Charting the Future of Economics, Governance, and Economic Development in the United States and Beyond

• Host: Yale Economic Growth Center (EGC) | Rohini Pande, Director
• Co-Organizers: Rohini Pande (Yale), Gerald Jaynes (Yale), José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez (Yale), and Sun Kyoung Lee (University of Michigan)
• Date: April 26-27, 2024
• Location: Yale University

Charting the Future of Economics, Governance, and Economic Development in the United States and Beyond was a mini-conference examining the future direction of multidisciplinary research in history, economics, and public policy in areas of research influenced by the publications of Professor Naomi Lamoreaux. The conference focused on several areas to which Professor Lamoreaux has made significant contributions: organization of firms and corporations; innovation and patents; and archival research.  The event brought together esteemed economists, historians, law experts, and policy experts and emphasized interdisciplinary collaboration and research methods. This conference included a substantial component on the United States but not limited to the United States and cover themes with broader implications both in terms of disciplines and scope.

The event received additional support from the Yale Department of Economics, Yale Department of History, the Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS), and the Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies.

Friday, April 26

4:30 - 5:30 PM Welcome and Opening Remarks
Tamar Szabó Gendler, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Yale University

Panel 1 “History, Economics, and Policy: The Importance of Doing History Forward”
Panel Moderator/Session Chair: Rohini Pande, Yale University
Gerald Jaynes, Yale University
David Moss, Harvard University
Claire Priest, Yale University
Dan Raff, University of Pennsylvania
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Caltech

5:30 - 7:00 PM Reception

7:30 PM Conference dinner - invitation only 

Saturday, April 27

8:00 - 9:00 AM Breakfast

9:00 - 9:10 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
Alan Mikhail, Chair of the Department of History at Yale

9:10 - 10:10 AM Panel 2 “Firms, Corporations, and Organizations”
Panel Moderator/Session Chair: Carola Frydman, Northwestern University
Cihan Artunç, Middlebury College
Amanda Gregg, Middlebury College
Eric Hilt, Wellesley College
Duol Kim, Myongji University
John Wallis, University of Maryland

10:10 - 10:30 AM Break 

10:30 - 11:30 AM Panel 3 “Patents and Innovation”

Panel Moderator/Session Chair: Sun Kyoung Lee, University of Michigan
Gerardo Con Diaz, University of California, Davis
Rebecca Eisenberg, University of Michigan
Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College
Paul Rhode, University of Michigan

11:30 - 12:30 PM Lunch

12:30 - 1:30 PM Panel 4 “Big Ideas from Archival Finds”

Panel Moderator/Session Chair: José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez, Yale University
Maura Dykstra, Yale University
Juliette Levy, University of California Riverside
Craig Palsson, Utah State University
Anne Ruderman, London School of Economics
Se Yan, Peking University

1:30 - 1:40 PM Introduction of Naomi Lamoreaux
Tony Smith, Chair of the Department of Economics at Yale

1:40 - 2:00 PM Closing Remarks
Naomi Lamoreaux, Yale University and University of Michigan