Macrohistory Seminar – Andreea Maerean (University of Southern Denmark)

The effects of monetary policy on stock markets: cross-country evidence This paper investigates the geographical distribution of British and German capital investments made abroad during the first global finance period 1870-1913. Given the markedly different patterns of foreign investments (with Germany allocating the largest share of their investments in European...

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Macrohistory Seminar – Matteo Cervellati (University of Bologna)

The Legacy of Political History 1000-1800 for Attitudes Towards the State: Disaggregated Analysis for Italy The need to build fiscal capacity in the territories that gained independence from the Holy Roman Empire after 1000 lead to the emergence of political entities with more inclusive economic institutions. The long term exposure...

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1st European Macrohistory Workshop

The Macrohistory Lab at the University of Bonn and CEPR are organizing a “European Macrohistory Workshop” which will be held on June 3-4, 2016 in Bonn, Germany. The workshop aims to bring together economic historians and macroeconomists. The first day will be devoted to general topics in macroeconomics and financial...

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