07/02/2025 Elissa Iorgulescu – QUCEH Seminar Series
Commodity Spot-Future Spreads and Inflation Expectations, 1877-2020 Elissa Iorgulescu is a PhD candidate at the University of Hohenheim
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Commodity Spot-Future Spreads and Inflation Expectations, 1877-2020 Elissa Iorgulescu is a PhD candidate at the University of Hohenheim
Entrepreneurship in King Leopold’s Congo Free State Marc Deloof is a Professor of Corporate Finance at the University of Antwerp. https://marcdeloof.wordpress.com/
Religious Competition and Provision of Public Services Abstract: We argue that competition created through foreign influence in education, between missionaries and ethno-religious minorities can
The Bankruptcy Express: Market Integration, Organizational Changes, and Financial Distress in 19th Century Britain Jean Lacroix is an Associate Professor at the
The Original Gangsters: The Big 4 Auditors in Their Early Days Muhan Hu is a lecturer in Finance at Strathclyde Business School. https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/humuhanmrs/
Commodity Price Busts and Financial Stability: Evidence from the 1920s Kilian Rieder is a FWF Schrödinger Prize Fellow at Northwestern University‘s Department of Economics and Paris School of Economics
Shaping growth: different types of human capital and European regional incomes (1870-1950) Gabriele Cappelli is an Associate Professor of Economic History at the
Abstract: This paper documents that large cities played a unique role in women’s economic and social advances in the early 20th century. We first
Superstition, fertility, and modernization: evidence from Japan John Tang is an Economic Historian in the Department of History and Art History at Utrecht University.
Abstract: Education is a main facilitator of social mobility, and higher education (HE) plays a major role in this. But while returns to HE
A Royal Principal-Agent Relationship: Insights from a Chartered Company Niamh Brennan is Michael MacCormac Professor of Management at University College Dublin and Founder/Academic Director
Land Reform and Access to Credit: The Response of Bankruptcies to Land Enclosures in England, 1750-1830 Karine van der Beek is a senior lecturer
Collateral damage: The financial economics of slavery Peter Koudijs is a Professor of Finance and History at Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University
The Wealth Divide: Has Inequality Doomed The 2024 Elections? Are societies on the brink of fracture due to economic inequality? As 2024 shapes up to
Joost Jonker is based at the University of Amsterdam: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/j/o/j.p.b.jonker/j.p.b.jonker.html
Herding, Warfare, and a Culture of Honor: Global Evidence Abstract: We examine the importance of norms of revenge and punishment in perpetuating global conflicts.
Nikolaus Wolf is a Professor of Economics and Economic History at the Department of Economics and the Institute for Economic History at Humboldt-Universität zu
The event took place at the Student Hub Seminar Room 2 (0G.039B) and showcased first year PhD projects from Queen’s University Belfast and Trinity
Skilled Labour Inflows and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence from Post-War Germany Abstract: This study uses a novel county-level database on German World War
Professor Ann Carlos gave the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Lecture on Thursday 11th April 2024 at 17:00 in the Neill Lecture Theatre of the Long
Abstract: This paper studies the link between gender-biased technological change in the agricultural sector and structural transformation in Norway. After WWII, Norwegian farms began
Words Matter: The Value of Collective Bargaining Agreements Abstract: This paper proposes novel natural language methods to measure worker rights from collective bargaining agreements (CBAs)
Living La Vida Loca? Investing in Latin America 1870-1929 Áine Gallagher is a Lecturer (Education) in Finance at Queen’s University Belfast. https://ceph.ie/people-re/aine-gallagher/
Was Freedom Road a Dead End? Political and socio-economic effects of Reconstruction in the American South Richard Grossman is Andrews Professor of Economics
Reactionary Utopia: Radicalization and Violence in the Russian Empire Abstract: We examine the influence of left-wing terrorism in imperial Russia between the 1880s and
Macartan Humphreys is the director of the Institutions and Political Inequality group at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and honorary professor of social
Abstract: Economic societies emerged during the late eighteenth-century. We argue that these institutions reduced the costs of accessing useful knowledge by adopting, producing, and
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