Programme Area Economic history

Economic History

Mark Twain once wrote that “history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes”, and the study of economic history helps to provide perspective on the rhyming. Some things stay the same but other things change and history provides guidance on the difference between the two. The Economic History programme aims to promote the study of European and global economic history, making CEPR the focal point for cliometric research in Europe. It seeks to improve our statistical knowledge of the past, while using the lessons of history to illuminate current debates on macroeconomic policy, economic growth, globalization, and other pressing policy issues.

Key areas include:

macroeconomic and financial history
economic growth in the very long run (1000-2000)
institutions and economic outcomes
history of the international economy

Annual Symposium

The Economic History Symposium is typically a two-day, although on occasion, three-day conference, taking place annually in June. Each year the conference is held within a different centre of academic excellence throughout Europe, bringing together leading researchers in the field.

Event Series

Economic History Symposium

Economic history

Programme Directors

Stephen Broadberry

Professor of Economic History Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Researchers

Olivier Accominotti

Professor of Economic History London School of Economics and Political Sciences

Daron Acemoğlu

Professor of Applied Economics MIT Sloan School of Management

Guido Alfani

Professor of Economic History Universita' Luigi Bocconi

Robert Allen

Professor of Economic History Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Leticia Arroyo Abad

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; Associate Professor of Economics City University of New York

Martha J. Bailey

Professor, Department of Economics University of California, Los Angeles

Sascha O. Becker

Xiaokai Yang Chair of Business and Economics Monash University; part-time Professor of Economics Monash University and University of Warwick; Part-time Professor of Economics University Of Warwick

Jeanet Bentzen

Associate Professor, Department of Economics University of Copenhagen

Vincent Bignon

Maarten Bosker

Professor Erasmus University Rotterdam

Maristella Botticini

Fellow, Economic History / CEPR Vice President

Fabio Braggion

Stephen Broadberry

Professor of Economic History Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Davide Cantoni

Professor of Economic History Bibliothek Wirtscharftswiseneschaften - University of Munich

David Chambers

University Lecturer in Finance at Judge Business School University Of Cambridge

Francesco Cinnirella

Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Bergamo University of Bergamo

Gregory Clark

Professor University of California, Davis

Nicholas Crafts

Professor of Economics and Economic History University Of Warwick

Neil Cummins

Associate Professor of Economic History London School of Economics and Political Sciences

Carl-Johan Dalgaard

Professor of Economics University of Copenhagen

David de la Croix

Professor IRES/LIDAM - UCLouvain

Jeremiah Dittmar

Professor of Economics London School of Economics and Political Sciences

Rui Esteves

Professor Geneva Graduate Institute; Professor, Graduate Institute University of Geneva

Rui Ferreira da Costa Esteves

Professor Geneva Graduate Institute

Marc Flandreau

Professor of Economic History University Of Pennsylvania

Caroline Fohlin

Professor of Economics Emory College of Arts and Sciences

Raphael Franck

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Senior Lecturer

Kyoji Fukao

Professor and Research Director of the Center for Economic Institutions at the Institute of Economic Research Hitotsubashi University

Oded Galor

Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics Brown University

Pauline Grosjean

Fellow Research Associate Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor, School of Economics University Of New South Wales; Professor of Economics

Richard Grossman

Visiting Scholar Professor of Economics Wesleyan University

Bishnupriya Gupta

Professor University Of Warwick

Casper Worm Hansen

Associate Professor of Economics University of Copenhagen

Mark Harrison

Emeritus Professor University Of Warwick; Emeritus Professor of Economics University of Warwick

David Jacks

J.Y. Pillay Professor of Social Sciences National University Of Singapore; J.Y. Pillay Professor of Social Sciences Yale-NUS College

Clemens Jobst

Professor of Economic and Social History Department of Economics, University of Bergen

Wolfgang Keller

Director of the McGuire Center for International Economics and Professor University of Colorado Boulder

Morgan Kelly

Professor of Economics University College Dublin

Alex Klein

Senior Lecturer in Economics University of Kent, School of Economics

Mark Koyama

Associate Professor in Economics George Mason University

Markus Lampe

Professor of Economic and Social History and Head, Institute for Economic and Social History Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU)

Sibylle Lehmann-Hasemeyer

Professor University of Hohenheim

Debin Ma

Professor, Institute of Economic Research Hitotsubashi University; Associate Professor, Economic History Department London School of Economics and Political Sciences

Andrei Markevich

Professor New Economic School

Omer Moav

Professor of Economics Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya; Professor Professor University Of Warwick

Petra Moser

Professor of Economics Associate Professor of Economics Stern School of Business

Pilar Nogues-Marco

Associate Professor University of Geneva

Alessandro Nuvolari

Professor of Economic History Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Kevin O'Rourke

Professor of Economics New York University Abu Dhabi

Maurice Obstfeld

Class of 1958 Professor of Economics University Of California, Berkeley

Sheilagh Ogilvie

Chichele Professor of Economic History Professor of Economic History University Of Cambridge

Kim Oosterlinck

Professor of Finance at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management ECARES, ULB

Nuno Palma

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Department of Economics and Research Affiliate, CEPR The University of Manchester

Sevket Pamuk

Professor of Economics and Economic History Boğaziçi University

Leandro Prados de la Escosura

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor of Economics Universidad Carlos III (Madrid, Spain); Emeritus Professor Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Research Associate, CAGE University Of Warwick