Historical Perspectives on Finance

One-day workshop in honour of Charles Hickson, 25 June 2009

• John Turner and Wenwen Zhan (QUB), 'Property Rights and Competing for the Affections of Demos: The Impact of the 1867 Reform Act on Stock Prices'
  
• Fabio Braggion (Tilburg University), 'Mergers and Acquisitions in British Banking: Forty Years of Evidence from 1885 until 1925'
• Qing Ye (QUB), 'The Asset Pricing Anomalies in 19th-century Britain'   
  
• Marc Deloof (University of Antwerp), 'Business Elites, Political Connections and Economic Entrenchment: Evidence from Belgium 1858-1865 and 1905-1909'
• Gareth Campbell (QUB), 'The Dividend Mania: Stock Prices and Dividends during the Railway Mania'
• Carsten Burhop (Max Planck Institute), 'The Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings in Imperial Germany, 1870-96'