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Thursday, October 17th, 2024
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Endogenous Financial Networks and Systemic Risk: A Demand System Approach
Romain Ranciere, Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife; Professor of Finance & Business Economics, USC Marshall; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
4:00pm 5:00pm
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From the Artisan Shop to the Mechanized Factory: Inanimate Power and the Transformation of American Manufacturing, 1820 to 1900
Robert A. Margo, Professor of Economics, Boston University,
Thursday, May 16th, 2024
12:00pm 1:00pm
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The Model T
Joshua Hausman, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan,
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Financial Scarring and the Failure of the Freedman's Savings Bank
Vellore Arthi, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UC Irvine,
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
12:00pm 1:00pm
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► CANCELED: Social Sciences History Seminar

This seminar has been canceled.
Price Fishback, Thomas R. Brown Professor of Economics, University of Arizona,
Thursday, March 14th, 2024
4:00pm 5:00pm
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► CANCELED: Social Sciences History Seminar

This seminar has been canceled.
John Joseph Wallis, Mancur Olson Professor of Economics, University of Maryland,
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Price of Housing in the United States, 1890-2006
Allison Shertzer, Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia,
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Teacher Salaries and Racial Inequality in Educational Attainment in the Mid-Century South
Elizabeth Cascio, Professor of History, Dartmouth College,
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Re-Thinking "Distance from": Lessons from Wittenberg and Mainz
Qiyi Zhao, PhD Student in Economics, Stanford University,
Thursday, June 1st, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ethnic churches delayed immigrant assimilation in the historical United States
Leah Platt Boustan, Professor of Economics, Princeton University,
Thursday, May 11th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organizing a Kingdom
Nico Voigtlander, Professor of Economics, UCLA Anderson School of Management,
Thursday, May 4th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The Confederate Diaspora
Martin Fiszbein, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Boston University,
Thursday, April 27th, 2023
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Bank Branching and Local Shocks
Sarah Quincy, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University,
Thursday, April 20th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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► CANCELED: Social Sciences History Seminar

This seminar has been canceled.
Stefanie Stantcheva, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

Towns and Agriculture in Times of Serfdom: An Economic Success or an Economic Failure?
Alex Klein, Deputy Head of School and Reader in Economics, School of Economics, University of Kent,
Thursday, April 6th, 2023
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Impacts of the Clean Air Act on The Power Sector from 1938-1994: Anticipation and Adaptation
Edson R. Severnini, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University,
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Classicism and Modern Growth: The Shadow of the Sages
Chicheng Ma, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Hong Kong Business School,
Tuesday, February 21st, 2023
12:00pm 1:00pm
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The Evolution of the Chinese Firm: Contracts, Hierarchical Management, and Corporate Personality in Shanxi Merchant Enterprises
Matthew Lowenstein, Hoover Fellow, Stanford University,
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Securities Ratings and Information Provision
Eric Hilt, Professor of Economics, Wellesley College,
Thursday, November 17th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Finance and Climate Resilience: Evidence from the 1950s Drought
Rodney Ramcharan, Professor of Finance and Business Economics, Marshall School of Business, USC,
Monday, October 31st, 2022
12:00pm 1:00pm
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(Real) Wages in the Middle Ages: The Economic Implications of In-Kind Payment on Medieval English Demesnes, 1250-1450
Jordan Claridge, Assistant Professor, Department of Economic History, London School of Economics,
Tuesday, March 31st, 2020
12:00pm 1:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Economic History Seminar

This seminar has been canceled.
Guillaume Blanc, PhD Student, Brown University,
Friday, January 10th, 2020
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Economic History Seminar

Rural Elites and Redistribution: Evidence from the English Poor Law
Jonathan Chapman, Assistant Professor of Economic History, New York University Abu Dhabi,
Monday, February 4th, 2019
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Family Background and Career Outcomes for Exam Degree Holders in the Qing (1644-1911)
Cameron Campbell, Professor and Acting Head, Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ,
Friday, June 2nd, 2017
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Inequality and the poor law in mid Victorian England
Jonathan Chapman, Assistant Professor of Economic History, NYU Abu Dhabi,
Friday, May 19th, 2017
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Death of the Rentiers (1912-1957)
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics; Ronald and Maxine Linde Leadership Chair, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Commercial Expansion and Churning: Business Organization in Egypt between 1911 and 1948
Cihan Artunc, Visiting Associate in Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Friday, February 17th, 2017
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Building a New Imperial State: Agency Problems and Separation of Powers in English North America
Sean Gailmard, Professor, Travers Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley,
Friday, December 2nd, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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The Strength of American Federal Democracy
Roger Myerson, Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Friday, November 11th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Reversal of Fortune? Geography, Climate, and the Distribution of Income Across Countries
Steve Haber, A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Political Science, Professor of History, Professor (by courtesy) of Economics at Stanford University, Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution,
Friday, November 4th, 2016
12:00pm 1:00pm
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'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,