critical examination of its consequences by Coleman, David, Rowthorn, Robert

“…This chapter examines the prospect of population decline in the modern world and its relationship with population aging. It evaluates the likely consequences…”
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The evolution of altruism between siblings: Hamilton's rule revisited by Rowthorn, Robert

“…This paper explores the validity of Hamilton's rule in the case of other-only altruism in which the benefits are shared by other members of the sibling group…”
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The UK balance of payments: structure and prospects by Coutts, Kenneth, Rowthorn, Robert

“…This paper describes the history of the UK balance of payments since 1950, and contains an informal discussion of future prospects. It documents the huge…”
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CAN INTANGIBLE INVESTMENT EXPLAIN THE UK PRODUCTIVITY PUZZLE? A RESPONSE AND COMMENT by Martin, Bill, Rowthorn, Robert

“…This note responds to the recent critique by Goodridge, Haskel and Wallis (GHW) of our 2012 study of Britain's productivity puzzle. We show that a correct…”
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