Sunday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session 119H Applied Micro Topics in Economic History |
Organizers: |
Douglas M. Brown, Georgetown University |
Session Chairs: |
Douglas M. Brown, Georgetown University |
Papers: |
"What Drove the California Wine Sector Before Prohibition?" "The Demand for Qualified Engineers in Great Britain, 1921 to 1971" "New Deal Grants and Migration: 1935-1940: Migration Creation, Diversion, and Retention" |
Discussants: |
David Mitch, University of Maryland Baltimore County |
Sunday 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. * |
Session 132K* The Rise and Decline of Nations After 25 Years: Papers in Honor of Mancur Olson and His Presidency of the SEA |
Organizers: |
Dennis C. Coates, University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Session Chairs: |
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University |
Papers: |
"The Decline of Distributional Coalitions and the British Industrial Revolution, 1688-1846" "Did the South Fall Again? An Evaluation of Olson's RADON Hypotheses After 25 Years" "Mancur Olson and Economic Development" "Institutional Sclerosis and the Bounded Rationality of Political Agents" |
Discussants: |
David Mitch, University of Maryland Baltimore County |