III Seminar in Economic History

Speakers

5 October

• • 08:30h - 09:00h
  • Registration and Coffee
• • 09:00h - 09:15h
  • Welcome address: Luis M. Linde (Governor)

    Seminar introduction: Pablo Martín Aceña (Universidad de Alcalá)

• • 09:15h - 10:45h
  • Exposition and discussion of the papers financed by the Banco de España, through its 2015-2016 programme

    The world after the "Spanish dollar". Spanish American silver after independence: the first global crisis  (1 MB).
    * Rafael Dobado, Alfredo García (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Juan Flores (University of Geneva)
    Presentation The world after the "Spanish dollar". Spanish American silver after independence: the first global crisis  (1 MB)
    Discussant: Isabel Argimón (Banco de España)
    Presentation Isabel Argimón (Banco de España)   (256 KB)

    Inequality, human capital and regional economic growth in Spain, 1787-1930  (650 KB).
    * Daniel Tirado, F.J.Beltrán, A. Díez-Miguela, J. Martínez Galarraga (Universidad de Valencia)
    Presentation Inequality, human capital and regional economic growth in Spain, 1787-1930  (7 MB)
    Presentation 1 Inequality, human capital and regional economic growth in Spain, 1787-1930  (283 KB)
    Discussant: Miguel Artola Blanco (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

• • 10:45h - 11:15h
  • Coffee break
• • 11:15h - 12:00h
  • Keynote speech

    Central banking: past, present and future.
    * Charles Goodhart (London School of Economics)
    Presentation Central banking: past, present and future  (3 MB)

• • 12:00h - 14:00h
  • Economic History in and about Central Banks

    Chair and discussant: José Manuel González-Páramo (BBVA)

    Foreign reserves, gold and international adjustments under the bretton woods system: a reappraisal
    * Eric Monnet (Bank of France, Paris School of Economics & CEPR)
    Presentation Foreign reserves, gold and international adjustments under the bretton woods system: a reappraisal  (711 KB)

    Could a large-scale asset programme have prevented the great depression? 
    Garo Garabedian (Central Bank of Ireland and University of Ghent), * Rebecca Stuart (Central Bank of Ireland)

    Bank capital, lending booms, and busts. Evidence from Spain in the last 150 years.
    Mikel Bedayo, *Angel Estrada, Jesús Saurina (Banco de España)
    Presentation Bank capital, lending booms, and busts. Evidence from Spain in the last 150 years  (850 KB)

• • 14:00h - 15:30h
  • Lunch
• • 15:30h - 17:00h
  • Chair: Fernando Eguidazu (Banco de España)

    Breaking banks or banking bad? Interest rate pass-through, bank profitability and monetary policy  (808 KB).
    * Kaspar Zimmermann (University of Bonn)
    Presentation Breaking banks or banking bad? Interest rate pass-through, bank profitability and monetary policy  (3 MB)
    Discussant:  Miles Kimball (University of Michigan)
    Presentation Miles Kimball (University of Michigan)  (3 MB)

    Monetary blocs, optimum currency areas and European monetary integration: Evidence from the Italian and German unifications (1846-1870)  (355 KB).
    * Roger Vicquery (London School of Economics)
    Presentation Monetary blocs, optimum currency areas and European monetary integration: Evidence from the Italian and German unifications (1846-1870)  (783 KB)
    Discussant: Jacopo Timini (Banco de España)
    Presentation Jacopo Timini (Banco de España)  (388 KB)

• • 17:00h - 17:30h
  • Coffee break
• • 17:30h - 19:00h
  • Chair: Blanca Sánchez Alonso (Universidad San Pablo – CEU)

    Slavery, fiscal capacity and public goods provision in Brazil: Evidence from Río de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, 1836-1912  (7 MB).
    * Andrea Papadia (London School of Economics) 
    Presentation Andrea Papadia (London School of Economics)  (7 MB)
    Discussant: Anna Carreras Marín (Universidad de Barcelona)

    The samurai bond: Credit supply and economic growth in pre-war Japan  (1 MB).
    Sergi Basco (Universidad Carlos III) | * John P.Tang (Australian National University) 
    Presentation The samurai bond: Credit supply and economic growth in pre-war Japan  (128 KB)
    Discussant: Carlos Sanz (Banco de España)
    Presentation Carlos Sanz (Banco de España)  (72 KB)