University Seminar in Economic History
Archives
| October 5 | John Coatsworth, Harvard University and Columbia University |
"Political Economy and Economic Organization in pre-1850 Latin America" |
| November 2 | Eric Hilt, Wellesley College |
"Corporate Ownership and Governance in the Early 19th Century" |
| December 7 |
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"Gothic Economies: Small gifts, high finance, and the politics of investing in eternity " |
Spring 2007
| February 1 | David Weiman, (Note: Cerretano Valerio is unable to attend) |
"Towards a More Perfect American Payments Union: The Civil War as a Second American Revolution." 1. The Political Economy of the U.S. Monetary Union: The Civil War Era as a Watershed 2. Towards a More Perfect American Payments Union: The Civil War as a Political Economic Watershed |
| March 1 | Howard Bodenhorn, Yale University and Lafayette College |
"Partnership, Entity Shielding and Credit Availability" |
| April 5 | Price Fishback, University of Arizona |
"Government Policies and their Impact on the Economy" |
| May 3 | Daniel Raff, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
"The Book-of-the-Month Club: A Reconsideration" |
Fall 2005
| October 6 | John Kleeberg, Independent Scholar | “German Cartels: Myths and Realities” |
| November 3 | Ranjit Dighe, SUNY-Oswego |
"Pierre S. du Pont and the Making of an Anti-Prohibition Activist" |
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"Free or Central Banking? Liquidity and Financial Deepening in Sweden, 1834-1913" |
Spring 2006
| February 2 | Chiaki Moriguchi, Northwestern University |
The Evolution of Income Concentration in Japan, 1885-2002: Evidence from Income Tax Statistics |
| March 2 | Mary O'Sullivan, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania |
Living with the US Financial System: The Experiences of General Electric and Westinghouse Electric in the Last Century |
| April 6 | Mark Spoerer, University of Hohenheim |
The Laspeyres-Paradox: Tax Overshifting in 19th Century Prussia |
| May 4 | Martin Kenner, Columbia University |
"We shall all be ruined if we are dragged in:" Britain July 31, 1914 |
Fall 2004
| October 7 | Deidre McCloskey, University of Illinois at Chicago |
"The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce" |
| November 4 | Elisabeth Koll, Case-Western University |
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| December 2 | Joachim Voth, |
“Credit Rationing and Crowding Out During the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from Hoare's Bank, 1702-1862” (with Peter Temin). |
| February 3 | Madeleine Zelin, Columbia University |
"Technological and Organizational Change 1894–1930 at the Furong Saltyard, Zigong, Sichuan" |
| March 3 | Christopher Hanes, SUNY Binghamton |
"The Rise and Fall of the Sliding Scale or Why Wages Aren’t Indexed to Product Prices" |
| April 7 | Kenneth Sokoloff, UCLA & Russell Sage Foundation |
"Institutions and Technological Innovation during Early Economic Growth: Evidence from the Great Inventors of the United States, 1790-1930" |
| May 5 | Alexander J. Field, Santa Clara University |
"Technological Change and U.S. Productivity Growth in the Interwar Years" |
| October 2 | Brian Gratton, Arizona State University & Russell Sage Foundation |
"Immigration and Child Labor: The United States, 1880-1920" |
| November 6 | Caroline Fohlin, California Institute of Technology & Johns Hopkins University |
"Families, Groups, and Pyramids: Long-Run Patterns of Corporate Ownership and Control in Germany" [ Tables ] |
| December 4 | Bradley Lewis, Union College |
"Descent into Dominance: The Political Economy of the American Auto Industry, 1929-41" |
Spring 2004
| February 5 | Ronald Findlay, Columbia University |
"Demographic Shocks and the Factor Proportions Model: From the Plague of Justinian to the Black Death." |
| March 4 | Susan Wolcott, SUNY-Binghamton |
"The Economic Costs of Social Cohesion: Textile Strikes in the Bombay Presidency, 1921-38" |
| April 1 | Cormac O'Grada, University College, Dublin & The Davis Center, Princeton University |
"The Jews of Ireland 1870-1930: Towards an Economic-Demographic History" |
| May 6 | Leandro Prados De La Escosura, Georgetown University & Universidad Carlos III. |
"Property Rights and Argentine’s Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective" |
| October 3 | Alan Dye, Barnard College | "How Brinkmanship Saved Chadbourne: Credibility and the International Sugar Agreement of 1931" (coauthored with Richard Sicotte) |
| November 7 | Andrew Godley, University of Reading | "Jewish Immigrant Entrepreneurship in New York and London, 1880 to 1914 and Beyond" |
| December 5 | Maristella Botticini, Boston University | "From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History" coauthored with Zvi Eckstein (Tel Aviv) |
| February 6 | Farley Grubb, University of Delaware | "Two Theories of Money Reconciled: The Colonial Puzzle Revisited with New Evidence" |
| March 6 | Scott Redenius, Bryn Mawr College | "Hubs and Spokes: Network Effects and the Formation of Regional Banking Centers" [supporting graphs, tables, maps] |
| April 3 | Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh | "Lead Water Pipes and Infant Mortality in Turn-of-the-Century Massachusetts" |
| May 1 | Carol Shiue, University of Texas, Austin and Russell Sage Foundation | "Market Integration in Europe and China on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution, A Historical Comparison" (co-authored with Wolfgang Keller). |
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Oct. 4
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Gail Triner, Rutgers University, "International Capital and the Brazilian Encilhamento, 1889-1892: An Early Example of Contagion among Emerging Capital Markets." |
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Nov. 1
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Michael Edelstein, CUNY, Queens College and Graduate Center, "Who is the residual? The production of engineers in New York colleges and universities, 1800-1950: some new data." --- [addendum of tables] |
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Dec. 6
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Sharon Harrison, Barnard College, "Did Sunspot Forces Cause the Great Depression?" |
Spring 2002
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Feb. 7
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Timothy Guinnane, Yale University, "Fertility Transition in Munich: A First Look." (co-authored with John Brown) |
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Mar. 7
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Mary MacKinnon, McGill University and Yale University, "Canada as an Intermediate Country: Immigration and Emigration, 1880-1930." |
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Apr. 4
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Aurora Gomez, Centro de Docencia y Investigacion Economicas (CIDE), Division de Economia, Mexico, "The Political Economy of Protectionism: The Mexican Textile Industry, 1900-1950." |
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May 2
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Richard Grossman, Wesleyan University, "Paying for Privilege: The Political Economy of Bank of England Charters, 1694-1844." |