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Social Science History/Science and Technology Workshop
Spring Quarter 1998-1999
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SPEAKER |
| Wednesday, April 7
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Larry Lau, Stanford University, joint with
Y. Godo, Meiji Gakuin University, and Y. Hayami, Aoyama Gakuin University.
Human Capital Accumulation in Modern Economic Growth: A Comparison
of Japan and the US |
| Wednesday, April 14 |
Ken Pomeranz, University of California, Irvine. East Asia, Europe, and the Industrial Revolution. |
| Wednesday, April 21 |
Herb Klein, Columbia University and Stanford University. Poor Whites and Free Colored in the Brazilian Slave Economy - The Case of Sao Paulo in the 19th century. |
| Wednesday, April 28 |
No seminar.
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| Friday, May 7 |
SSHW Conference on Institutions and Economic History. |
| Wednesday, May 12 |
Ken Sokoloff, UCLA. The Market in Patented Technologies and Patterns of Inventive Activity in the United States 1840-1920. |
| Friday, May 21 |
Steve Quinn, Texas Christian University. Do Constitutions matter in Economic Development? The Glorious Revolution as a Test Case. |
| Wednesday, May 26 |
Ramon Myers, Hoover Institution. Economic Developments: China, 1644-1800. |
| Wednesday, June 2 |
J.L. Rosenthal, UCLA. No Exit: Bankruptcies and the Evolution of Financial Intermediation in Paris, 1740-1850. |
Regular Meetings: Wednesdays, 1:15-3:00 p.m., in Room 218 of the Landau Economics Building. Papers available in advance from Debbie Johnston in Room 260. Friday meetings at same time and place.
