These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Albrecht Ritschl (Humboldt-University of Berlin)

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM
Session: Prosperity and Depression: the 1920s and 1930s (AEA)
Presiding: Sharon Harrison (Barnard College, Columbia University)

Technology, Credit and Confidence During the Roaring Twenties
Sharon Harrison (Barnard College, Columbia University)
Mark Weder (University of Adelaide)
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Real Origins of the Great Depression: Monopoly Power, Unions and the American Business Cycle in the 1920s
Monique Ebell (Humboldt-University of Berlin)
Albrecht Ritschl (Humboldt-University of Berlin)

The Contribution of Cartelization Policies to the Start of the Great Depression
Lee Ohanian (University of California, Los Angeles)

IPOs in the 20s
Boyan Jovanovic (New York University)
Peter Rousseau (Vanderbilt University)
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