The primary objective of the Milan workshop is to allow a space for thought and empirical research on the link between institutional and social frames under Spanish domination, and the patterns of economic growth in the different regions of the empire(such as Lombardy, The Netherlands,...

The conference's principal question is the impact of Cold War era military innovations on postwar American economic growth. Papers could consider the transition from military to commercial applications of technological initiatives in, for example, aerospace, communications, material science,...

Papers and proposals for sessions are invited for the second APEBH conference. The conference theme is 'Varieties of Capitalist Development and Corporate Governance'. The conference theme provides two distinct but often interacting ideas. Modern market-based economies have evolved in many...

The topic of the second meeting will be "The Evolution Central Banks: Lessons for the Future". Its goal is to provide a systematic picture of the link between the emergence of central banks and central bank policies throughout the world. Topics may include, but are not limited to: the emergence...

The network will contribute to the development of a truly European economic history profession, by analysing the economic development of Europe as a whole. The network will collect pan-European data for two time-scales, the long run (i.e. the past 150 years), and the very long run (i.e. the past...

Many of the sessions, however, will be focused on the theme “War and Economic Growth: Causes, Costs, and Consequences.” The program committee encourages submissions that provide a historical or interdisciplinary perspective on the ways in which warfare has affected economies throughout...

In recent years, economic theorists have made important advances in understanding the transition of economies from pre-industrial stagnation to modern economic growth, while economic historians have developed a detailed empirical account of economic growth over the second millennium. The aim of...