James Fenske

Professor in the Department of Economics, University of Warwick

James Fenske is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick. He completed his PhD at Yale University in 2010. He has been at Warwick since 2016. His publications and working papers are available at www.jamesfenske.com.

Recent work by James Fenske

How railways impact the growth of cities: Evidence from colonial India

Railways encouraged the growth of cities in colonial India and market access helps explain why

Infrastructure

James Fenske Namrata Kala Jinlin Wei

Published 19.09.22

The development of modern Africa: Conflict, resources and institutions

Resource-rich countries do poorly when they have resource-rich neighbours, why? Possibly due to increased conflict.

Institutions & Political Economy

Achyuta Adhvaryu James Fenske Gaurav Khanna Anant Nyshadham

Published 23.04.18