Organizations, Civil Society, and the Roots of Development
Introduction: Naomi Lamoreaux and John Wallis (Friday, 1:30PM)
Session 1: (Friday, 2:00-3:30PM)
Dan Bogart, “The Politics of Organizational Access: A New Empirical Framework Drawn from British History”
Qian Lu and John Wallis, “Massachusetts Banks and Support for Open Access to Organizations”
Coffee break (3:30-4:00)
Session II: (Friday, 4:00-5:30)
Jacob Levy, “Corps Intermediares, Civil Society, and the Art of Association”
Barry R. Weingast, “Adam Smith’s Theory of Religion, Theology, and Religious Organization”
Breakfast (8:00)
Session III: Saturday (8:30-10:00)
Ruth H. Bloch and Naomi R. Lamoreaux, “Legal Constraints on the Development of Voluntary Organizations in the United States, 1780-1900”
Walter W. Powell and Victoria Johnson, “Organizational Emergence and Social Poisedness: From Civil Order to Professional Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century New York City”
Coffee break 10:00-10:30
Session IV: (10:30-12:00)
Eric Hilt, “General Incorporation and the Shift toward Open Access in the Nineteenth_Century United States”
Timothy Guinnane, “Forbidding Associations in France and Germany in the Nineteenth Century”
Lunch 12:00-1:00
Session V: 1:00-2:30
Nicholas Bloom, Rafaella Sundun, and John Van Reenen, “How Are Firms Organized Across Countries?
Margaret Levi, “The Fragility of Access”