13-14/06/2024 CEPR Economic History Symposium
We hosted the eleventh Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Economic History Symposium on the 13th- 14th June 2024 at Trinity College Dublin. The symposium
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We hosted the eleventh Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) Economic History Symposium on the 13th- 14th June 2024 at Trinity College Dublin. The symposium
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)
The Annual RES Conference is the society’s flagship event, consisting of keynote lectures, special sessions and general sessions for paper presentation along with fringe events
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/
What economic history does the next UK government need to know? Why understanding economic history can be the key to successful government policymaking On Friday
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
Monetary policy at the periphery during the classical gold standard: Italy (1894-1913) Abstract: Focusing on the dominant bank of issue of the time (the
Tommaso Frattini is a Professor of Economics at the University of Milan. https://sites.unimi.it/tommasofrattini/
The Task and Skill Content of Past Technological Change: Job Creation and Job Quality in the US Transportation Revolution Ben Schneider is a Postdoctoral
Abstract: We use the German bombing of London during the Second World War as an exogenous source of variation to provide evidence on neighborhood
Welcome John Turner (Queen’s University Belfast; Centre for Economics, Policy and History) Session 1 Moderator: Gaia Narciso (Trinity College Dublin; Centre for Economics,
CEPH Associate Prof. Frank Barry of Trinity Business School will give a public lecture based on his new monograph ‘Industry and Policy in Independent
Grandfathered Out: Sheltering from Technological Unemployment in Victorian Britain Hillary is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Economic History at the London
Faith and Assimilation: Italian Immigrants in the U.S. Stefano Gagliarducci is a Professor of Economics at Tor Vergata University of Rome. https://sites.google.com/site/stefanogagliarducci/
Brokers in Turbulent Economies: Trust in Flux Emily Buchnea is an Associate Professor at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/b/emily-buchnea/
‘I told you so!’ How economics can use the past to predict the future On November 2nd at 17:00, CEPH will host ‘I Told You So’:
Why did shareholder liability disappear? David Bogle is a Lecturer (Education) in Finance at Queen’s University Belfast. https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/david-bogle-2
The Context Effect: Why Policymakers and Corporate Executives Need You to Make Better Decisions Laurence Mussio is a co-founder and director of the Long Run Institute.
Abstract: Housing bubbles and crashes are catastrophic events for economies and imply enormous destruction of housing wealth, financial default risks, construction unemployment and business
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