Research group in economic history & comparative development at the Univ. of Manchester. Unravelling the big questions of history. Led by N. Palma & Y. Kumon.

The University of Manchester
Joined September 2022
Today we have Chris Meissner presenting his work The “Peace Dividend” of International Trade: A New Empirical Approach” with Ling Feng, Qiuyue Huang, and Zhiyuan Li
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We begin our Lewis lab seminar series with David Chilosi presenting "Shifting margins of trade in the long run: Italy, 1880-2022"
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Cal Links (Stellenbosch) is now presenting "Slow to Register: Labour and Farm Output after the 1807 Slave Import Ban at the Cape Colony" 👇🏼 – at Manchester, England
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We had a keynote by Nathan Sussman (Geneva Graduate Institute), with the title "From Shells to Crypto: How Politics, Technology, Liquidity, and Credibility Shape Money" 👇🏼 – at Manchester, England
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After presentations by Matthias Morys, Rebecca Stuart, Max Harris, and Hiroki Shin, we have now moved to the policy session, where Will Roberds (Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) is now presenting "Reserve management operations: how little has changed in 300 years" 👇🏼 – at Manchester, England
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The "Global Monetary History and Policy Lessons" conference has begun! @VeldeFrancois is now presenting "Britain's debt restructuring of 1720-23" 👇🏼 – at Manchester, England
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Victoria Bateman @vnbateman is now presenting her Hajnal Lecture about Women and the Rise and Decline and Civilizations, related to her recent book, *Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth, and Power*! We are filming it and will make it available in YouTube 👇🏼 – at Manchester, England
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Morgan Kelly (University College Dublin) is now presenting ''Historical Economics versus Economic History "👇🏼 – at Manchester, England
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Victoria Gierok @GierokVictoria is now presenting "Bringing the Contractor Back In: The Thirty Years’ War and the Fiscal-Military State" 👇🏼 – at Manchester, England
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Balázs Muraközy (Liverpool) is now presenting "From Planning to Markets: Export-Oriented Firms and Firm–Market Heterogeneity in 1990s Hungary" 👇🏼 – at Manchester, England
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