040159 UK Empirical Methods of Economic History (BA) (2015W)
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Sprache: Englisch
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Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
Donnerstag
01.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Donnerstag
08.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
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15.10.
13:15 - 14:45
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22.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Donnerstag
29.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Donnerstag
05.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Donnerstag
12.11.
13:15 - 14:45
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19.11.
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26.11.
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03.12.
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10.12.
13:15 - 14:45
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17.12.
13:15 - 14:45
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Donnerstag
07.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
Donnerstag
14.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
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21.01.
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28.01.
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Your grade will be based on a midterm exam (40%), a final exam (40%), and class
participation (20%)
participation (20%)
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
Prüfungsstoff
Literatur
Topic 1: Seminal contributions in the Literature
Acemoglu D, Johnson S, Robinson JA. 2001. "The colonial origins of comparative
development: an empirical investigation". Am. Econ. Rev. 91:1369-401
Engerman SL, Sokoloff KL. 2002. "Factor endowments, inequality, and paths of
development among New World economies". Work. Pap. 9259, NBER
La Porta R, Lopez-de-Silanes F, Shleifer A, Vishny R. 1998. "Law and finance". J.
Polit. Econ. 106:1113-55Topic 2: Identifying that history matters
Feyrer JD, Sacerdote B. 2009. "Colonialism and modern income: islands as natural
experiments". Rev. Econ. Stat. 91(May)
Dell, M. 2010. "The persistent effects of Peru's Mining Mita". Econometrica. 78 (6):
1863-1903Topic 3: Path dependence
Redding SJ, Sturm D, Wolf N. 2007. "History and industrial location: evidence from
German airports". Rev. Econ. Stat. 93(3): 814-831Topic 4: Domestic institutions
Jha S. 2008. Trade, institutions and religious tolerance: evidence from India.
Mimeogr., Stanford Univ.Topic 5: Cultural norms and religion
Nunn N, Wantchekon L. 2008. The Long-term Effects of Africas Slave Trades. Q. J. Econ. 123: 139-176,
Nunn N, Wantchekon L. 2011. "The slave trade and the origins of mistrust in
Africa". Am. Econ. Review 101(7): 3221-52,
Becker, S.O. and L. Woesseman. 2009. "Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital
Theory of Protestant Economic History". Q. J. Econ. 124 (2): 531-596Topic 6: Education and Technology
Cinnirella, F. and Hornung, E. 2011 "Landownership Concentration and the
Expansion of Education", EHES Working Papers in Economic History, no. 10.
Nunn N and Qian N. 2011. "Columbus's contribution to world population and
urbanization: a natural experiment examining the introduction of potatoes". Q. J.
Econ.
Alesina, A., Giuliano P. and Nunn N. 2013 On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough, Q. J. Econ. 128 (2): 469-539
Acemoglu D, Johnson S, Robinson JA. 2001. "The colonial origins of comparative
development: an empirical investigation". Am. Econ. Rev. 91:1369-401
Engerman SL, Sokoloff KL. 2002. "Factor endowments, inequality, and paths of
development among New World economies". Work. Pap. 9259, NBER
La Porta R, Lopez-de-Silanes F, Shleifer A, Vishny R. 1998. "Law and finance". J.
Polit. Econ. 106:1113-55Topic 2: Identifying that history matters
Feyrer JD, Sacerdote B. 2009. "Colonialism and modern income: islands as natural
experiments". Rev. Econ. Stat. 91(May)
Dell, M. 2010. "The persistent effects of Peru's Mining Mita". Econometrica. 78 (6):
1863-1903Topic 3: Path dependence
Redding SJ, Sturm D, Wolf N. 2007. "History and industrial location: evidence from
German airports". Rev. Econ. Stat. 93(3): 814-831Topic 4: Domestic institutions
Jha S. 2008. Trade, institutions and religious tolerance: evidence from India.
Mimeogr., Stanford Univ.Topic 5: Cultural norms and religion
Nunn N, Wantchekon L. 2008. The Long-term Effects of Africas Slave Trades. Q. J. Econ. 123: 139-176,
Nunn N, Wantchekon L. 2011. "The slave trade and the origins of mistrust in
Africa". Am. Econ. Review 101(7): 3221-52,
Becker, S.O. and L. Woesseman. 2009. "Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital
Theory of Protestant Economic History". Q. J. Econ. 124 (2): 531-596Topic 6: Education and Technology
Cinnirella, F. and Hornung, E. 2011 "Landownership Concentration and the
Expansion of Education", EHES Working Papers in Economic History, no. 10.
Nunn N and Qian N. 2011. "Columbus's contribution to world population and
urbanization: a natural experiment examining the introduction of potatoes". Q. J.
Econ.
Alesina, A., Giuliano P. and Nunn N. 2013 On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough, Q. J. Econ. 128 (2): 469-539
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:28
historic events are important determinants of economic development today. Can
geography, culture, or institutions explain why are we so much richer than our
ancestors? Can they explain such large differences in income levels across societies
today? While the earliest studies were successful at highlighting correlations in the data
consistent with the notion that history can matter, the literature has moved forward.
Much more effort has been put into collecting and compiling new variables based on
detailed historic data. This allows employing much more satisfying identification strategies that allow estimating the causal effects of, for example, colonization or slave trade on economic development.This course will review this recent literature as a vehicle to introduce students to the
(reduced-form) empirical methods typically used in economic history: instrumental
variables, falsification tests, regression discontinuities, differences-in-differences
estimation, or propensity score matching techniques. As the course's main objective is
to build skills in reading and writing economic history papers, I have put less emphasis
on giving a thorough overview of the literature and more emphasis on teaching a few
papers in detail.