Kellogg-Harvard Conference on the Political Economy of Development
May 17, 2019, 1:00 PM
Kellogg is pleased to host this two-day conference (May 17th-18th) on Political Economy of Development, coordinated by Nancy Qian and Nathan Nunn.
Program:
Friday, May 17th
9:00-10:00am Stelios Michalopoulos
Title: "Folklore"
10:00-10:15am Break
10:15-11:15am Nico Voigtlaender
Title: "How Merchant Towns Shaped Parliaments: From the Norman Conquest of England to the Great Reform Act"
11:15-11:30am Break
11:30- 12:30pm Ruixue Jia
Title: "When History Matters Little: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD1000-2000"
12:30-1:30pm Roundtable discussion and lunch for invited speakers
1:30-2:30pm Guo Xu
Title: "Patronage for Productivity: Selection and Performance in the Age of Sail"
2:30-2:45pm Break
2:45-3:45pm Nathan Nunn
Title: "Distrust and Political Turnover"
3:45-4:00pm Break
4:00-5:00pm Paola Giuliano
Title: "Diversity in Schools: Immigrants and the Educational Performance of Natives"
5:00-5:15pm Break
5:15-6:15pm Suresh Naidu
Title: "The Economic Geography of American Slavery"
6:45pm Dinner for speakers and their invited attendees
Saturday, May 18th
8:30-9:30am Melissa Dell
Title: "The Automated History Archive"
9:30-9:45am Break
9:45-10:45am Saumitra Jha
Title: "Marching Towards the Bastille: Veterans, Democratic Values and Leadership in the French Revolution"
10:45-11:00am Break
11:00-12:00pm Noam Yuchtman
Title: "Historical Contingencies, Econometric Problems: The Analysis of Natural Experiments in Economic History"
12:00-1:00pm Lunch for speakers and their invited attendees
Please email Grace Musante with questions or to request registration.
