Spring 2021 Wednesday Seminar Series
The Seminar Series, now over 35 years old, invites scholars from around the world to share their work in a formal lecture, which is followed by a rigorous question and answer session.
The Spring 2021 seminars will be hosted by Dr. Jonathan F Schulz and Dr. Natalya Naumenko and coordinated by Lisa Hill-Corley and Kashiff A. Thompson. All papers made available will be posted on this site for downloading. For more information, call the Center: (703) 993-2316.
Seminars will be held virtually from 12 - 1:15pm over Zoom. Each presentation will be followed by an informal discussion (students welcome) from 1:15 - 2pm. The link and password will be distributed by email. If you haven't received the link but would like to participate please contact Kashiff A. Thompson (kthomp7@gmu.edu).
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Schedule of Speakers:
| 1/27 |
Dan Bogart, UC Irvine
Presentation: Organizations and efficiency in lighthouses: The English case revisited
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2/3
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Andreas Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh
Presentation: Discrimination, Migration, and Economic Outcomes: Evidence from World War I
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2/10
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Hilton Root, George Mason University
Presentation: The Embeddedness of Social Institutions: Networks of Church and State in China and the Europe
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| 2/17 |
David de la Croix, UCLouvain (Belgium)
Presentation: Nepotism vs. Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in Academia (1088-1800)
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2/24
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Maria Petrova, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Presentation: Bombs, Broadcasts and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition to the Nazi Regime during World War II
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3/3
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Alexey Makarin, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)
Presentation: Conflict and Inter-Group Trade: Evidence from the 2014 Russia-Ukraine Crisis
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3/10
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Jared Rubin, Chapman University
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3/17
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Johannes Buggle, University of Lausanne
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3/24
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John Duggan, University of Rochester
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3/31
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Samuel Bazzi, University of California, San Diego
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4/7
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Leah Boustan, Princeton University
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4/14
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Vicky Fouka, Stanford University
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4/21
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Marianne Wanamaker, University of Tennessee
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4/28
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Mara Squicciarini, Bocconi University
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