Fall 2007

Title

Speaker

Date

The Origins of Anti-Competitive Bank Regulation in Hong Kong: Was Hong Kong ‘over-banked’ in the 1960s?

Catherine R. Schenk (University of Glasgow)

04-10-07

Communication and Contention in ninth and tenth century Iraq

Maaike van Berkel (UvA)

11-10-07

The invisible handshake. Concentration and competition in Dutch Business in the 20th century.

Bram Bouwens and Joost Dankers (UU) 

18-10-07

Ergas & Silvera: Family Structures and Business Organisation

Francesca Trivellato (Yale University)

25-10-07

Roman traders in Greek cities

Onno van Nijf (RUG)

15-11-07

Third-Party Effects on Trust in an Embedded Investment Game

Davide Barrera and Vincent Buskens (UU)

22-11-07

Church, city, state and citizen: poor relief 1500-1800

Marco Van Leeuwen (UU)

29-11-07

Medieval Market Clearing: The Evolution of Brokerage Rules from the Late Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period

Lars Boerner (European University, Florence)

06-12-07

Baghdad to London. The rise and fall of cities in Europe and the Arab world 800 - 1800

Maarten Bosker (USE, UU), Jan Luiten van Zanden, and Eltjo Buringh (UU)

13-12-07