Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Howard Bodenhorn, Clemson University

Papers:

"Constitutional Competition in the American Colonies"
Roger Congleton, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Loss of Control: Apportionment Changes and the State-Local Relationship"
Jessica Hennessey, Furman University (Contact Author)

"Shareholder Voting Rules, Capital Formation and Bank Performance in the Nineteenth-Century United States"
Howard Bodenhorn, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Rocky Seas: Dynamic Inefficiency in the Transition from Whale Oil to Petroleum"
Brooks A. Kaiser, Gettysburg College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Hugh Rockoff, Rutgers University
Jessica Hennessey, Furman University
Gerald Dwyer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Leonard A. Carlson, Emory University

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Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Bryan McCannon, Wake Forest University

Papers:

"The Origin of Democracy in Athens"
Bryan McCannon, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)

"Was the Nineteenth Century Different? Productivity Growth and Protection in the German Cotton Textile Industry"
John C. Brown, Clark University (Contact Author)

"From Capture to Condemnation: Delay and Dissipation in the British Naval Prize System"
Robert G. Hammond, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)
Daniel K. Benjamin, Clemson University

"Pro Bono Publico? Demand for Military Spending Between the World Wars"
Jari Eloranta, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Roger Congleton, George Mason University
Leonard A. Carlson, Emory University
Ahmed S. Rahmen, United States Naval Academy
Hugh Rockoff, Rutgers University

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Organizers:

Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina

Papers:

"Politics and the Fed"
Allan Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University (Contact Author)

"Monetary Policy and Financial Stability"
Georgios Chortareas, University of Athens (Contact Author)

"Dissent"
Alessandro Riboni, University of Montreal (Contact Author)
Francisco Ruge-Murcia, University of Montreal

"On the Political Economy of Crisis Management: The Case of the 2008-09 Fiscal Crisis"
Roger Congleton, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ellen Meade, American University
Alessandro Riboni, University of Montreal
Henry W. Chappell, Jr., University of South Carolina
Rob Roy McGregor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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