NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2006

Development of the American Economy

Eric Hilt, Melissa Thomasson and Werner Troesken; Organizers

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

July 10-13, 2006

PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 10:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	Introductions
9:15 am	RICHARD STECKEL, Ohio State University and NBER
	Ecological Conditions and Nutritional Success of Equestrian Nomads on the Great Plains
10:05 am	Break
10:20 am	PETER MANCALL, University of Southern California
	JOSH ROSENBLOOM and TOM WEISS, University of Kansas and NBER
	Re-Examining the Role of Exports in the Economy of Colonial America: Evidence from the Middle Colonies and Lower South
11:10 am	Break
11:25 am	FILIPPO OCCHINO, Rutgers University
	KIM OOSTERLINCK, Université Libre de Bruxelles
	EUGENE WHITE, Rutgers University and NBER
	How Occupied France Financed its own Exploitation in World War II
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	LATIKA CHAUDHARY, UC, Los Angeles
	Social Divisions and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Colonial India
2:05 pm	Break
2:20 pm	KEN SOKOLOFF, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
	ERIC ZOLT, UC, Los Angeles
	Inequality and the Evolution of Institutions of Taxation: Evidence from the Economic History of the Americas
3:10 pm	Break
3:25 pm	ART CARDEN, Washington University
	Trial by Fury: Institutions and Southern Development
4:15 pm	Adjourn
TUESDAY, JULY 11:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	ERIC HILT, Wellesley College and NBER
	Corporate Ownership and Governance in the Early Nineteenth Century
9:50 am	Break
10:05 am	RICHARD SYLLA and ROBERT WRIGHT, New York University and NBER
	DAVID COWEN, New York University
	The U.S. Panic of 1792: Financial Crisis Management and the Lender of Last Resort
10:55 am	Break
11:10 am	SEAN GAILMARD and JEFFERY JENKINS Northwestern University
	Agency Problems and Electoral Institutions: The 17^th Amendment and Representation in the Senate
12:00 n	Lunch
1:00 pm	CAROLA FRYDMAN, Harvard University
	Rising Through the Ranks: The Evolution of the Market for Corporate Executives, 1936-2003
1:50 pm	Break
2:10 pm	JOE KABOSKI, Ohio State University
	TREVON LOGAN, Ohio State University and NBER
	The Returns to Education in the Early 20th Century: New Historical Evidence
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	RON ALQUIST, University of Michigan
	BENJAMIN CHABOT, University of Michigan and NBER
	Did Adhering to the Gold Standard Reduce the Cost of Capital?
4:05 pm	Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	SUNG WON KANG, Samsung Group
	HUGH ROCKOFF. Rutgers University and NBER
	After Johnny Came Marching Home: Veterans Benefits from the Revolution through the Korean War
9:50 am	Break
10:05 am	MINDY MILLER, University of Michigan
	Forty Acres and (no) Mule: Evaluating the Impact of Free Land on the Outcomes of Former Slaves
10:55 am	Break
11:10 am	RADEK SZULGA, UC, Davis
	A Dynamic Model of Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Human Capital Investment
12:00 n	Lunch
1:00 pm	TODD SORENSEN, University of Arizona
	SAMUEL ALLEN, UC, Davis
	PRICE FISHBACK, University of Arizona and NBER
	SHAWN KANTOR, UC, Merced and NBER
	Migration Creation, Diversion, and Retention: The New Deal Grants and Migration, 1935-1940
1:50 pm	Break
2:10 pm	ZORINA KHAN, Bowdoin College and NBER
	To Have and Have Not: Are Rich Litigious Plaintiffs Favored in Court Cases?
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	PETER TEMIN, MIT and NBER
	The Rate of Time Preference in the United States Government
4:00 pm	Adjourn
6:00 pm	Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
THURSDAY, JULY 13:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	THOMAS MROZ, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	PAUL RHODE, University of North Carolina and NBER
	KOLEMAN STRUMPF, Kansas School of Business
	Local Educational Investments and Migration: Evidence from 1940
9:50 am	Break
10:05 am	PETRA MOSER, MIT and NBER
	War and Ethnic Discrimination: Evidence from Applications to the New York Stock Exchange, 1883-1973
10:55 am	Break
11:10 am	CHRISTOPHER MEISSNER, Cambridge University and NBER
	DAVID JACKS, Simon Fraser University
	Trade Costs in the First Wave of Globalization
12:00 n	Adjourn