Papers will be presented each week on various aspects of Economic History.

January 31, 2005	David Khoudour-Casteras, U.C. Berkeley and Sciences-Po, "The Impact of Bismarck's Social Legislation on German Emigration Before World War I".
February 7, 2005	John Wallis, University of Maryland and Barry Weingast, Hoover Institution, "The Financing of 19th Century Internal Improvements". Joint with Public Finance Seminar.
February 9, 2005 Wednesday, 4-5:30	John Morgan, U.C. Berkeley, "Clock Games: Theory and Experiments". Joint with Departmental Seminar 608-7 Evans.
February 14, 2005	No Meeting.
February 23, 2005 Wednesday 4-5:30	Sam Bowles, U. Mass-Amherst, "The First Property Rights Revolution". Joint with Departmental Seminar. Evans 608-7.
February 28, 2005	Seminar cancelled....
March 07, 2005	TBA (Joint with Departmental Seminar).
March 28, 2005	TBA (Joint with Departmental Seminar).
April 11, 2005	TBA (Joint with Departmental Seminar).
April 18, 2005	James Robinson and Jean-Marie Baland, "Land and Power: Theory and Evidence". Presenter: James A. Robinson.
April 25, 2005	Roland Fryer, Harvard, "TBA". Joint with Departmental Seminar.
May 2, 2005	Raj Arunachalam, U.C. Berkeley, "Dowries in Comparative Historical Perspective".
May 9, 2005	Joachim Voth, New York University and Pompeu Fabra, "Credit Rationing and Crowding Out During the Industrial Revolution".
May 16, 2005	Rui Pedro Esteves, U.C. Berkeley, "Settling Sovereign Defaults Before WWI".
October 24, 2005	Peter Lindert, U.C. Davis, "Euro-Productivity and Euro-Jobs since the 1960s: Which Institutions Really Matter?".