Programme
Fifth CEPR Economic History Symposium
London
Generously supported by the Bank of England
22-23 June 2017
Programme (Pdf)
Thursday 22 June |
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| 9:15-9:30 |
Welcome and Introduction |
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SESSION 1: LENDER OF LAST RESORT |
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| 09:30-10:15 |
Economic Crises and the Eligibility for the Lender of Last Resort: Evidence from Nineteenth Century France |
| 10:15-11:00 |
The Bank of England as Lender of Last Resort: New historical evidence from long-run, high-frequency archival data |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Tea and Coffee |
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SESSION 2: BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ADJUSTMENT |
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| 11:30-12:15 |
Trade Imbalances or Specie Arbitrage? Anglo-Asian Bullion Flows in the Early Modern Period, 1664-1811 |
| 12:15-13:00 |
When do fixed exchange rates work? Evidence from the Gold Standard |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
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SESSION 3: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY |
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| 14:00-14:45 |
Bank Capital Redux |
| 14:45-15:30 |
Logrolling for Private Interest: British MPs during the Railway Mania of 1845 |
| 15:30-16:15 |
Uncertainty and Hyperinflation: European Inflation Dynamics after World War I |
| 16:15-16:45 |
Tea and Coffee |
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SESSION 4: POPULATION AND REAL WAGES |
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| 16:45-17:30 |
Disease and Demographic Development: The Legacy of the Black Death |
| 17:30-18:15 |
'Unreal Wages? Real Income and Economic Growth in England, 1260-1850 |
| 19:00 |
Dinner |
Friday 23 June |
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SESSION 5: INNOVATION AND GROWTH |
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| 9:00-9:45 |
Innovation, Localized Knowledge Spillovers and the British Industrial Revolution, 1700-1850 |
| 9:45-10:30 |
Time for Growth |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Tea and Coffee |
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SESSION 6: ASSET MARKETS |
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| 11:00-11:45 |
The Dawes Bonds: Selective Default and International Trade |
| 11:45-12:30 |
Beresford’s Revenge: British Equity Holdings in Latin America, 1869-1929 |
| 12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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SESSION 7: HUMAN CAPITAL |
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| 13:30-14:15 |
Escaping Europe: Health and Human Capital of Holocaust Refugees |
| 14:15-15:00 |
Disease and child growth in industrialising Japan: assessing instantaneous changes in growth and changes in the growth pattern, 1911-39 |
| 15:00-15:30 |
Tea and Coffee |
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SESSION 8: LAND USE |
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| 15:30-16:15 |
Cereals, Appropriability and Hierarchy |
| 16:15-17:00 |
What Drove the Integration of Real Estate Markets during the Spanish Urban Transition? |
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