Upcoming Speakers

Dinner at 6:00 PM; Seminar to follow, 7:00-8:30 PM

November 1, 2024: Jose Espin-Sanchez, Yale University 
Title TBA
Location: University of Maryland at College Park

November 15, 2024: Brian Beach, Vanderbilt University 
Title TBA
Location: Mercatus Center at George Mason University

RSVP to Jessica Carges (jcarges@mercatus.gmu.edu)

Past Speakers

Spring 2024 Speakers

April 19, 2024: David de la Croix, UCLouvain
Title TBA
Location: Mercatus Center at George Mason University

March 1, 2024: Zach Ward, Baylor University
"Like Grandparent, Like Grandchild: Multigenerational Mobility in American History?"
Location: University of Maryland Baltimore County

Fall 2023 Speakers

November 3, 2023: Allison Shertzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
"The Long Run Impact of Zoning"
Location: Mercatus Center at George Mason University

December 15, 2023: Andrea Ferrara, University of Pittsburgh
"What Makes Effective Leaders: Evidence from Civil War Captains and their Soldiers"
Location: University of Maryland Baltimore County

Spring 2023 Speakers

April 7, 2023: Vellore Arthi, University of California Irvine
"Financial Scarring and the Failure of the Freedman's Savings Bank"
Location: University of Maryland Baltimore County

April 28, 2023: Luigi Pascali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
"The Dawn of Civilization: Metal Trade and the Urban Revolution"
Location: Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Fall 2022 Speakers

October 28, 2022: Walker Hanlon, Northwestern University
"A Penny for Your Thoughts"

December 2, 2022: Maggie Jones, Emory University
"Competition and Discrimination in Public Accommodations: Evidence from the Green Books"

Spring 2020 Speakers

February 28, 2020: Craig McMahon, Villanova University
"Can the Government Run a Bank?"

Fall 2019 Speakers

October 4, 2019: Nancy Qian, Northwestern University
"Choosing Racial Identity in the United States, 1880-1940"

November 1, 2019: Felipe Valencia, UBC

Spring 2019 Speakers 

April 5, 2019: Jose Espin-Sanchez, Yale University
"La “Doña” è Mobile: the role of Women in Social Mobility in a Pre-modern Economy"

April 19, 2019: Taylor Jaworski, University of Colorado at Boulder
"Spillover Effects of IP Protection in the Inter-war Aircraft Industry"

May 3, 2019: Leticia Arroyo Abad, City University of New York - Queens College
"The Long Shadow of History? The Impact of Colonial Labor Institutions on Economic Development in Peru"

Fall 2018 Speakers 

September 28, 2018: Petra Moser, NYU Stern
Location: GMU Mercatus Center

November 2, 2018: Eugene White, Rutgers
Location: American University
Sponsored by: Federal Reserve Board 

November 16, 2018: Vincent Geloso, Bates College
Location: American University 

Fall 2017 Speakers

September 1, 2017: Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: George Mason University

October 6, 2017: Eric Hilt, Wellesley College
Location: American University

November 3, 2017: Lisa Cook, Michigan State University
"Violence, Segregation, and Economic Activity, 1880-1940"
Location: American University

Spring 2017

February 3, 2017: Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh
Location: University of Maryland

March 3, 2017: Farley Grubb, University of Delaware
Location: American University

April 21, 2017: Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University
Location: George Mason University

May 12, 2017: Debin Ma, London School of Economics
Location: George Mason University

Fall 2016

September 30, 2016: Noel Maurer, George Washington University School of Business
Location: George Mason University

November 4, 2016: Amanda Gregg, Middlebury College
Location: American University

Spring 2016

February 5th, 2016: Nic Ziebarth, University of Iowa
Location: American University

February 26, 2016: John Tang, Australian National University
Location: University of Maryland, College Park

April 8th, 2016: Murat Iyigun, University of Colorado-Boulder
Location: George Mason University

For a list of speakers from 2001-2015 please contact econ@american.edu.