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Department of Economics | Economic History Seminar

Economic History Seminar

Spring 2026

Seminar Times & Location:

Fridays, 2:15 - 3:30pm
KMC 7-191(7th floor)


To join the mailing list, please contact Amanda Schwab ams9893@stern.nyu.edu 


February 13th "Network Competition and Exclusive Contracts: Evidence from News Agencies"

Quan Le (Harvard Business School)

Link to paper

February 27th "Legislating Longevity: State Public Health Laws and Mortality in the Early Twentieth Century"

Martin Saavedra (Rutgers University)


March 13th "Codification, Technology Absorption, and the Globalization of the Industrial Revolution"

Reka Juhasz (University of British Columbia)

Link to paper

April 17th "Innovation and the Medieval Church"

Jonathan Schulz (George Mason University)


May 1st "Siting, Sorting, and Socio-Demographic Change: U.S. Power Plant Openings over the Twentieth Century"

Karen Clay (Carnegie Mellon University)