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Queen's University Centre for Economic History Inaugural Workshop

One-day workshop, 28 June 2012

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' 
15:30-15:45 Coffee
  • Chris Colvin (EUI and QUB), 'The Determinants of Bank Failure: Evidence from the Dutch Financial Crisis of the 1920s' 
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    • History
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    • Queen's Business School
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  • Members
    • Research Associates
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  • Study
    • PhD Economic History
    • PhD Funding
    • Placement History
  • Projects
    • The Great Elevator
    • Centre for Economics, Policy and History
    • Business Performance
    • Corporate Titans
    • Productivity Forum
    • An Economist's Guide
  • Working Papers
    • Working Papers: 2025
    • Working Papers: 2024
    • Working Papers: 2023
    • Working Papers: 2022
    • Working Papers: 2021
    • Working Papers: 2020
  • Seminars
    • Seminars: 2025-2026
    • Seminars: 2024-2025
    • Seminars: 2023-2024
    • Seminars: 2022-2023
    • Seminars: 2021-2022
    • Seminars: 2020-2021
  • Workshops
    • PhD Workshop 2025
    • Health Crises 2022
    • Bubblemania 2019
    • Boston 2018
    • FRESH 2017
    • Colloquium 2017
  • Impact
    • CEPH Outreach
    • Long Run Institute
    • Podcasts
    • COVID-19
    • History Now