6 September • Marvin Süße (Trinity College Dublin):
Economic Development and the Origin of Cooperative Institutions: Evidence from the German Periphery
20 September • Alexander Donges (Universität Mannheim):
The “Small” German Patent Law Harmonization of 1866 – A Natural Experiment
4 October • Philipp Jäger (RWI Essen):
Bismarck in the Bedroom? Pension Reform and Fertility: Evidence 1870-2010
18 October • Andreas Neumayer (Universität Hohenheim):
Investors Home Bias in Imperial Germany
15 November • Christina Lubinski (Copenhagen Business School):
Responses toDeglobalization: German Multinationals in Colonial India
29 November • Michael Buchner (Universität des Saarlandes/
Measuring Inequality in Pre-Industrial Germany. Some Preliminary Thoughts on Creating Regional Social Tables
15 February · Mark Spoerer (Universität Regensburg):
Becoming Global: C&A's Motives for Expansion from the Netherlands to Germany, the UK and the US, 1893-1962
1 March · Katerina Piro (Universität Mannheim):
The Taboo of Family Planning: Demographic Decisions in Ego-Documents in Germany, 1871-1949
8 March · Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer (Universität Hohenheim):
Savings Banks and Early Industrialisation in Prussia
15 March · Alexander Sievers (Universität Mannheim):
Zwischen Wissenschaft und Ökonomie: Der Markt für Kartografie im 19. Jahrhundert in Deutschland
10 May · Jonas Scherner (NTNU Trondheim):
Vabanque? Aufrüstung 1938/
9 November ·Bernardo Wjuniski (London School of Economics):
Guiding the Invisible Hand: Market Equilibrium and Multiple Exchange Rates in Brazil, 1953-1961
16 November · Melanie Woitas (Universität Erfurt):
Leotards, Sweatbands, Leg Warmer – Aerobic und die Entstehung eines Sportmarkts in den USA
23 November · Franziskus von Boeselager (Ruhr-Universität Bochum):
Vertrauen generieren: Zur Bedeutung der Regelung der privaten deutschen Auslandsschulden im Zuge der Londoner Schuldenkonferenz für die Finanzierung der westdeutschen Wirtschaft (1948-1958)
7 December · Max Trecker (LMU München)
Wie die Schuldenkrise der „Entwicklungsländer“ in den 1980er Jahren zur Krise des Ostblocks beitrug
16 March · Stefanie van de Kerkhof (Universität Mannheim):
Keine Stunde Null? Westdeutsche Waffenproduzenten am Beginn des Kalten Krieges
13 April · Korinna Schönhärl (Universität Duisburg-Essen):
Finanziers in Sehnsuchtsräumen. Europäische Banken und Griechenland im 19. Jahrhundert
27 April · Herman de Jong (Universität Groningen):
Beyond Optimism vs Pessimism: British Living Standards during the Industrial Revolution
11 May · Debin Ma (London School of Economics):
Institutional Change and Monetary Integration: Silver Exchange between Shanghai and Tianjin in 1885-1930
16 September · Philipp Keßler (Universität Mannheim):
The Resumption of Foreign Investment in Germany after World War II
30 September · Alexander Engel (Universität Göttingen):
Acceleration and Price Risk Reduction in Nineteenth Century Commodity Markets
14 October · Olivier Accominotti (London School of Economics):
Global Banking and the International Transmission of the 1931 Financial Crisis
28 October · Alexander Donges (Universität Mannheim):
The Long-run Determinants of Innovation
11 November · Markus Lampe (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Interwar Foreign Trade and Imperial Preference in the UK
25 February · Timothy W. Guinnane (Yale University):
Choosing an Enterprise Form: Spain, 1885-1936
4 March · Felix Selgert (Universität Wien):
Financial Crises, Investor Protection, and Political Economy. The German Stock Corporations Act, 1884-1931
18 March · Reinhild Kreis (Universität Wien):
Menschliches Maß. Heimwerken im 20. Jahrhundert
15 April · Katharina Knoll (Freie Universität Berlin):
No Price like Home: Global House Prices, 1870-2012
29 April · Sebastian Vollmer (Universität Göttingen):
Monks, Gents, and Industrialists: The Long-run Impact of the Dissolution of the English Monasteries
24 September · Philipp Keßler (Universität Mannheim):
Pre-war Debt and Foreign Trade in Post-war Western Germany (1948-1955)
8 October · Patricio Sáiz (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid):
International Patent Management and the Diffusion of the Four-stroke Engine
22 October · Thorsten Proettel (Universität Hohenheim/
Die Stellung der Sparkassen im Markt für gewerbliche Finanzierungen – Untersuchungen über die Kreditvergabe während der Hochindustrialisierung
5 November · Nikolaus Wolf (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin):
