| American economic history JRT Hughes, LP Cain (No Title), 1987 | 460 | 1987 |
| Death and spending: Urban mortality and municipal expenditure on sanitation LP Cain, EJ Rotella Annales de démographie historique, 139-154, 2001 | 118* | 2001 |
| Biased technical change, scale, and factor substitution in American industry, 1850–1919 LP Cain, DG Paterson The Journal of Economic History 46 (1), 153-164, 1986 | 104 | 1986 |
| Sanitation strategy for a lakefront metropolis LP Cain | 104 | 1978 |
| Survival in 19th century cities: The larger the city, the smaller your chances L Cain, SC Hong Explorations in Economic History 46 (4), 450-463, 2009 | 97 | 2009 |
| Reflections on the cliometrics revolution JS Lyons, LP Cain, SH Williamson Conversations with economic historians. Abington, 2008 | 97 | 2008 |
| Historical perspective on infrastructure and US economic development LP Cain Regional Science and Urban Economics 27 (2), 117-138, 1997 | 89 | 1997 |
| Similar economic histories, different industrial structures: Transatlantic contrasts in the evolution of professional sports leagues LP Cain, DD Haddock The Journal of Economic History 65 (4), 1116-1147, 2005 | 58 | 2005 |
| Factor biases and technical change in manufacturing: the American system, 1850–1919 LP Cain, DG Paterson The Journal of Economic History 41 (2), 341-360, 1981 | 56 | 1981 |
| Measuring parity: Tying into the idealized standard deviation LP Cain, DD Haddock Journal of Sports Economics 7 (3), 330-338, 2006 | 52 | 2006 |
| Raising and watering a city: Ellis Sylvester Chesbrough and Chicago's first sanitation system LP Cain Technology and Culture 13 (3), 353-372, 1972 | 51 | 1972 |
| Public policy toward “The greatest trust in the world” RM Aduddell, LP Cain Business History Review 55 (2), 217-242, 1981 | 45 | 1981 |
| Measuring slavery in 2011 dollars SH Williamson, LP Cain Measuring Worth, 2016 | 34 | 2016 |
| The consent decree in the meatpacking industry, 1920–1956 RM Aduddell, LP Cain Business History Review 55 (3), 359-378, 1981 | 33 | 1981 |
| Business enterprise and economic change: essays in honor of Harold F. Williamson LP Cain, PJ Uselding Kent State University Press, 1973 | 25 | 1973 |
| The growing commercialism of zoos and aquariums LP Cain, DA Meritt Jr Journal of Policy Analysis and Management: The Journal of the Association …, 1998 | 23 | 1998 |
| Location and collusion in the meat packing industry RM Aduddell, L Cain Business enterprise and economic change: Essays in honor of Harold F …, 1973 | 23 | 1973 |
| The demand for zoos and aquariums L Cain, D Meritt Tourism Review International 11 (3), 295-306, 2007 | 22 | 2007 |
| To annex or not? A tale of two towns: Evanston and Hyde Park LP Cain Explorations in Economic History 20 (1), 58, 1983 | 21 | 1983 |
| An economic history of urban location and sanitation LP Cain Research in Economic History 2, 337-389, 1977 | 21 | 1977 |
