Books
Bertrams, Kenneth; Del Marmol, Julien; Geerts, Sander; Poelmans, Eline; 2020. Becoming the Worlds Biggest Brewer: Artois, Piedboeuf, and Interbrew (1880-2000). Oxford University Press.
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
Taylor, J.E. (corresp. author), Poelmans, E. (2026). Better than No Beer at All: Legal Roles for 3.2 Beer in the Post-Prohibition Era United States. Enterprise & Society, 27 (1), 158-186. doi: 10.1017/eso.2025.10076
Taylor, J.E. (corresp. author), Poelmans, E., Hayne, E. (2024). The entrepreneurial response to beer legalisation in 1933 prior to the end of Prohibition. Business History, 66 (7), 1834-1861. doi: 10.1080/00076791.2023.2207011
Rousseau, S., Joly M. and Poelmans, E. (2024). Search characteristics, online consumer rations, and beer prices. Agribusiness, 40(4): 804-524. doi: 10.1002/agr.21847
Poelmans, E., Vanderlinden, M., Rousseau, S. with Poelmans, E. (joint first author) (2024). Ethnocentrism and
the selection of white wine by young Australian consumers. Journal of Marketing Communications, 30(3): 389-412. doi:10.1080/13527266.2022.2127841
Poelmans, E., Taylor, J.E., Raisanen, S., Holt, A.C. with Taylor, J. (corresp. author) (2022). Estimates of employment gains attributable to beer legalization in spring 1933. Explorations In Economic History, 23 (30), Art.No. 101427, 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.eeh.2021.101427
Poelmans, E., Dove, J.A., Taylor, J.E., Dighe, R.S. with Taylor, J.E. (corresp. author) (2022). Factors influencing the
timing and type of state-level alcohol prohibitions prior to 1920. Public Choice, 192 (3-4), 201-226.
doi:10.1007/s11127-022-00977-3
Poelmans, E., Taylor, J.E. (2022). Adjusting the Lights: Prohibition Was Not Flipped On and Off Like a Switch.
Essays in Economic & Business History, 40, 21-43. (URL) Open Access
Poelmans, E. (2022). Geografisch gevormde Belgische biersoorten. Agora. Magazine voor sociaalruimtelijke
vraagstukken, 38 (1), 14-16. (URL)
Poelmans, Eline; Taylor, Jason E; 2019. Belgium's Historic Beer Diversity: Should we Raise a Pint to Institutions? Journal Of Institutional Economics; 2019; Vol. 15; issue. 4; pp. 695 - 713. doi: 10.1017/S1744137419000080 Open Access
Poelmans, Eline; Raisanen, Samuel; E. Taylor, Jason; 2019. The Long-Run Effect of Geographically-Staggered Legalizations: Was There a First-Adopter Advantage for States That Legalized Beer More Quickly in 1933. Essays in Economic & Business History; 2019; Vol. 37; pp. 106 - 119. Open Access
Poelmans, Eline; Dove, John A; Taylor, Jason E; 2018. The politics of beer: analysis of the congressional votes on the beer bill of 1933. Public Choice; 2018; Vol. 174; iss. 1-2; pp. 81 - 106. . doi: 10.1007/s11127-017-0493-1 Open Access
Poelmans, Eline; Rousseau, Sandra; 2017. Beer and Organic Labels: Do Belgian Consumers Care?. Sustainability; 2017; Vol. 9; iss. 9. doi: 10.3390/su9091509 Open Access
Deconinck, Koen; Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Jo; 2016. How Beer Created Belgium (and the Netherlands): The Contribution of Beer Taxes to War Finance during the Dutch Revolt. Business History; 2016; Vol. 58; iss. 5; pp. 694 - 724. doi: 10.1080/00076791.2015.1024231 Open Access
Poelmans, Eline; Rousseau, Sandra; 2016. Quantifying the heterogeneity of publication cultures in economic, business and financial history. Essays in Economic & Business History; 2016; Vol. 34; pp. 95 - 135. Open Access
Poelmans, Eline; Rousseau, Sandra; 2016. How do chocolate lovers balance taste and ethical considerations? British Food Journal; 2016; Vol. 118; iss. 2; pp. 343 - 361. doi: 10.1108/BFJ-06-2015-0208 Open Access
Poelmans, Eline; Rousseau, Sandra; 2015. Factors determining authors’ willingness to wait for editorial decisions from economic history journals. Scientometrics; 2015; Vol. 102; iss. 2; pp. 1347 - 1374. doi: 10.1007/s11192-014-1469-2 Open Access
Teirlinck, Peter; Poelmans, Eline; 2012. Open innovation and firm performance in small-sized R&D active companies in the chemical industry: the case of Belgium. Journal of Business Chemistry; 2012; Vol. 9; iss. 3; pp. 117 - 132.
Poelmans, Eline; 2012. Changes in the Structure of Coal and Steel Industries under the ECSC (1952-1967): Was West Germany Kept 'Small'? Essays in Economic & Business History; 2012; Vol. 30; pp. 5 - 30. Open Access
Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Johan; 2011. From Monasteries to Multinationals (and Back): A Historical Review of the Beer Economy. Journal of Wine Economics; 2011; Vol. 6; iss. 2; pp. 196 - 216. doi: 10.1017/S1931436100001607
Book chapters (Peer Reviewed)
Poelmans, E. and Ostyn, T.P.G. 2020. On the Existence of Belgian Craft Breweries: Explorative Research at the Microlevel in Nancy Hoalst-Pullen and Mark W. Patterson. The Geography of Beer: Culture and Economics. Springer, pp. 179-200. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-41654-6_15
Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Jo; 2018. Belgium: Craft Beer Nation?. Economic Perspectives on Craft Beer: A Revolution in the Global Beer Industry; 2018; Edition: 1; pp. 137 - 160 Publisher: Palgrave McMillan.
Piron, Elena; Poelmans, Eline; 2016. Beer, the Preferred Alcoholic Drink of All?: Changes in the Global and National Beer Consumption Since 1960 and Convergence and Trends Since the 1990s. Beer, Brewing and Pubs: A Global Perspective; 2016; pp. 205 - 227 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Hampshire, UK.
Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Jo; 2016. A Brief Economic History of Chocolate. The Economics of Chocolate; 2016; pp. 11 - 42 Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford, UK.
Deconinck, Koen; Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Jo; 2016. How beer created Belgium (and the Netherlands): the contribution of beer taxes to war finance during the Dutch Revolt. The history of the beer and the brewing industry; 2016; pp. 35 - 66 Publisher: Taylor and Francis; Oxford, United Kingdom.
Poelmans, Eline; Piron, Elena; 2013. Beer, the preferred alcoholic drink of all?: Changes in the global and national beer consumption since 1960 and convergence and trends since 1990. Brewing, Beer and Pubs: A Global Perspective; 2013; pp. 205 – 227.
Poelmans, Eline; Swinnen, Jo; 2011. A Brief Economic History of Beer. The Economics of Beer; 2011; pp. 3 - 28 Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford, UK.