Joan Rosés is professor in EconomicHistory at London School of Economics andnew editor of the EREH We continue to present the new editors of the European Review of Economic History with an interview with Joan Rosés: How did you get interested in Economic history? My interest in History began relatively earlier, during the last years […]
EREH new editor: Dan Bogart
The European Review of Economic History will soon have two new editors – Dan Bogart (UC-Irvine) and Joan Rosés (LSE). They will work together with Nikoulas Wolf (Univ. Humboldt) who will remain in office. We managed to get quick interviews both with Dan Bogart and Joan Rosés. First one out is Dan Bogart: Dan […]
Announcement: Call for papers Esbjerg FRESH Meeting
Topic: Ancient Economy and Early Economic Developments Date: October 1-2, 2014 Hosting Institution: Department of Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg Keynote Speakers: Erwin Bulte, Wageningen UR; Carl Hampus Lyttkens, Lund University Local Organizer: Brooks Kaiser FRESH Organizers: Rowena Gray, Paul Sharp and Martin Uebele For this meeting we particularly encourage papers […]
Economic Liberty in the Long Run: Evidence from OECD Countries
Leandro Prados de la Escosura is professor in Economic history at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. How has freedom evolved over time? A distinction has been made between ‘negative’ freedom, defined as lack of interference or coercion by others (freedom from), and ‘positive’ freedom, that is, the guarantee of access to markets that allow people […]
Stating the obvious? Co-authorship and scientific contribution
One particularly controversial issue in recent case of the Abilitazioni Scientifiche Nazionali in economic history in Italy has been the decision of not considering co-authored publications that did not include an explicit statement in which it was indicated the individual contribution of each author to the different sections of the paper. Below, we publish two […]
Announcement: FRESH incorporated into EHES
The Frontier Research in Economic and Social History (FRESH) organizers are pleased to announce that at the recent European Historical Economics Society (EHES) trustees meeting on March 29, 2014 it was decided to incorporate FRESH within the EHES. FRESH will continue to be supported by and administered from the University of Southern Denmark and the […]
About Italian Economic history: A reply
A reply from the Boards of the Italian Associations of Economic History (SISE) and the History of Economic Thought (AISPE) To: Profs. Robert C. Allen, Stephen Broadberry, Gregory Clark, Nicholas Crafts, Jane Humphries, Deirdre McCloskey, Joel Mokyr, Douglass North, Kevin O’Rourke, Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Jan Luiten Van Zanden, and Jeffrey G. WilliamsonApril 7, 2014Re: […]
Economic history in Italy: A letter to the Minister of University and Scientific Research
Re: Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale 2012, Storia Economica (13 C/1) Dear Prime Minister, dear Minister, We would like to express our concern about the results of the National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale) in Economic History (13 C/1). In particular, we are puzzled by the failure of a number of applicants with an outstanding track record […]
Debating Big Ideas in Economic History
A tribute to Jaime Reis Lisbon, 6 June 2014 We are pleased to announce a conference in honour of Professor Jaime Reis who will retire in 2014. The conference is organized by the Social Sciences Institute, University of Lisbon and Nova School of Business and Economics, and will be held on 6 June 2014. Jaime […]
NEW EHES Working paper on “Debt Dilution in 1920s America: Lighting the Fuse of a Mortgage Crisis”
Much like the recent crisis, the U.S. Great Depression saw serious and widespread troubles among banks. Also like the recent crisis, the U.S. Great Depression was preceded by a large nationwide boom in real estate, peaking in 1926. Unlike in the current crisis, however, the interwar link – if any – between the real estate […]