Friday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session 24B Monetary Stabilization |
Session Chairs: |
Chi-Young Choi, University of New Hampshire |
Papers: |
"The Start of Interest Rate Smoothing in the U.S.: Is It a Monetary or Fiscal Story?" "Governor Eugene Meyer and the Great Contraction" "Welfare Effects of Anti-Bubble Policy When Central Banks Make Mistakes" "The Industry Effects of Monetary Policy" "Financial Development and Monetary Policy Efficiency" |
Discussants: |
Robert R. Reed, III, University of Kentucky |
Saturday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 113G U.S. Economic Development in the 19th Century |
Session Chairs: |
Jennifer Wilgus, Middle Tennessee State University |
Papers: |
"Disposal of the Land Grant to the Illinois Central Railroad: County-Level Analysis, 1854-1904" "Market Structure and Monopoly Power in the Western States: Evidence From 1890 to 1910" "Technological Diffusion and Profitability of Blockade Running During the Civil War: The Lebergott Paradox Undone" "The Tenements of New York and the Houses of Philadelphia, 1850-1930: Did Lot-Size Policy Matter?" |
Discussants: |
J. Rody Borg, Jacksonville University |