Books


"I am Not Master of Events": The Speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012.

The Economics of Europe and the European Union , Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

A Concise Economic History of the World, from Paleolithic Times to the Present, (with Rondo Cameron), 4th edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. 

The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe, (with Daniel Barbezat), New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

The Rise of Financial Capitalism, Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 1990.


Edited Works


Explorations in Economic History, San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1982-1998.

War Finance, from Antiquity to the Present(International Library of Macroeconomic and Financial History), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Press, 1994. 

The Origin and Development of Financial Markets and Institutions: from the seventeenth Century to the Present (with Jeremy Atack), Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 

 Questioning Credible Commitment: Perspectives on the Rise of Financial Capitalism, (with D’Maris Coffman and Adrian Leonard) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.

The Cambridge History of Capitalism  (with Jeffrey G. Williamson)
vol. 1, “The Rise of Capitalism: from ancient origins to 1848,” Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
vol. 2, "The Spread of Capitalism: from 1848 to the present," Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.


Selected Articles:

(with Ann Carlos), "Amsterdam and London as financial centers in the eighteenth century," Financial History Review, 18:1 (April 2011), pp. 21-46. Amsterdam and London

(with Lance Davis and Eugene White), “The Highest Price Ever: The Great NYSE Seat Sale of 1928-1929 and Capacity Constraints,” Journal of Economic History, 67:3 (September, 2007), pp. 705-739. Highest Price Ever

(with Lance Davis), “The Evolution of the Structure and Performance of the London Stock Exchange in the First Global Financial Market, 1812-1914,” European Review of Economic History, 10:3 (December, 2006), pp. 279-300. EvolutionStructurePerformance

(with Ann Carlos), "The Micro-Foundations of the Early London Capital Market: Bank of England Shareholders During and After the South Sea Bubble, 1720-1725,” Economic History Review, 59:3 (August 2006), pp. 498-538. MicrofoundationsLSE

(with Ann Carlos), “Women Investors in Early Capital Markets, 1720-1725,” Financial History Review, 11:2 (O

ctober 2004), pp. 197-224). WomenInvestorsEarly

(with Marc Weidenmier), "Crises in the Global Economy from Tulips to Today: Contagion and Consequences," ch. 10 in Michael D. Bordo, Alan M. Taylor, and Jeffrey G. Williamson, (eds),Globalization in Historical Perspective, Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Contagion from Tulips to Today

(with Lance E. Davis), "Micro Rules and Macro Outcomes: The Impact of Micro Structures on the Efficiency of Security Exchanges: London, New York, and Paris, 1800-1914," American Economic Review, 88:2 (May 1998), pp. 40–45. Micro Rules Macro Outcomes

"A Shocking View of Economic History, " Journal of Economic History, 60:2 (June 2000), 317-335. Shocking View

"The "Money" Pitt: Lord Londonderry and the South Sea Bubble, or, How to Manage Risk in an Emerging Market," Enterprise and Society, (December 2000), pp. 659-674. Money Pitt

"How It All Began: The Monetary and Financial Architecture of Europe during the first global capital markets, 1648 to 1815," Financial History Review, 7:2 (October 2000), pp. 117-140.How It All Began

Full Publication List: Publications by Larry Neal