Development of the American Economy Program Meeting

Leah Platt Boustan and William J. Collins, Organizers

March 19-20, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, March 19
1:00 pm
Lisa D. Cook, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Maggie E.C. Jones, Emory University and NBER
Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER
David Rosé, Wilfrid Laurier University

Competition and Discrimination in Public Accommodations: Evidence from the Green Books (slides)
1:50 pm
Break
2:00 pm
Price V. Fishback, University of Arizona and NBER
Jessica LaVoice, Bowdoin College
Allison Shertzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Randall Walsh, University of Pittsburgh and NBER

Race, Risk, and the Emergence of Federal Redlining
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Wilfried Kisling, University of Oxford
Christopher M. Meissner, University of California, Davis and NBER
Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

International Banks: Re-Agents of Globalization?
3:50 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, March 20
1:00 pm
Leander Heldring, Northwestern University and NBER
James A. Robinson, University of Chicago and NBER
Sebastian Vollmer, University of Goettingen

The Economic Effects of the English Parliamentary Enclosures
2:00 pm
Gary D. Libecap, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Martin Fiszbein, Boston University and NBER
Eric C. Edwards, University of California Davis

Colonial Origins, Property Rights, and the Organization of Agricultural Production: the US Midwest and Argentine Pampas Compared (slides)
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Carl Kitchens, Florida State University and NBER
Luke P. Rodgers, Florida State University

The Impact of the WWI Agricultural Boom and Bust on Female Opportunity Cost and Fertility
3:50 pm
Adjourn