SI 2018 Development of the American Economy
Walker Hanlon, Petra Moser, and Matthew S. Jaremski, Organizers
July 23-26, 2018
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| Monday, July 23 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:10 am |
Who Owned Citibank? Familiarity Bias and Business Network Influences on Stock Purchases, 1925-1929 |
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| 10:05 am |
Opening the Black Box of the Common-Law Legal Regime: Contrasts in the Development of Corporate Law in Britain and the United States |
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| 10:55 am | Break | |
| 11:10 am |
The Births, Lives, and Deaths of Corporations in Late Imperial Russia |
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm | Egg-Timer Session I | |
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Marriage and the Intergenerational Mobility for Women: Evidence from Marriage Certificates 1850-1910 |
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De Facto Power, Democracy, and Taxation: Evidence from Military Occupation during Reconstruction |
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Historical Lynchings and the Contemporary Voting Behavior of Blacks |
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| 1:40 pm |
Gifts of the Immigrants, Woes of the Natives: Lessons from the Age of Mass Migration |
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |
| 2:45 pm |
The Slaughter of the Bison and Reversal of Fortunes on the Great Plains |
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| 3:40 pm |
Side Effects of Immunity: The Rise of African Slavery in the US South |
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |
| Tuesday, July 24 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:00 am |
Jackson, the Bank War and the Panic of 1837: New Evidence |
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| 9:55 am |
Silverback Bankers |
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| 10:45 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Banking on the Boom, Tripped by the Bust: Banks and the World War I Agricultural Price Shock |
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| 11:50 am | Lunch | |
| 12:50 pm | Egg-Timer Sesson II | |
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Poverty from Incomplete Property Rights: Evidence from American Indian Reservations |
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Jim Crow in the Saddle: the Expulsion of African American Jockeys from American Racing |
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Systemic Risk and the Great Depression |
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Landscape Change and Market Integration in Ancient Greece: Evidence from Pollen Data |
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| 1:55 pm |
Playing Checkers in Chinatown |
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| 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 pm |
The Making of the Modern Metropolis: Evidence from London |
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| 3:50 pm | Adjourn | |
| Wednesday, July 25 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:00 am |
Reconstruction Aid, Public Infrastructure, and Economic Growth |
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| 9:55 am |
From Welfare To Warfare: New Deal Spending and Patriotism During World War Ii |
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| 10:45 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
Taxing Unwanted Populations: Fiscal Policy and Conversions in Early Islam |
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| 11:50 am | Lunch | |
| 1:00 pm |
Forgotten Booms and Busts: New Sale and Rental Price Indices for US Housing, 1890-1990 |
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| 1:55 pm |
Contract Choice in the Interwar US Residential Mortgage Market |
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| 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 3:00 pm |
Outside Options (Now) More Important than Race in Explaining Tipping Points in US Neighborhoods |
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| 3:50 pm | Adjourn | |
| 6:30 pm | Group Dinner -- Meridien Hotel | |
| Thursday, July 26 | ||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |
| 9:00 am |
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War |
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| 9:55 am |
The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Era of Upward Mobility |
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| 10:45 am | Break | |
| 11:00 am |
The Intergenerational Transmission of Paternal Trauma: Evidence from US Civil War Ex-POWs |
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| 11:50 am | Lunch and Adjourn | |