Session Chairs:

Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University

Papers:

"Effects of Agricultural Technology on Contract Choice: Evidence from Confucius’s Lineages in Late Qing China (1759-1901)"
He Yang, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Internal Rebellions and External Threats: A Model of Government Organizational Forms in Ancient China"
Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Migration on Malaria Deaths in the Early 20th Century United States"
Alan Barreca, Tulane University (Contact Author)
Price Fishback, University of Arizona
Shawn Kantor, University of California, Merced

"The Role of Lactose Tolerance in Pre-Colonial Development"
Charles J Cook, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"The Local Economic Effects of Public Housing in the United States, 1940-1970"
Katharine L. Shester, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Charles J Cook, Louisiana State University
He Yang, George Mason University
Katharine L. Shester, Washington and Lee University
Shatanjaya Dasgupta, University of Colorado Boulder
Conner Mullally, Inter-American Development Bank

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Session Chairs:

David Coyne, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Papers:

"Two Tales on the Dynamics of Human Capital Accumulation"
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University (Contact Author)

"Schooling and R&D Externalities: Evidence from a Dual Growth Accounting Application to U.S. States"
Bibhudutta Panda, Wabash College (Contact Author)

"Intellectual Property Rights and Cross-Country Technology Adoption: Evidence from Firms in the Developing World"
Elisabetta Gentile, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Does Money Grow on Trees? How Institutions Shape Economic Growth"
David Coyne, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Contact Author)
Chih Ming Tan, Clark University

"A Normative Policy for Negative Results"
Aleksandr Yankelevich, Federal Communications Commission (Contact Author)
Stephen Scheid, Washington University in St. Louis
Ceyhun Coban, Washington University in St. Louis

Discussants:

Bibhudutta Panda, Wabash College
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University
Haiwen Zhou, Old Dominion University
Elisabetta Gentile, University of Houston
Aboozar Hadavand, City University of New York

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