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Proseminar in Economic History

Seminars are held on Tuesdays from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Bunche Hall 9294, unless otherwise noted. The workshop organizer is Dora Costa and Walker Hanlon.  

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Investigating Income Inequality

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It is well known that income inequality in the United States has risen substantially since the early 1980s. However, the sources of the ongoing rise in inequality are still debated. Yet, an understanding of these sources is important for assessing potential policy options to address potential adverse consequences of inequality. In his recent paper “Firming […]

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Kenneth L. Sokoloff

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Kenneth L. Sokoloff, professor of economics, died May 21 following complications from liver cancer. He was 54. Sokoloff was one of the world’s leading experts in economic history — the study of the long-term processes that drive economic growth. His research covered many different areas, ranging from the U.S. patent system to comparative institutional development […]

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Jack Hirshleifer

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Jack Hirshleifer, professor emeritus of economics, died July 26, 2005, bringing to a close a career marked by wide- ranging interests and brilliant contributions to the subfields of information economics, investment and capital theory, bioeconomics, and the economic theory of conflict. After active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II, Hirshleifer completed […]