I have recently been working on: (i) the role of large shareholders in corporate governance; (ii) contract enforcement in medieval trade. These reflect, respectively, my interests in: (i) corporate finance and governance; (ii) institutions. More generally, I am interested in a variety of topics in applied microeconomics and public economics.

Recent papers

• Edwards, J.S.S. and S.C. Ogilvie (2009), ‘Contract Enforcement, Institutions and Social Capital: the Maghribi Traders Reappraised’, Cambridge Working Paper in Economics 0928. This is an updated version of the 2008 paper with the same title. [Download]
  
• Edwards, J.S.S., and A.J. Weichenrieder (2009), ‘Control Rights, Pyramids, and the Measurement of Ownership Concentration’, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, 72, 489-508. [Working paper version]
  
• Edwards, J.S.S., W. Eggert and A.J. Weichenrieder (2009), ‘Corporate Governance and Pay for Performance: Evidence from Germany’, Economics of Governance, 10, 1-26. [Download]
• Edwards, J.S.S. and S.C. Ogilvie (2008), ‘Contract Enforcement, Institutions and Social Capital: the Maghribi Traders Reappraised’, CESifo Working Paper 2254. [Download] 
• Edwards, J.S.S. (2005), ‘Gains from Trade in Government Revenue and Pareto-Efficient International Taxation’, Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 22.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and A.J. Weichenrieder (2004), ‘Ownership Concentration and Share Valuation’, German Economic Review, 5, 143-171.
• Corbett, J., J.S.S. Edwards, T.J. Jenkinson, C.P. Mayer and O. Sussman (2004), ‘A Response to Hackethal and Schmidt (2003) “Financing Patterns: Measurement Concepts and Empirical Results”’, SSRN Electronic Paper.[Download]
• Kirkden, R.D., J.S.S. Edwards and D.M. Broom (2003), ‘A Theoretical Comparison of the Consumer Surplus and the Elasticities of Demand as Measures of Motivational Strength’, Animal Behaviour, 65, 157-178.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and S.C. Ogilvie (2002), ‘Educational Objectives in Advanced Countries: Some Economic Considerations’, in B. Smith (ed.), Liberal Education in a Knowledge Society, (Open Court, Chicago).
• Edwards, J.S.S. (2001), ‘Trade Tax Reform in a Small Open Economy with Distributional Objectives and Distortionary Taxation’, Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 1:No. 1, Article 2.

Selected past publications

• Ogilvie, S.C. and J.S.S. Edwards (2000), ‘Women and the "Second Serfdom": Evidence from Early Modern Bohemia’, Journal of Economic History, 60, 961-994.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and M.F. Nibler (2000), ‘Corporate Governance in Germany: The Role of Banks and Ownership Concentration’, Economic Policy 31, 237-260.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and S.C. Ogilvie (1996), ‘Universal Banks and German Industrialization: A Reappraisal’, Economic History Review, 49, 427-446.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and M.J. Keen (1996), ‘Tax Competition and Leviathan’, European Economic Review, 40, 113-134.
• Edwards, J.S.S., M.J. Keen and M. Tuomala (1994), ‘Income Tax, Commodity Taxes and Public Good Provision: A Brief Guide’, Finanzarchiv, 51, 472-487.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and K. Fischer (1994), Banks, Finance and Investment in Germany, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and C.P. Mayer (1991), ‘Leasing, Taxes and the Cost of Capital’, Journal of Public Economics, 44, 173-197.
• Edwards, J.S.S., J.A. Kay and C.P. Mayer (1987), The Economic Analysis of Accounting Profitability, Oxford University Press: Oxford.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and M.J. Keen (1985), ‘Inflation and Non-Neutralities in the Taxation of Corporate Source Income’, Oxford Economic Papers, 37, 552-575.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and M.J. Keen (1985), ‘Taxes, Investment and Q’, Review of Economic Studies, 52, 665-679.
• Edwards, J.S.S. and M.J. Keen (1984), ‘Wealth Maximisation and the Cost of Capital: A Comment’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 99, 211-214.