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Econ 325 Social Science History

Term: Fall
Date and Time Speaker(s) Title (click for more details) Location
Wed, Sep 23, 1:30PM - 3:00PM Xavier Duran
Northwestern University

Formation of Expectations and the Expected Private Profitability of the First Transcontinental Railroad Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Sep 30, 1:30PM - 3:00PM Richard Sutch
UC Berkeley

Henry Agard Wallace, the Iowa Corn Yield Tests, and the Adoption of Hybrid Corn Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Oct 7, 1:30PM - 3:00PM Jeffrey Greenbaum
UC Berkeley

Land Endowments, Child Labor, and the Development of Public Schooling: Evidence from Early 20th Century U.S. Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Oct 14, 1:30PM - 3:00PM Estefania Santacreu-Vasut
UC Berkeley

Diversity and Institutions: Theory and Evidence from the Spread of Industrialization Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Oct 21, 1:30PM - 3:00PM Nathan Nunn
Harvard University (visiting Stanford)

The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from an Historical Experiment Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Oct 28, 1:30PM - 3:00PM Kris Mitchener
Santa Clara University

Arresting Bank Panics: Fed Liquidity Provision and the Forgotten Panic of 1929 Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Nov 4, 1:30PM - 3:00PM L. Kamran Bilir and Petra Moser
Stanford University

Do Stronger Patent Rights Encourage Technology Transfer? Evidence from the U.S. Accession to the Paris Convention in 1887 Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Nov 11, 1:30PM - 3:00PM Christopher K. Paik
Stanford University

Historical Underpinnings of Institutions: Evidence from the Neolithic Revolution Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Nov 18, 1:30PM - 3:00PM Nancy Qian
Yale University

The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-1961 Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Nov 25, 5:45PM


Thanksgiving Week Econ Bldg 351
Wed, Dec 2, 3:30PM - 5:00PM Estefania Santacreu-Vasut
UC Berkeley

Diversity and Institutions: Theory and Evidence from the Spresad of Industrialization Econ Bldg 351