These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
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Kevin H. O'Rourke (Trinity College)

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM
Session: Historical Evolution of Financial Institutions (AEA)
Presiding: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (University of Houston and NBER)

Financial Integration, Institutions, and Growth: Historical Evidence from the Ottoman Empire
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (University of Houston and NBER)

Trade, Knowledge and the Industrial Revolution
Kevin H. O'Rourke (Trinity College)
Alan M. Taylor (University of California, Davis)
Ahmed S. Rahman (United States Naval Academy)
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Monotheism (from a Sociopolitical and Economic Perspective)
Murat Iyigun (University of Colorado, CID Harvard, and IZA)
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Legal-Political Factors and the Historical Evolution of the Finance-Growth Link
Michael Bordo (Rutgers University and NBER)
Peter Rousseau (Vanderbilt University and NBER)

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM
Session: New Comparative Economic History (AEA)
Presiding: Alan M. Taylor (University of California-Davis)

Made in America? The Industrial Revolution and the New World
Gregory Clark (University of California-Davis)
Kevin H. O'Rourke (Trinity College)
Alan M. Taylor (University of California-Davis)
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Trade Costs, 1800-2000
David S. Jacks (Simon Fraser University)
Christopher M. Meissner (Cambridge University)
Dennis Novy (University of Warwick, UK)

A Century of Global Equity Market Correlations
Hans-Jaochim Voth (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Dennis Quinn (Georgetown University)


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