Yale Department of Economics

Economic History Lunch

Organized by: Timothy Guinnane

Description : The Economic History Lunch is an informal workshop designed primarily for graduate students working in Economic History to present research in progress. Faculty and visitors also use the workshop to present work in its early stages.

Because of the budget situation, the lunch seminar will not be meeting every week this year
 

Fall 2009 Tuesday, Noon-1 pm, 28 Hillhouse Avenue, Room B8
September 15 Treb (David) Allen, Yale, "Agency in the Peculiar Institution: Fertility Decisions under Slavery."
September 22 Ben Chabot, Yale, "Did Robber-Barron's and Workers Share Risks? Evidence from Gilded-Age Stock Returns."
September 29 Tobias Jopp, University of Hohenheim
October 6 Veronica Santarosa, Yale, "Mitigating Asymmetric Information in Modern Financial Markets: The Bill of Exchange and the Role of the Joint-Liability Rule."
October 13 No Meeting
October 20 Claire Lemercier, University of Paris
October 27 No Meeting
November 3 No Meeting
November 10 No Meeting
November 17 Xavier Duran, Northwestern, "Formation of Expectations and the Expected Private Profitability of the First Transcontinental Railroad".
December 1 James Fenske, Yale
December 8 David Cantoni, Harvard
March 23 David Donaldson, MIT
March 30 No Meeting
April 6 No Meeting
April 13 No Meeting
April 20 No Meeting
April 27 Frauke Schlütz, Bochum

Economic History Workshop          Past Lunches

Schedule maintained by Hannah Pitt

Last updated: November 12, 2009