The CEPR Economic History and Macro Growth Programmes are getting together for a joint conference on understanding differences in living standards between nations. The conference will take place at SDU to mark the 10th Annual Workshop on Growth, History and Development, in collaboration with the Danish Institute for Advanced Study and in collaboration with CAGE, also marking its 10th year of operation. Economic historians have recently made much progress in reconstructing historical national accounts and quantifying other economic variables for the last millennium. This work has implications for the stylised facts that growth economists seek to explain in their analysis. At the same time, it is important for economic historians to keep abreast of the latest research in growth economics, since new analysis may identify new variables on which relevant historical evidence can be collected. The conference will feature some keynote lectures summarising recent developments in economic history and growth economics as well as current frontier research in both programmes. Confirmed speakers include Philippe Aghion, Bob Allen, Nick Crafts, Oded Galor, Sheilagh Ogilvie, Kevin O’Rourke and Jaume Ventura.
If you would like to submit a paper proposal, please upload a draft with your reply form by visiting https://portal.cepr.org/accounting-wealth-nations-history-and-theory and indicate whether or not you wish to present a paper or act as a discussant. You will also be asked to specify your funding requirements. If you do not currently have a CEPR profile, please create a new profile here https://portal.cepr.org/user/register and then click on the registration link above. If you have any difficulties registering for this meeting, please contact Mandy Chan, Events Officer, at [email protected] or +44 20 7183 8804.
The deadline for replies is Friday 26 October 2018, 18:00 GMT. We cannot accept submissions received after this date.
Accommodation expenses will be covered for participants on the programme. Limited travel funding is available according to the CEPR travel guidelines. The organisers will notify prospective participants by early March 2017 of their decision.
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Yours sincerely,
The Organisers
Stephen Broadberry (Nuffield College, Oxford, CAGE and CEPR), Francesco Caselli (London School of Economics and CEPR) and Paul Sharp (University of Southern Denmark, CAGE and CEPR)
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