Course Syllabus
Fall 2017
Date |
Speaker(s) |
Presentation (Littauer M-16, 2-3:30pm) |
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September 8 |
Robert Margo |
"The Integration of Economic History into Economics" |
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September 15 |
EHA Conference |
No Meeting |
|
September 22 |
Eric Hilt |
"Financial Asset Ownership and Political Partisanship: Liberty Bonds and Republican Electoral Success in the 1920s" |
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September 29 |
James Kung |
"Long Live Keju! The Persistent Effects of China’s Imperial Examination System" |
|
October 6 |
Eduardo Montero |
"Mistrust in Medicine: The Legacy of Colonial Medical Campaigns in Central Africa" |
|
October 13 |
Guo Xu |
"The Costs of Patronage: Evidence from the British Empire" |
|
October 20 |
Ellora Derenoncourt |
"Did Great Migration Destinations Become Mobility Traps?" |
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October 27 |
James Feigenbaum |
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November 3 |
Jonathan Schulz (Harvard University) |
"Why Europe?: The Church, Kin-Networks and Institutional Development" |
| November 10 |
Michela Giorcelli (UCLA) |
"The Long-Term Effects of Management and Technology Transfers" |
| November 17 |
Martin Saavedra (Oberlin College) |
"Should We Trust Occupational Income Scores?" (with Tate Twinam, University of Washington, Bothell) |
|
November 24 |
Thanksgiving |
No Meeting |
|
December 1 |
Dan Keniston (Yale University) |
"Dynamics of a Malthusian Economy: India in the Aftermath of the 1918 Influenza" |
Course Summary:
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