John V. Denson II Associate Professor
Auburn University
Chris Vickers
I am an economic historian and applied microeconomist, interested in a variety of topics such as manufacturing in the Great Depression, crime in 19th century England, and income inequality during World War II.
Coming Fall 2026
American Economic History, 9th Edition
A new edition of this classic text by Jonathan Hughes, Louis Cain, Chris Vickers, and Nicolas L. Ziebarth will be published in Fall 2026, with updated material for students and instructors.
View the book at RoutledgeAcademic Positions
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Present 2024
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2024 2018
Associate Professor
Auburn University
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2018 2013
Assistant Professor
Auburn University
Education
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Ph.D. 2013
Ph.D. in Economics
Northwestern University
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M.A.2007
M.A. in Economics
Northwestern University
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B.A.2006
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Math
University of Virginia
Honors, Awards and Grants
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2024-PresentThe Missing Consumer Expenditure SurveysThis ongoing NSF-funded project, joint with Martin Gervais, Carola Frydman, and Nicolas L. Ziebarth, will collect consumer expensidure information from during and after WWII.
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2014-17An Establishment-Level View of the Great DepressionNicolas L. Ziebarth and I have collected and digitized records from the Census of Manufactures from 1929 to 1935 as an NSF-funded project. Data availble at ICPSR.