How Britain Unified Germany: Geography and the Rise of Prussia after 1815
19 November · Carol H. Shiue (University of Colorado Boulder):
Human Capital and Fertility in Chinese Clans before Modern Growth
19 February • Erik Hornung (Max-Planck-Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Munich):
“Railroads and Growth in Prussia”
5 March • Beatrice Scheubel (European Central Bank, Frankfurt):
“Institution-Building in a Loose Federation. Lessons from the Introduction of Social Security in Imperial Germany for European Integration”
19 March • Ruth Schüler (Ifo Institute, Munich):
“Linguistic Fractionalization and Local Expenditure in Primary Education”
2 April • Steven Nafziger (Williams College, Williamstown, MA):
“Understanding the Process and Economic Implications of Russian Serf Emancipation”
7 May • Paul Sharp (University of Southern Denmark):
“Denmark’s Unusual Industrialization Process: Lessons and Warnings”
21 May • Matthias Blum (Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan – TU Munich):
“In Favor of Max Weber: Protestant and Catholic Well-Being during a Natural Experiment in Germany, 1914-1918”
11 September •Alexandra Semrad (LMU München):
Modern Secondary Education and Economic Outcomes: The Introduction of the Gewerbeschule und Realschule in 19th Century Bavaria
25 September • Tobias Jopp (Universität Regensburg):
How Did the Capital Market Evaluate Germany's Prospects of Winning World War I? Evidence from the Amsterdam Market for Government Bonds
9 October • Carsten Burhop (Universität Wien):
Stock Market Investors' Herding Behaviour during the German Hyperinflation
23 October • Corinna Ludwig (DHI Washington):
Bridging the Atlantic Gap: German Business in the United States after the Second World War
6 November • Michael C. Schneider (Universität Frankfurt):
Forschung in der chemischen Industrie und die akademische Welt – Patente, Publikationen, Netzwerke
20 November • Robin Winkler (Oxford University):
Quantifying the Consumer Welfare Loss from Price Controls in National Socialists Germany
27 February • Martin Uebele (Universität Groningen):
US-Domestic Trade and the National Market, 1860-2000: Smooth Transition or Bumpy Ride
10 April • Frauke Schlütz (Universität Köln):
Ländliche Kreditgenossenschaften, Genossenschaftsverbände und Zentralkassen in der Rheinprovinz (1889-1914)
17 April • Tamas Vonyo (London School of Economics):
The Wartime Origins of the Wirtschaftswunder: The Growth of West German Industry, 1939-1955
24 April • Francesco Cinnirella (Ifo-Institut München):
Ethno-Religious Fractionalization and Innovation: Historical Evidence from Patenting Activity
8 May • Sibylle Lehmann (Universität Hohenheim):
Overcoming Liquidity Constraints: Innovative Firms and Market Performance in Imperial Germany
22 May • Stefania Montemezzo (Universität Verona):
Trade, Strategies and Networks: The Case of the Venetian Merchants during the Renaissance
19 September· Ulrike Schulz (Universität Bielefeld):
Ist schon alles gesagt? Über die ungeschriebene Geschichte ostdeutscher Unternehmen und deren Implikationen für die Wirtschaftsgeschichte der DDR
10 October · Katharina Mühlhoff (Universität Mannheim):
The Winners‘ Curse? Administrative Reform and Regional Economic Development in Meiji Japan
24 October · Joost Veenstra (Universität Groningen):
The Yanks of Europe? Two technological paths in German manufacturing, 1907-1936
7 November · Alessandro Nuvolari (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies Pisa):
The quality of English patents, 1617-1850. Some new estimates using multiple indicators
21 November ·Davide Cantoni (LMU München):
Urbanization in Europe: Regional variations, 1700-1900
· Mi., 22.02.2012: Timothy Guinnane (Yale University): Demographic Behavior in the Long Run: Württemberg, 1650-1914.
· Mi., 29.02.2012: Lars Börner (FU Berlin): Epidemic Trade: The Spread of the Black Death, 1347-1351.
· Mi., 14.03.2012: Felix Selgert (Universität Mannheim): Implementing Administrative and Legal Reforms in Baden, 1780-1860.
· Mi., 18.04.2012: Theresa Gutberlet (UJniversity of Arizona): Cheap Coal, Connectivity, and Industry Location in Germany, 1846-1875.
· Mi., 16.05.2012: Nicole Waidlein (Universität Hohenheim): Ursachen der persistenten Produktivitätsunterschiede in den westdeutschen Bundesländern im Zeitraum von 1950-1990.
· Mi., 23.05.2012: Alexander Donges (Universität Mannheim): Corporate Finance and Investment in Weimar Germany, 1924-1932.