Development of the American Economy

Leah Platt Boustan and William J. Collins, Organizers

April 6, 2024

Format: Authors will be given the full 50 minutes of each session, with questions during the presentation.

Conference Code of Conduct

Saturday, April 6
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Yousra Neberai, Harvard University
Xingyou Ye, Princeton University

Interest Groups, Ideology, and Indirect Lobbying: The Rise of Private Health Insurance in the United States
Break
10:00 am
Yannay Spitzer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ariell Zimran, Vanderbilt University and NBER

Like an Ink Blot on Paper: Testing the Diffusion Hypothesis of Mass Migration, Italy, 1876-1920
Break
11:00 am
Vellore Arthi, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine and NBER
Mark Van Orden, University of California, Irvine

Financial Scarring and the Failure of the Freedman’s Saving Bank
Lunch - Somerset Room
1:00 pm
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

The Empire Project: Trade Policy in Interwar Canada (slides)
Break
2:00 pm
Francisco Pino, University of Chile
Laura Salisbury, York University and NBER

The Roots of the Modern American Presidential Campaign
Break
3:00 pm
Hui Ren Tan, National University of Singapore
Tianyi Wang, University of Toronto and NBER

McCarthyism, Media, and Political Repression: Evidence from Hollywood
Adjourn