Lamoreaux Mini-Conference
Hosted by the Yale Economic Growth Cenbter (EGC) | Rohini Pande, Director
Co-Organizers: Rohini Pande (Yale), Gerald Jaynes (Yale), José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez (Yale), and Sun Kyoung Lee (University of Michigan)
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 will focus on several areas to which Professor Lamoreaux has made significant contributions: organization of firms and corporations; innovation and patents; and archival research. The event will bring together esteemed economists, historians, law experts, and policy experts and will emphasize interdisciplinary collaboration and research methods. This conference will include 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.
Friday, April 26
| Time | activity | Presented by |
|---|---|---|
| 4:30 - 5:30 PM | Welcome and Opening Remarks: Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, Room L02 Auditorium | 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” Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, Room L02 Auditorium |
David Moss, Harvard University Dan Raff, University of Pennsylvania Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Caltech Claire Priest, Yale University |
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| 5:30 - 7:00 PM | Reception: Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, Room 131 7:30 PM | |
| 7:30 PM | Conference dinner - invitation only |
Saturday, April 27
| Time | Title | Presented by |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:30 AM | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 - 10:30 AM | Panel 2 “Firms, Corporations, and Organizations” Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, Room L02 Auditorium |
Carola Frydman, Northwestern University Amanda Gregg, Middlebury College Ron Harris, Tel Aviv University Eric Hilt, Wellesley College Duol Kim, Myongji University John Wallis, University of Maryland |
| 10:30 - 11:30 AM | Panel 3 “Patents and Innovation”: Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, Room L02 Auditorium | Gerardo Con Diaz, University of California, Davis Rebecca Eisenberg, University of Michigan Stephen Haber, Stanford Zorina Khan, Bowdoin College Sun Kyoung Lee, University of Michigan Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University Paul Rhode, University of Michigan |
| 11:30 - 12:30 PM | Lunch: Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, Room 131 | |
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM | Panel 4 “Big Ideas from Archival Finds”: Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, Room L02 Auditorium | Maura Dykstra, Yale University José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez, Yale University Juliette Levy, UC Riverside Craig Palsson, Utah State University Annie Ruderman, London School of Economics Se Yan, Peking University |
| 1:30 - 2:00 PM | Closing Remarks: Humanities Quadrangle, 320 York Street, Room L02 Auditorium | Naomi Lamoreaux, Yale University and University of Michigan |
Participants
Claire Brennecke
Consumer Financial Protection Board
Gerardo Con Diaz
University of California, Davis
Maura Dykstra
Yale University
Rebecca Eisenberg
University of Michigan
Carola Frydman
Northwestern University
Tamar Gendler
Yale University
Amanda Gregg
Middlebury College
Stephen Haber
Stanford University
Ron Harris
Tel Aviv University
Eric Hilt
Wellesley College
Zorina Khan
Bowdoin College
Duol Kim
Miyongji University
Sun Kyoung Lee
University of Michigan
Juliette Levy
University of California, Riverside
Joel Mokyr
Northwestern University
David Moss
Harvard Business School
Craig Palsson
Utah State University
Claire Priest
Yale University
Daniel Raff
University of Pennsylvania
Paul Rhode
University of Michigan
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Annie Ruderman
London School of Economics
John Wallis
University of Maryland
Se Yan
Peking University