VIII Seminar in Economic History

Speakers

20 October

• • 09:30h - 09:45h
  • Welcome address: Ángel Gavilán (Director General Economics, Statistics and Research, Banco de España)
• • 09:45h - 11:15h
  • INSTITUTIONS

    Bourbon Reforms and State Capacity in the Spanish Empire

    G. Chiovelli (Universidad de Montevideo), L. Fergusson (Universidad de los
    Andes), L.R. Martínez (University of Chicago)  (9 MB), J.D. Torres (Stanford
    University), and F. Valencia Caicedo (University of British Columbia)

    Discussant: S. García-Uribe (Banco de España)  (624 KB)

    Central Bank Cooperation 1930-1932, A Reappraisal

    J. Flores Zendejas (University of Geneva)  (1.009 KB) and G. Nodari (University of
    Geneva)

    Discussant: Rui Esteves (Geneva Graduate Institute)

• • 11:15h - 11:45h
  • Coffee break
• • 11:45h - 13:15h
  • CENTRAL BANKING

    At Your Service! Liquidity Provision and Risk Management in 19th Century France

    M. Avaro (University of Pennsylvania) and V. Bignon (Banque de France and CEPR)  (1 MB)

    Discussant: E. Monnet (Paris School of Economics EHESS, and CEPR)  (457 KB)

    Central Bank Losses and Lending of Last Resort

    K.J. Mitchener (Santa Clara University, CABS, CAGE, CEPR, CESifo, and NBER) and E. Monnet (Paris School of Economics EHESS, and CEPR)  (1 MB)

    Discussant: E. Jorge-Sotelo (Universitat de Barcelona)  (108 KB)

• • 13:15h - 14:30h
  • Lunch break
• • 14:30h - 16:00h
  • MICRO DATA IN ECONOMIC HISTORY

    Does trade liberalization boost innovation? Evidence from French industrial sectors in the 19th century

    C. Salvo (Sapienza University of Rome)  (2 MB)

    Discussant: J. Quintana (Banco de España)  (501 KB)

    Banks, Credit Supply, and the Life Cycle of Firms: Evidence from Late Nineteenth Century Japan

    J.P. Tang (University of Melbourne)  (583 KB) and Sergi Basco (Universitat de
    Barcelona and Fundació MOVE)

    Discussant: M.A. Amado (Banco de España)  (537 KB)

• • 16:00h - 16:30h
  • Coffee break
• • 16:30h - 17:30h
  • Keynote speech

    Up and Away? Inflation and Debt Consolidation in Historical Perspective

    Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley) and Rui Esteves (Geneva Graduate Institute)  (3 MB)

• • Farewell conclusions