NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2004

Development of the American Economy

Lee Alston and Larry Neal, Organizers

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 26-29, 2004

PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 26:
8:30 a.m.	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 a.m.	Introductions
9:15 a.m.	WOLFGANG KELLER, University of Texas and NBER
	CAROL SHIUE, University of Texas
	Markets in China and Europe on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution
10:05 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	JOE DAVIS, Vanguard Investments
	CHRIS HANES, Binghamton University
	PAUL RHODE, University of North Carolina and NBER
	Primary Sector Shocks and Early American Industrialization
11:05 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m.	JOSHUA ROSENBLOOM, University of Kansas and NBER
	GREGORY STUTES, Minnesote State University, Moorhead
	Geographic Variation in the Distribution of Wealth in the United States in 1870
12:05 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	JOSEPH FERRIE, Northwestern University and NBER
	"Longitudinal Data for the Analysis of Mobility in the U.S., 1850-1910"
2:20 p.m.	Break
2:30 p.m.	DHANOOS SUTTHIPHISAL, UC., Los Angeles
	The Geography of Invention in High-and Low-Technology Industries:
	Evidence from the Second Industrial Revolution
3:20 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	MARGARET LEVENSTEIN, University of Michigan and NBER
	VALERIE SUSLOW, University of Michigan
	International Cartels Then and Now
4:20 p.m.	Adjourn
TUESDAY JULY 27:
8:30 a.m.	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 a.m.	FRANCISCO GALLEGO, MIT
	Historical Origins of Schooling:
	Some Cross-Country Evidence
9:50 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	ERIC HILT, Wellesley College and NBER Sharecropping at Sea:
	Risk and Transaction Costs in Maritime Contracts, 1830-1850
10:50 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	JEREMY ATACK, Vanderbilt University and NBER
	MICHAEL HAINES, Colgate University and NBER
	The American Textile Industry in the Nineteenth Century:
	Were the Workers Exploited?
12:00 N	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	CAROLA FRYDMAN and RAVEN SAKS, Harvard University
	Historical Trends in Executive Compensation, 1936-2002
2:20 p.m.	Break
2:30 p.m.	LEAH PLATT, Harvard University
	Black Migration and Northern Labor Markets
3:20 p.m.	Adjourn
6:00 p.m.	Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
WEDNESDAY JULY 28:
8:30 a.m.	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 a.m.	MICHAEL BORDO, Rutgers University and NBER
	PETER ROUSSEAU, Vanderbilt University and NBER
	Legal-Political Factors and the Historical Evolution of the Finance-Growth Link
9:50 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	JOSE ERNESTO LOPEZ CORDOVA, Inter-American Development Bank
	CHRIS MEISSNER, Cambridge University and NBER
	Globalization and Democracy, 1870-2000
10:50 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	KRIS MITCHENER, Santa Clara University and NBER
	MARC WEIDENMIER, Claremont McKenna College and NBER
	How are Sovereign Debtors Punished? Evidence from the Gold Standard Era
12:00 N	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	LANCE DAVIS, Cal-Tech and NBER
	LARRY NEAL, University of Illinois and NBER
	EUGENE WHITE, Rutgers University and NBER
	Competition and Cooperation:
	The Krach of 1882 and the Bourse de Paris
2:20 p.m.	Break
2:30 p.m.	HUGH ROCKOFF, Rutgers University and NBER
	Towards a History of the Junk Bond Market, 1910-1955
3:20 p.m.	Adjourn
THURSDAY JULY 29:
8:30 a.m.	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 a.m.	MELISSA THOMASSON, Miami University and NBER
	JARET TREBER, University of Arizona
	From Home to Hospital:
	The Evolution of Childbirth in the U.S., 1930-1940
9:50 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	MARTHA BAILEY, Vanderbilt University
	More Power to the Pill: The Impact of Contraceptive Freedom on Women’s Lifecycle Labor Supply
10:50 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	GARY D. LIBECAP, University of Arizona and NBER
	Transaction Costs: Valuation Disputes, Bi-Lateral Monopoly Bargaining and Third-Party Effects in Water Rights Exchanges:
	The Owen Valley Tranfer to Los Angeles: 1905-1935
11:50 a.m.	Lunch and Adjourn
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