International Macro History Online Seminar Series
Date / time
22/09/2021 - 15/12/2021, 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
22/09/2021 - 15/12/2021, 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
The fall 2021 sessions of the International Macro History Online Seminar will run from 22 September to 15 May 2022 and will take place virtually every Wednesday at 17:00 (Geneva time). The seminars will run for 60 minutes with an extra optional 15 minutes for further discussion.
Contact: imhos@cepr.org
Fall 2021 Programme
- 22 September 2021: For Whom the Bell Curve Tolls: Genetics and Social Life in England, 1670-2021, Greg Clark (UC Davis and CEPR)
- 29 September 2021: The Smooth-Hawley Trade War, Kirsten Wandschneider (University of Vienna and CEPR), Kris Mitchener (Santa Clara University and CEPR) and Kevin O’Rourke (NYU Abu Dhabi and CEPR)
- 6 October 2021: The Columbian Exchange and Conflict in Asia, Mark Dincecco (Michigan University), James Fenske (University of Warwick) and Anil Menon (University of Michigan)
- 13 October 2021: National Banks and the Local Economy, Chenzi Xu (Stanford University)
- 20 October 2021: Public Health Shocks and Product Pricing Behavior: Evidence from Life Insurance during the 1918-19 Influenza Pandemic, Gustavo Cortes (University of Florida) and Gertjan Verdickt (KU Leuven)
- 27 October 2021: Where is Capital?, Emma Rothschild (Harvard University)
- 3 November 2021: Historical Determinants of State Capacity, Melissa M Lee (Princeton University)
- 10 November 2021: Comparative European Institutions and the Little Divergence, 1385-1800, Antonio Castro Henriques (Universidade do Porto) and Nuno Palma (University of Manchester, Universidade de Lisboa and CEPR)
- 17 November 2021: Technology Adoption and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Industrialization in France, Reka Juhasz (Columbia University), Mara P. Squicciarini (Bocconi University) and Nico Voigtländer (UCLA)
- 24 November 2021: Break
- 1 December 2021: Loans for the Little Fellow: Credit, Crisis, and Recovery in the Great Depression, Sarah Quincy (Vanderbilt University)
- 8 December 2021: When Autocrats Fail: Bismarck and the Socialists, Felix Kersting (Humboldt University)
- 15 December 2021: Inflation and Individual Investors’ Behavior: Evidence from the German Hyperinflation, Fabio Braggion (Tilburg University and CEPR), Felix Meyerinck (University of St. Gallen), Nick Schaub (WHU)
