Queen's University Centre for Economic History Inaugural Workshop
One-day workshop, 28 June 2012
Welcome (09:15-09:30)
Session 1 (09:30-11:00)
Chair: Graeme Acheson (University of Ulster)
11:00-11:30 Coffee
Session 2 (11:30-13:00)
Chair: Graham Brownlow (QUB)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Session 3 (14:00-16:30)
Chair: Gareth Campbell (QUB)
Welcome (09:15-09:30)
- John Turner (QUB)
Session 1 (09:30-11:00)
Chair: Graeme Acheson (University of Ulster)
- Leslie Hannah (LSE), 'Counting Corporations: Numbers and Capital in the US and the UK 1776-1914'
- Christopher Coyle (QUB), 'Law, Politics and Financial Development: The Great Reversal of the UK Corporate Debt Market'
11:00-11:30 Coffee
Session 2 (11:30-13:00)
Chair: Graham Brownlow (QUB)
- Stephan Werner (LSE), 'The Development of German Reinsurance Companies during the 1920s'
- Stefano Battilossi (Carlos III Madrid), 'Pricing Red Scare. Investors and Political Shocks at the Onset of the Spanish Civil War, 1930-36'
13:00-14:00 Lunch
Session 3 (14:00-16:30)
Chair: Gareth Campbell (QUB)
- Janette Rutterford (Open University), 'A Preliminary Study of Investor Portfolios, 1870 to 1902'
- Natacha Postel-Vinay (LSE), 'What Caused Chicago Bank Failures in the Great Depression? A Look at the 1920s'
- Chris Colvin (EUI and QUB), 'The Determinants of Bank Failure: Evidence from the Dutch Financial Crisis of the 1920s'