Research Seminar
Economic History, Growth & Development
Welcome to our research seminar! The following senior researchers are involved in the seminar:
Prof. Börner, Prof. Fertig, Prof. Grieben, Prof. Kopsidis
The seminar takes place Wednesday in person (if not indicated otherwise) at 18:00 in room SRI in the department's main building (Große Steinstraße 73). In case of questions, please contact Dr. Hakon Albers (hakon.albers@wiwi.uni-halle.de).
We are happy to have the following presenters this term:
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 19. October 2022 |
Reversing Fortunes of German Regions, 1926–2019: Boon and Bane of Early Industrialization? | |
| 02. November 2022 |
An economic model of ethnic maps and the endogenous unit area problem | |
| 16. November 2022 |
Dr. Lukas Kornher (ZEF, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn) |
The aid-nutrition link - does targeted development assistance related to food systems matter? |
| 30. November 2022 |
On the Short-Term Economic Costs of the Spanish Influenza in Germany: A Quantification Attempt for the Year 1918 | |
| 14. December 2022 |
The Dynamic Consequences of State-Building: Evidence from the French Revolution | |
| TUESDAY 10. January 2023 |
Stefan Nikolić, PhD (Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University) |
t.b.a. |
| 25. January 2023 |
Beasts of Burden, Trade, and Hierarchy: The Long Shadow of Domestication |
In the summer term 2022, we had the following presenters:
In the winter term 2021/22, we had the following presenters (all online due to corona pandemic):
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 04. November 2021 | ||
| 18. November 2021 |
Ass. Prof. José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez, PhD (Yale University) | |
| 02. December 2021 |
Ethnic Homogenization and Public Goods: Evidence from Kenya’s Land Reform Program | |
| 16. December 2021 |
Bronze Age Trade, Elite Formation and Civilization | |
| 13. January 2022 |
State power, state capacity and economic growth: Germany in the "long" 19th century | |
| 10. February 2022 |
Valuing Hollywood’s Film Libraries: Technology Shocks and Copyright Portfolios in the Motion Picture Industry, 1948 – 2018 |
In the summer term 2021, we had the following presenters (all online due to corona pandemic):
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 22. April 2021 |
Trade and the rise of ancient Greek city-states | |
| 6. May 2021 | ||
| 20. May 2021 |
Dr. Alexander Klein (Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Kent) | |
| 03. June 2021 |
Dr. Florian Ploeckl (Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Adelaide) |
National rules, regional differences? Regional productivity, efficiency, and political preferences in the case of the German Reichspost. |
| 17. June 2021 |
Microstructure of the First Organized Futures Market: The Dojima Security Exchange from 1730 to 1869 | |
| 01. July 2021 |
The Toll of Tariffs: Protectionism, Education and Fertility in Late 19th Century France | |
| 15. July 2021 |
The Diaspora-State: Resolving commercial conflict in the British Atlantic |
In the winter term 2020/21, we had the following presenters (all online due to corona pandemic):
Given the Corona virus situation in the summer term 2020, we had to postpone all scheduled presentations.
In the winter term 2019/20, we had the following presenters visiting us:
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 14.11.2019 | Market Design and Long-Run Economic Growth: An Interacted VAR Analysis for Pre-Modern City Data | |
| 28.11.2019 | ||
| 12.12.2019 | Liquidity and stock issues at the Berlin Stock Exchange, 1898–1913 | |
| 09.01.2020 | Finding the right balance: The case of Dutch loan funds, 1850-1920 The paper is joint work with Amaury de Vicq (Utrecht University). | |
| 16.01.2020 | Losing the Gains from Trade. Evidence from the Trade Multiplier of the Great Depression | |
| 30.01.2020 | The Deep Roots of Rebellion: Evidence from the Irish Revolution |