NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2007

 

Development of the American Economy

 

Howard Bodenhorn, Michael Haines, and Zorina Khan; Organizers

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

July 9-12, 2007

 

PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, JULY 9:

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 am

Introductions

 

 

 9:15 am

FARLEY GRUBB, University of Delaware and NBER

 

The Continental Dollar—Part 1: How Much Was Issued?

 

 

10:05 am

Break

 

 

10:20 am

BEN CHABOT, University of Michigan and NBER

 

How Costly Were the Banking Panics of the Gilded Age?

 

 

11:10 am

Break

 

 

11:25 am

KRIS JAMES MITCHENER, Santa Clara University and NBER

 

MARC WEIDENMIER, Claremont McKenna College and NBER

 

Are Hard Pegs Credible in Emerging Markets? Lessons from the Classical Gold Standard

 

 

12:15 pm

Lunch – Poster Sessions

 

 

 1:15 pm

ANN CARLOS, University of Colorado

 

KIRSTEN WANDSCHEIDER, Middlebury College

 

LARRY NEAL, University of Illinois and NBER

 

Trading Connections in Bank of England Shares, 1720: The Role of Market Makers

 

 

 2:05 pm

Break

 

 

2:20 pm

ERIC HILT, Wellesley College and NBER

 

Wall Street’s First Corporate Governance Crisis: The Conspiracy Trials of 1826

 

 3:10 pm

Break

 

 

3:25 pm

ALKA GANDHI, Lycoming College

 

THOMAS WEISS, University of Kansas and NBER

 

The American Invasion of Europe: The Long Term Rise in Overseas Travel, 1820-2000

 

 4:15 pm

Adjourn

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 10:

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 9:00 am

SHI-TSE LO, Concordia University

 

DHANOOS SUTTHIPHISAL, McGill University and NBER

 

Knowledge Diffusion and Cross-Over Inventions: Evidence from the Electrical Industries, 1890-1910

 

 

 9:50 am

Break

 

 

10:05 am

JEREMY ATACK, Vanderbilt University and NBER

 

ROBERT MARGO, Boston University and NBER

 

Mapping the Diffusion of American Railroads in the 19th Century

 

 

10:55 am

Break

 

 

11:10 am

FRANCISCO GALLEGO, Catholic University of Chile

 

MIRIAM BRUHN, MIT

 

Good, Bad, and Ugly Colonial Activities: Studying Development Across the Americas

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

DOUGLAS IRWIN, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

Trade Restrictiveness and Deadweight Losses from U.S. Tariffs, 1859-1961

 

 

 1:50 pm

Break

 

 

 2:10 pm

KANDA NAKNOI, Purdue University

 

Tariffs and the Expansion of the American Pig Iron Industry, 1870-1940

 

 

 3:00 pm

Break

 

 

 3:15 pm

CHRISTOPHER KINGSTON, Amherst College

 

Marine Insurance in Philadelphia during the Quasi-War with France, 1795-1801

 

 

 4:05 pm

Adjourn

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11:

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 am

MARC LAW, University of Vermont

 

MINDY MARKS, UC, Riverside

 

Effects of Occupational Licensing Laws on Minorities: Evidence from the Progressive Era

 

 

  9:50 am

Break

 

 

10:05 am

ROLAND FRYER, Harvard University and NBER

 

STEVEN LEVITT, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Hatred, Profits, and Politics: Getting under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan

 

10:55 am

Break

 

 

11:10 am

PAUL RHODE, University of Arizona and NBER

 

ALAN OLMSTEAD, UC, Davis

 

FABIAN LANGE, Yale University

 

The Impact of the Boll Weevil, 1892-1940

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

TOMAS CVRCEK, Clemson University

 

Mothers, Wives, and Workers: The Dynamics of White Fertility, Marriage and Women’s Labor Supply in the United States, 1870-1930

 

 1:50 pm

Break

 

 

 2:10 pm

TREVON LOGAN, Ohio State University and NBER

 

Economies of Scale in the Household: Evidence and Implications from the American Past

 

 

 3:00 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 pm

Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

 

THURSDAY, JULY 12:

 

 

 8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 am

RICHARD HORNBECK, MIT

 

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Evidence on the Effects of Property Rights

 

  9:50 am

Break

 

 

10:05 am

CAROLYN MOEHLING, Rutgers University and NBER

 

ANNE MORRISON PIEHL, Rutgers University and NBER

 

Immigration and Crime in Early 20th Century America

 

 

10:55 am

Break

 

 

11:10 am

JESUS VIEJO, Boston University

 

Migration, Sex Ratios and Violent Crime: Evidence from Mexico’s Municipalities

 

12:00 n

Lunch and Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

6/28/07