Conference Archive
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Friday, February 23, 2007
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Session I: Club Room
Studying the Economic Performance of Civilizations
Chair: Dan Klerman
Presenters:
- Timur Kuran - VIDEO - MP3
"Explaining the Economic Trajectories of Civilizations: Musings on the Systemic Approach" - Richard Swedberg - VIDEO - MP3
“Civilizations, Economies and Social Mechanisms: Some Central Themes”
Q&A - VIDEO - MP3
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Session II: Club Room
Evolution of Commercial Institutions (I)
Chair: Brett Sheehan
Presenters:
“Merchant of Venice, Merchant of Istanbul: What's the Difference?”
“The Institutional Dynamics of Early Modern Eurasian Trade: The Corporation and the Commenda”
Q&A - VIDEO - MP3
Saturday, February 24, 2007
8:30-10:45 Session III: Club Room
Islamic Law, Administration, and Public Finance
Chair: Timur Kuran
Discussants: Ramzi Rouighi (VIDEO - MP3), Jeffrey Nugent (VIDEO - MP3), and Barkley Rosser (VIDEO - MP3)
- Said Arjomand - VIDEO - MP3
"The Legal and Administrative Framework of Civic and Economic Activity: A Comparison of the Safavid and Ottoman Empires in the 17th and 18th Centuries" - Kývanç Karaman - VIDEO - MP3
“Low Tax Rate in the Countryside, Strong Administration at the Center: The Ottoman Classical Age” -
Metin Coþgel - VIDEO - MP3
“Law and State Power: The Institutional Roots of the Strong State in Islamic History”
11:00-12:30 Session IV: Club Room
The Puzzle of Economic Underdevelopment in Africa
Chair: Robert Woodberry
Discussants: Richard Roberts (VIDEO - MP3) and Richard Swedberg (VIDEO - MP3)
- Jean-Philippe Platteau - VIDEO - MP3
“Is Culture an Obstacle to African Economic Development?” - Ghislaine Lydon - VIDEO - MP3
“A ‘Paper Economy of Faith’ without Faith in Paper: A Contribution to Understanding ‘the Roots of Islamic Institutional Stagnation’”
2:00-3:30 Session V: Club Room
Religion and Economic Growth
Chair: Peter Mancall
Discussants: Thomas Ginsburg (VIDEO - MP3) and Jon Miller (VIDEO - MP3)
- Mark Ramseyer and Mikael Adolphson - VIDEO - MP3
“Property Rights in Medieval Japan: The Ecclesiastical Role” - Gary Richardson - VIDEO - MP3
"Reformation, Cooperation, and Monopolization in Tudor and Stuart England"
4:00-5:30 Session VI: Club Room
Evolution of Commercial Institutions (II)
Chair: Naomi Lamoreaux
Discussants: Brett Sheehan (VIDEO - MP3) and Dan Bogart (VIDEO - MP3)
- Madeleine Zelin - VIDEO - MP3
“Informal Law and the Firm in Early Modern China” - Dan Klerman - VIDEO - MP3
"The Emergence of Commercial Law in England”
Q&A - VIDEO - MP3
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