Orario lezioni
La prossima settimana il corso di Storia economica si svolgerà il 2 maggio 2018 dalle 12 alle 13.30 e dalle 18 alle 19.30.
Prova intermedia (9 aprile 2018)
La prova si svolgerà nelle seguenti partizioni:
Matricole 00-15 (Aula Caparrelli A) ore 10.45
Matricole 16-49 e > 49 (Aula Caparrelli B) ore 11.45
Riapertura iscrizione Prova intermedia
Su richiesta di alcuni studenti, che durante le vacanze non si erano iscritti per dimenticanza, in via eccezionale, ho deciso di riaprire le iscrizioni alla prova intermedia sino al 6 aprile 2018. Il 7 aprile comunicherò le partizioni per matricole delle prove.
Reminder per gli studenti del primo anno (iscrizione prova intermedia)
Si ricorda che per poter sostenere la prova intermedia del 9 aprile 2018 è necessario iscriversi tramite segreteria on line entro il 3 aprile 2018. Informazioni precise sugli orari saranno rese disponibili entro il 7 aprile 2018.
Phd course in Economic history (2018)
Economic History course for Phd in Economics (14 hours)
Tuesday 3rd April 2018: 14-16
Michelangelo Vasta
The geography of innovation in Italy, 1861-1913: evidence from patent data
Topic: Innovation
Thursday 10th May 2018: 11-13
Michelangelo Vasta
The origins of the Italian regional divide: evidence from real wages, 1861-1913
Topic: Standard of living
Monday 14th May 2018: 11-13
Giovanni Federico
A tale of two globalizations: gains from trade and openness 1800-2010
Topic: Trade
Thursday 17th May 2018: 11-13
Michelangelo Vasta
Can school centralization foster human capital accumulation? A quasi-experiment from early-20th-century Italy
Topic: Human capital
Monday 21st May 2018: 11-13
Giovanni Federico
Reconciling the irreconcilable: real wages, gdp and the plight of the poor, 1300-1913
Topic: Inequality
Monday 28th May 2018: 11-13
Giovanni Federico
The terms of trade during the first globalization: an empirical analysis
Topic: Trade
Friday 1st June 2018: 11-13
Alessandro Nuvolari (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa)
Innovation, Localized Knowledge Spillovers and the British Industrial Revolution, 1700-1850
Topic: Innovation
The “rules of the game” of the course are the following. First of all the course requires your active role in the discussion of the seminars. What I mean is that you make direct questions to the speakers during the seminars. Moreover, each student must write one extended Review Report (RR) for one of the paper presented. The RR should be articulated as follow: i) discuss context and research questions; ii) assess source, historical material and data; iii) provide a discussion of approach and methods; iv) suggest improvements and refinements for the analysis. Finally, all students have to organize themselves in groups (2 students, max 3) and prepare an Economic History Research Project (RP) which must contain: i) a well-defined research question; ii) sources to be used; iii) methods; iv) conclusions. Final evaluation will be based on class participation (25%) and on the quality of RRs (25%) and RP (50%).
