Welcome to my little corner of the web. I am an economist with research interests in economic history and applied microeconomics. I am Associate Professor of Economics and Department Chair at Case Western Reserve University.
My current research interests include automation, language shift, religious identity, social status, and innovation.
Selected Publications
Status and the Demand for Visible Goods: An Experiment on Conspicuous Consumption
Published in Experimental Economics, 2018
Recommended citation: Clingingsmith and Sheremeta (2017). ""Status and the Demand for Visible Goods: An Experiment on Conspicuous Consumption" Experiemental Economics. Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 877--904 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-017-9556-x
Training Aspiring Entrepreneurs to Pitch Experienced Investors: Evidence from a Field Experiment in the United States
Published in Management Science, 2018
Are the World’s Languages Consolidating? On the Dynamics and Distribution of Language Population
Published in The Economic Journal, 2015
Industrialization and Bilingualism in India
Published in Journal of Human Resources, 2014
Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam’s Global Gathering
Published in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009
Deindustrialization in 18th and 19th Century India: Mughal Decline, Climate Shocks and British Industrial Ascent
Published in Explorations in Economic History, 2008