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Friday, November 4th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar

'What commodity in Europe doth decay more than wood?' Scarcity, Political Ecology, and the Making of the English Atlantic
Keith Pluymers, Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities, Caltech,
Friday, October 21st, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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The Rise of Europe and Atlantic Trade
Daudin Guillaume, Professor of Economics, Université Paris-Dauphine,
Friday, October 14th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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The Timberland Economy in Southeastern Guizhou: Co-ownership, Securitization, and Risk-Sharing
Meng Zhang, Ph.D. Candidate, History Department, UCLA,
Friday, October 7th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Logrolling for Private Interest: British MPs during the Railway Mania of 1845
Gabriel Mesevage, Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher, Department of Economics, University of Oxford; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Friday, May 20th, 2016
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Network Contagion and Interbank Amplification During the Great Depression
Kris Mitchener, Robert and Susan Finocchio Endowed Chair and Professor of Economics, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University,
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Climate, Geography, and the Evolution of Economic and Political Institutions
Stephen Haber, A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor of Political Science, Stanford University,
Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality Since 1700
Peter Lindert, Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis,
Friday, April 25th, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Conformity and the Certificate of Discharge: Bankruptcy in Early Modern England
Ann M. Carlos, Professor and Associate Dean for Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder,
Friday, March 14th, 2014
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Pox of Liberty: How the Constitution Left Americans Rich, Free, and Prone to Infection
Werner Troesken, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh,
Monday, November 4th, 2013
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Unfree Labour: Did Indenture Reduce labour supply to Tea Plantations in Assam?
Bishnupriya Gupta, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Warwick,
Friday, March 1st, 2013
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ancestry Matters: Socioeconomic Determinants of Descent Line Growth and Extinction in Qing (1644-1911) China (joint work with Xi Song and James Z. Lee)
Cameron Campbell, Professor, Department of Sociology, UCLA,
Friday, November 30th, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Political Parties and the Politics of Market Access in the Aftermath of Britain's Glorious Revolution
Dan Bogart, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of California-Irvine,
Monday, November 19th, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets
Leah Platt Boustan, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, UCLA,
Friday, June 1st, 2012
4:00pm 5:00pm
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*NOTE: THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED* Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in the Northern Labor and Housing Markets
Leah Platt Boustan, Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA,
Monday, December 5th, 2011
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Welfare Impact of a New Good: The Printed Book
Jeremiah Dittmar, Department of Economics, American University,
Monday, October 24th, 2011
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Debt Policy Under Constraints Between Philip II, the Cortes and Genoese Bankers
Christophe Chamley, Department of Economics, Boston University,
Friday, April 15th, 2011
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Peak Coal in 1789: Predicting Exhaustion in Britain's Industrial Revolution
Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, assistant professor of British history, the University of Chicago,
Monday, October 25th, 2010
4:00pm 5:00pm
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How Does Knowledge Diffuse? The Case of Agricultural Experiment Stations in the United States, 1880-1930
Shawn Kantor, UC Merced,
Friday, October 1st, 2010
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Genetic History and Migrations in Western Eurasia 500-1000
Patrick Geary, professor of history, UCLA,
Monday, May 10th, 2010
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Understanding Machine Tool Development in the United States: Uniting Economic and Business History
Ross Thomson, associate professor of economics, University of Vermont,
Monday, November 9th, 2009
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Do Natural Resouces Fuel Authoritarianism? A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse
Stephen Haber, professor of political science, Stanford University,
Friday, October 30th, 2009
4:00pm 5:00pm
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War, Moral Hazard, and Ministerial Responsibility: England after the Glorious Revolution
Gary W. Cox, professor of political science, UC San Diego,
Friday, May 15th, 2009
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa
Monday, April 20th, 2009
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Battles Against Animal Diseases: Science, Policy, and the Origins of Economic Regulation in the United States
Paul Rhode, professor of economic history, University of Arizona,
Monday, March 16th, 2009
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Consumption, Social Capital, and the Industrious Revolution in Early Modern Germany
Sheilagh Ogilvie, professor of economic history, Cambridge University,