Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Papers:

"The Political Economy of Smallpox Eradication"
Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Decentralization on Municipalities"
Jessica Hennessey, Furman University (Contact Author)

"The Foundations of Wealth-Enhancing Democracy: Aristotle, Lindahl, and Institutional Design in Ancient Greece"
F. Andrew Hanssen, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Robert Fleck, Clemson University

"Stones, Bones, Cities, and States: A New Approach to the Neolithic Revolution"
Justin Burkett, Wake Forest University
Richard H. Steckel, The Ohio State University
John Wallis, University of Maryland

Discussants:

Marianne H. Wanamaker, The University of Tennessee
Justin Burkett, Wake Forest University
Bryan C. McCannon, Saint Bonaventure University
F. Andrew Hanssen, Clemson University

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Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Jessica Hennessey, Furman University

Papers:

"What Caused the Skyscraper Building Boom of the 1920s? Evidence from New York City"
Jason Barr, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"Controlling TB in a World Without Antibiotics: Isolation and Education in North Carolina, 1932-1940"
Alex Hollingsworth, University of Arizona (Contact Author)

"Deconstructing the Returns to School Quality in the Jim Crow South"
Marianne H. Wanamaker, The University of Tennessee
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee

"The Federal Reserve Bank of Cincinnati? Voting on the Establishment of Federal Reserve Bank Cities"
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
John H. Wood, Wake Forest University

Discussants:

Fred Smith, Davidson College
Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh
Leonard A. Carlson, Emory University
Jason Barr, Rutgers University

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