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SI 2026 Development of the American Economy
Organized by Leah Platt Boustan, William J. Collins, Shari Eli, James J. Feigenbaum, and Eric Hilt July 13-16, 2026 Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA Format: Authors will be given the full 50 minutes of each session, with questions during the presentation. |
| Monday, July 13 | |
| 8:30am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 8:50am |
Welcome
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| 9:00am |
Colleges, Assortative Mating, and Intergenerational Mobility in the United States |
| 9:50am |
Break
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| 10:00am |
Learning by Mail: The Impact of Correspondence Schools in Early 20th Century America |
| 10:50am |
Break
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| 11:00am |
Southern Academies: The Proliferation of All-White Private Schools after Brown and Their Legacy for Students |
| 11:50am |
Lunch
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Egg Timer Presentations
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| 1:00pm |
Immigration Restrictions and Natives' Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from the 1920s US Quota Acts |
| 1:10pm |
For Richer or Poorer? Marriages of the Extremely Wealthy in American History |
| 1:20pm |
Migration, Diffusion of Ideas and the Rise of the American Labor Movement: Evidence from the American Civil War |
| 1:30pm |
Where Marriage Ends: The Geography of Divorce in America |
| 1:40pm |
Break
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| 2:00pm |
Finance and the Slave Trade |
| 2:50pm |
Break
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| 3:00pm |
Political Appointments, Careers, and Performance in the Public Sector: Evidence from U.S. Federal Judges |
| 3:50pm |
Adjourn
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| Tuesday, July 14 | |
| 8:30am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00am |
The Making of a National Mortgage Market |
| 9:50am |
Break
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| 10:00am |
Regulation in Crisis: Bank Failures and Entry Barriers |
| 10:50am |
Break
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| 11:00am |
Monetary Policy Shocks and Financial Stability: Evidence from the Great Depression |
| 11:50am |
Lunch
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Egg Timer Presentations
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| 1:00pm |
Malthusian Migrations |
| 1:10pm |
The Beginning of American Agricultural Grants: The AAA and Cotton Agriculture During the Great Depression |
| 1:20pm |
Displacement and Infrastructure Provision: Evidence from the Interstate Highway System |
| 1:30pm |
The Success of the Embedded State in England |
| 1:40pm |
Break
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| 2:00pm |
Tariffs and State Capacity: A Specific Example |
| 2:50pm |
Break
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| 3:00pm |
Railroads and the Silver Shoes of Populism: The Rise and Fall of the People's Party in 19th-Century America |
| 3:50pm |
Adjourn
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| Wednesday, July 15 | |
| 8:30am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00am |
Factories of Ideas? Big Business and the Golden Age of American Innovation |
| 9:50am |
Break
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| 10:10am |
Network Competition and Exclusive Contracts: Evidence from News Agencies |
| 11:00am |
Break
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Egg Timer Presentations
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| 11:20am |
The Effects of Coerced Sterilization: Evidence from Native American Women |
| 11:30am |
Contagious Cargo: Health Externalities from Livestock Trade during Early Globalization |
| 11:40am |
Caminante, Si Hay Camino: Networks in the First Transatlantic Migration, 1492-1540 |
| 11:50am |
Lunch
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Egg Timer Presentations
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| 1:00pm |
The Therapeutic Consequences of the War: World War II and the 20th-Century Expansion of Biomedicine |
| 1:10pm |
Separation of Powers or Division of Labor? Patent Interference Disputes, the Grand Narrative, and the History of the Administrative State, 1790-1940 |
| 1:20pm |
Innovation Nation: The Impact of Broadening Access to Doctoral Education on Ph.D. and Patenting Outcomes |
| 1:30pm |
Break
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| 1:40pm |
Public Data Infrastructure and Agricultural Development: Historical Evidence from Soil Mapping |
| 2:30pm |
Break
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| 2:40pm |
Investing in Angels: The Impacts of Lottery Grants to State Clergy |
| 3:30pm |
Adjourn
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| Thursday, July 16 | |
| 8:30am |
Coffee and Pastries
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| 9:00am |
Moral Regulation and Cultural Production: Evidence from Hollywood |
| 9:50am |
Break
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| 10:00am |
A Nation of Emigrants: Transatlantic Emigration and Italian National Identity |
| 10:50am |
Break
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| 11:00am |
Religious Competition and Public Service Provision |
| 11:50am |
Adjourn and Lunch
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