The analysis of the causes and consequences of economic growth is central to the study of economic history. Growth takes place in a legal, political, and social context and the innovations that drive growth are often opposed by vested interests that expect to lose from the changes. Creative...

Theme: The purpose of this symposium is to explore new directions in historical and theoretical research on the institutional properties of markets. In world history markets have taken a plurality of shapes in terms of their routines, pricing procedures and other features. Among the key themes...

The aim of the group is to bring together the large number of researchers in aggregate economics who are using modern dynamic theory to investigate substantive historical questions. These questions cover, but in no way are limited to, the study of great depressions; industrial revolutions; the...

The topic of the third meeting will be “Foreign Exchange Reserves and the International Monetary System: Management, Cooperation, and Stability”. We are interested in submissions that promise to develop new historical information with the potential for challenging existing views and...

The scholars who have prepared papers for this conference look at economic crisis from many new standpoints, including the intellectual meanings of financial panics, the effects of panics on business investment and personal economic security, the reach of panics into households and business...

The 2007 Summer Seminar is an intensive course which is designed to document and discuss the historical precursors of the modern global financial system, the development of shared business practices, the impact of the process of globalization on domestic economies, its contribution to overall...

In diesem Seminar aus unserer Reihe "Wirtschaft in der DDR" werden die Fehlentwicklung der Planwirtschaft der DDR vom Beginn der sowjetischen Besatzung bis zu ihrem Ende 1989 thematisiert.

The school is targeted to doctorate and post-doctorate students in economics, economic history and related disciplines. Topics: - International patterns of convergence and divergence - Comparative energy intensities and the environment - Institutions and the performance of labour and capital...

Related themes: - Monetary policy - Fiscal policy and monetary policy, Pensions - Monetary Theory, Prices and Money demand - Banking risk and stability, prudential regulations - Banking competition, mergers and costs, Interest rates - Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance - Credit, asset...

This congress will bring together scholars from Hong Kong and the international academic community to discuss the historical context of: * Banking Industry and Supervision * Banking and Other Financial Relations with the Chinese Mainland * The Exchange Fund: its Role and Management * Exchange...