OWL 2024
The Oxford, Warwick and LSE Workshop in Economic History
8 November 2024, SAL B.07, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE
This annual workshop brings together scholars in economic history from the University of Oxford, the University of Warwick and the London School of Economics.
It is an opportunity for economic historians and economists to get insights into the latest research in economic history. In addition, at each workshop an external speaker is invited to give a Keynote Address: this year we are pleased to announce it will be Professor John Turner, Queen's University, Belfast.
10.00am - tea/coffee
Welcome: Patrick Wallis, LSE
Session 1: Albrecht Ritschl, LSE
10.30am - Tom Raster (LSE) Breaking the Ice: The Persistent Effects of Pioneers on Trade Relationships
11.15am - Yuchen Lin (University of Warwick) Coeducation, Female Human Capital, and the Evolution of Gender Norms
12 noon - tea/coffee
Session 2: Sabine Schneider, LSE
12.15pm - Robert Yee (University of Oxford) Nazi Economic Policy and Credit Supervision in Central Europe, 1938-1945
1.00pm - Lunch
Session 3: Melanie Xue, LSE
2.00pm - Nick Peyton (LSE) The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A Quantitative Investigation
2.45pm - Rebecca Simson (University of Oxford) Africa’s Long Depression, 1975-1995
3.30pm - tea/coffee
Session 4: Jason Lennard, LSE
4.00pm - Devesh Rustagi (University of Warwick) Market Exposure, Civic Vales, and Rules
4.45pm - Keynote
John Turner (Queen's University, Belfast) Bank Capital Structures without Government Rules: Evidence from Victorian Britain
6pm - Drinks reception, 8th floor CKK Building
7pm - Dinner (by invitation only)
