I got back from the ASSA meetings in Philadelphia last night. I had some excellent food. We'll have to go back to Alma de Cuba when its warmer and try their ceviche sampler. We took Mary's students Leanne Roncolato and Megan Fasules out to Serpico, which had a really nice tasting menu. And Pumpkin cemented its position as my favorite place to eat in Phildelphia. Also went to Saint John the Evangelist Friday night.
I also attended some great sessions. The economic history sesions (organized by the Cliometric Society and the Economic History Association) were all excellent and very well attended. The one in which my wife, Mary Eschelbach Hansen and her student, Megan Fasules, presented was packed and both Paul Solman and Matt Yglesias were there. Yglesias even tweeted one of the slides from Mary and Megan's presentation.
Cliometric
Society Sessions
Spatial
Allocation of Conflict, Individuals, and Economic Activity
January
3, 2014, 12:30 – 2:15 pm, Philadelphia Marriott, Meeting Room 406
Organizer:
John Murray (Rhodes College)
Chair:
Mary Hansen (American University)
Discussants:
John Brown (Clark University), Allison Shertzer (University of Pittsburgh), Hugh
Rockoff (Rutgers), Chris Vickers (Northwestern)
“Railroads
and the Regional Concentration of Industry in Germany 1846 to 1882,” Theresa
Gutberlet (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
“Segregation
(Forever?): Measuring the Short- and Long-Term Consequences of Segregation,”
John Parman (College of William and Mary) and Trevon Logan (Ohio State
University and NBER)
“Military
Conflict and the Economic Rise of Urban Europe,” Mark Dincecco (University of
Michigan) and Massimiliano Onorato (IMT Institute for Advanced Studies)
“Murder
and the Black Market: Prohibition’s Impact on Homicide Rates in American
Cities,” Brendan Livingston (???)
Enterprising
America: Businesses, Banks, and Credit Markets in Historical Perspective
January
3, 2014, 2:30 – 4:30 pm, Philadelphia Marriott, Meeting Room 406
Organizer:
John Murray (Rhodes College)
Chair:
William Collins (Vanderbilt and NBER)
Discussants:
Carola Frydman (Boston University and NBER), William Collins (Vanderbilt and
NBER), Matt Jaremski (Colgate University and NBER)
“Corporate
Governance and the Establishment of Manufacturing Enterprises in New England,”
Eric Hilt, (Wellesley College and NBER)
“Economies
of Scale in Nineteenth Century American Manufacturing Revisited: A Resolution of
the Entrepreneurial Labor Input Problem,” Robert A. Margo (Boston University and
NBER)
“How
Does Governance Matter? An Examination of the Long-Term Evolution of Bank Boards
in the United States, 1800-1933,” Howard Bodenhorn (Clemson University and NBER)
and Eugene White (Rutgers University and NBER)
Technology
and Property Rights
January
4, 2014, 2:30 – 4:30 pm, Philadelphia Marriott, Meeting Room 406
Organizer:
John Murray (Rhodes College)
Chair:
David Mitch (University of Maryland-Baltimore County)
Discussants:
Lisa Cook (Michigan State), Carol Shiue (University of Colorado), Ahmed Rahman
(U.S. Naval Academy), Susan Wolcott (Binghamton University)
“Copyright
and the Diffusion of Classical Music,” Petra Moser (Stanford University) and
Jerry Lao (Stanford University)
“The
Great Divergence and the Economics of Printing,” Luis Angeles (University of
Glasgow)
“Turning
Points in Leadership: Shipping Technology in the Portuguese and Dutch Merchant
Empires,” Claudia Rei (Vanderbilt University)
“Industrial
development and technology adoption in late nineteenth century Japan,” John Tang
(Australia National University)
Economic
History Association Sessions
Poverty
from a Historical Viewpoint
January
4, 2014, 12:30 – 2:15 pm, Philadelphia Marriott, Meeting Room 307
Organizer:
Martha Bailey (University of Michigan)
Chair:
Robert Margo (Boston University)
Discussants:
Tom Vogl (Princeton), Robert Margo (Boston University), Melissa Thomasson (Miami
University – Ohio), Rob Gillezeau (New Democratic Party, Ontario Canada)
“Up
from Poverty? The 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery and the Long-run Distribution of
Wealth,” Joseph Ferrie (Northwestern University) and Hoyt Bleakley (University
of Chicago)
“The
Effects of Childhood Means-tested Cash Transfers on Mortality: Evidence from the
Mother’s Pension Programs,” Shari Eli (University of Toronto), Anna Aizer (Brown
University), Adriana Lleras-Muney (UCLA), and Joseph Ferrie (Northwestern
University)
“Interactions
between Social Insurance Programs: The Impact of Medicare on the Characteristics
of Petitioners for Bankruptcy,” Megan Lynn Fasules (American University) and
Mary Eschelbach Hansen (American University)
“Poverty
and Progress among Canadian Immigrants, 1911-1931,” Chris Minns (London School
of Economics), Kris Inwood (University of Guelph) and Fraser Summerfield
(University of Guelph)
Reception
hosted by the Cliometric Society
Saturday,
January 4th, 6:00-8:00 pm
Philadelphia
Marriott Downtown - Meeting Room 403
Banking
January
5, 2014, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Philadelphia Marriott, Meeting Room 307
Organizer:
Martha Bailey (University of Michigan)
Chair:
Hugh Rockoff (Rutgers)
Discussants:
Dominick Bartelme (UC Berkeley), Joshua Hausman (University of Michigan),
Jonathan Rose (Federal Reserve Board)
“American
Banking and the Transportation Revolution Before the Civil War,” Matthew
Jaremski (Colgate University), Jeremy Atack (Vanderbilt University), and Peter
Rousseau (Vanderbilt University)
“Central
Bank Credibility and Reputation: An Historical Exploration,” Pierre Siklos
(Wilfrid Laurier University) and Michael Bordo (Rutgers University)
“Financial
Liberalization and Bank Failures: The United States Free Banking Experience,"
Philipp Ager (University of Southern Denmark) and Fabrizio Spargoli (Erasmus
University)
Austan Goolsbee