9th Sound Economic History Workshop in Copenhagen, May 21-22, 2014
9th Sound Economic History Workshop in Copenhagen, May 21-22, 2014
Host: Centre for Business History, Copenhagen Business School (Copenhagen)
Sponsor: Scandinavian Economic History Review
Keynote speakers: Marc Flandreau (Geneva) and Kevin O’Rourke (Oxford)
Local organizer: Alfred Reckendrees; Sound organizer: Jacob Weisdorf
Place: CBS, 2000 Fredriksberg, Kilen, Room KS71
Wednesday 21.6.
10.45 Welcome coffee
11.00 Keynote lecture
Kevin O'Rourke, Oxford University: “Coal, colonies and the Industrial Revolution”
12.30 Jacob Weisdorf, South Danish University Odense: "The Wages of Women in England, 1269-1850" (joint work with Jane Humphries, Oxford).
13.00 Lunch break
14.00 Åsa Malmström Rognes, Uppsala University: “Embedded Family Capitalism in Southeast Asia – the Role of Capital Markets for Family Business Groups and How the Asian Crisis Changed Them”
14.30 Ursula Hård, Stockholm University: “Can one live on food? Local development and new enterprises by means of local food production - a process study from the area Hälsingland in the municipality Gävleborg in northern Sweden”
15.00 Hanna Nielsen, Lund University: “The role of coal in the Czech industrial revolution (1830-1873)”
15.30 Coffee break
16.00 Meng Wu, London School of Economics and Political Science: “How did the Chinese Shanxi piaohao solve the commitment problem in their long distance business in the 19th century? –An analysis of piaohao’s management structure”
16.30 Eric Bengtson, University of Gothenburg: “Distribution of Income between Capital and Labour in Denmark and Norway, c. 1830–2010”
17.00 Marc Flandreau, University of Geneva
18.30 Adjourn
19.00 Joined Dinner at “Sale e Pepe”
Thursday, 22.6.
10.00 Keynote lecture
Marc Flandreau, University of Geneva: “Comparative Information Systems and Comparative Financial History: The Rise of Rating Agencies in the US”
11.30 Thor Berger, University of Gothenburg: “Locomotives of Local Growth: The Short- and Long-Term Impact of Railroads in Sweden” (work together with Kerstin Enflo)
12.00 Karol Jan Borowiecki, South Danish University, Odense: “How are you, my Dearest Mozart? Well-being and creativity of three famous composers based on their letters”
12.30 Alfred Reckendrees, CBS: “Why did Early Industrial Capitalists suggest minimum wages and social insurance?”
13.00 Lunch break
14.00 Julien Brault, University of Geneva: “Before your Fountains Import Substitution, Oil Quotas and Rent Seeking in France (1920’s-1970’s)”
14.30 Kerstin Enflo, Lund University: “Business Cycles in the Nordic countries 1834 – 1945: Balancing domestic and external forces” (joint work with M. Morys, York)
15.00 Henric Häggqvist, Uppsala University: “Protectionist Sweden and Liberal Denmark - Small States and Tariffs in Comparative Perspective 1780-1830”
15.30 Alfred Reckendrees, SEHR : “journal publishing”
Session with coffee and refreshments
16.00 Kevin O'Rourke, Oxford University
17.30 End of the workshop