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  4. Higher seminar in Economic History

Higher seminar in Economic History

Here is the schedule for the Higher seminar in Economic History during the academic year 24/25. Unless stated otherwise, the seminar takes place on Wednesdays between 12:00 and 13:00, in the conference room at floor 5 at Viktoriagatan 13.

Fall 2024

Date 

Speaker 

28/8 

No seminar 

04/09 

Juan Pablo Julià and Markus Lampe (University of Gothenburg and WU Wien) 
Tariff discrimination and Bilateral trade in Argentina, 1923-1938 

05/09  

Special seminar –  Daniel Raff (University of Pennsylvania) 
How to Think About the Origins of the Bay Area Venture Capital Industry and All That That Industry Wrought 

11/09 

Research plan presentation – Raisa María Rubio 
Commentator: Markus Lampe 

18/09 

Research plan presentation – Bart van Holsteijn 
Commentator: Jeremy Land 

25/09 

No seminar 

02/10 

Research plan presentation – Giulia Martini 
Commentator: Margareta Espling 

09/10 

Saska Heino (University of Gothenburg) 
Was it really so high? Revisiting data and evidence on inequality in Finland, 1865–1959 

16/10 

Juan Pablo Julià (University of Gothenburg) 
Labor conflict in the context of trade shocks (1907-1927) 

23/10 

Martti Rantanen (University of Gothenburg) – in Swedish 
Indelningsverkets inkomstutveckling under 1700-talet: vem var närmast - Christiernin eller Chydenius? 

30/10 

No Seminar 

06/11 

Martina Hjertman (University of Gothenburg) 
tba 

13/11 

Svante Prado (University of Gothenburg), Erik Bengtsson (Lund University), Jakob Molinder (Uppsala University) 
New estimates of Swedish historical national accounts from the income side, 1870–1920 

15/11 

Defense in Economic History - Mathias Krusell 
Opponent: Rolv Petter Amdam (BI Norwegian Business School) 

20/11 

No seminar 

27/11 

Maika Absetz (University of Helsinki) 
Secured work or secured unemployment - The SAK economic experts' thoughts on the employment effects of unemployment benefits and relief work 

 04/12 

Jordi Caum Julio (University of Manchester) 
Famines and labour returns in colonial India 

11/12 

Laura Ekholm (University of Helsinki) 
The restructuring of the Swedish clothing industry in the 1980s: how did the Finns (not) see it? 

18/12 

Ola Bergström (University of Gothenburg) 
It takes change to remain the same: The transformation of Swedish government policy making in economic crises and the involvement of social partners 
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