Saturday, April 6

Coffee and Pastries

9:00 am

Interest Groups, Ideology, and Indirect Lobbying: The Rise of Private Health Insurance in the United States

Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Yousra Neberai, Harvard University
Xingyou Ye, Princeton University

Break

10:00 am

Like an Ink Blot on Paper: Testing the Diffusion Hypothesis of Mass Migration, Italy, 1876-1920

Yannay Spitzer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University and NBER

Break

11:00 am

Financial Scarring and the Failure of the Freedman’s Saving Bank

Vellore Arthi, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Mark Van Orden, University of California, Irvine

Lunch - Somerset Room

1:00 pm

The Empire Project: Trade Policy in Interwar Canada (slides)

Markus Lampe, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Lorenz Reiter, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University
Kevin O'Rourke, Sciences Po

Break

2:00 pm

The Roots of the Modern American Presidential Campaign

Francisco Pino, University of Chile
Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER

Break

3:00 pm

McCarthyism, Media, and Political Repression: Evidence from Hollywood

Hui Ren Tan, National University of Singapore
Tianyi Wang, University of Toronto and NBER

Adjourn