Sixth ASE Annual Meeting

The sixth ASE Annual Meeting has been held on September 17 and 18 in a hybrid format (a * marks web presentations) at the Bank of Italy (Centro Convegni Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, via Nazionale 190, Rome), that co-organised the event.

Programme (presenters in bold):

Friday 17

13:00−14:10 Registration & light lunch

14:10−14:30 Welcome Address and Opening remarks:

Giovanni Vecchi, University of Rome Tor Vergata and President, ASE; Alessandro Nuvolari, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and Editor, Rivista di Storia Economica

14:30−15:30 ASE Stefano Fenoaltea Session:
Chair: Giovanni Vecchi (University of Rome Tor Vergata and President, ASE)
Introductory Remarks - Ignazio Visco (Governor, Banca d'Italia)
Addresses: Aurora Iannello (Fondazione Luigi Einaudi), Christopher Hanes* (Binghamton University), Gianni Toniolo (LUISS).

15:30−17:30 2019 ASE Economic History Workshop (session 1):
Chair: Andrea Colli (Università Bocconi)

Flow of Ideas: Economic Societies and the Rise of Useful Knowledge
Francesco Cinnirella (Università di Bergamo), Erik Hornung (University of Cologne), Julius Koschnick* (London School of Economics)
Discussant: Anna Missiaia* (University of Gothenburg)

The causes and consequences of innovation: evidence from the adoption of steam engines in 19th-century France
Carla Salvo (Università La Sapienza), Leonardo Ridolfi (Università di Siena), Mara Squicciarini (Università Bocconi), Jacob Weisdorf (Università La Sapienza)
Discussant: Alessandro Nuvolari (SSSUP)

Lessons from the early Establishment of Banking Supervision in Italy (1926-1936)
Marco Molteni (Oxford University), Dario Pellegrino (Banca d’Italia)
Discussant: Mauro Rota (Università La Sapienza)

17:30−17:50 Tea & Coffee break

17:50−19:00 Sixth ASE Keynote Lecture
Chair: Francesco Cinnirella (Università di Bergamo)
Incentives, Institutions, and Industrialization: A Prelude to Modern Economic Growth
Joel Mokyr* (Northwestern University)

19:00-21:00 Light Dinner

Saturday 18

9:00−11:00 ASE Economic History Workshop, session 2
Chair: Jacob Weisdorf (Università La Sapienza)

Why do Sovereign Borrowers Post Collateral? Evidence from the 19th Century
Marc Flandreau (University of Pennsylvania), Stefano Pietrosanti (Banca d’Italia), Carlotta E. Schüster (UNCTAD)
Discussant: Andrea Papadia* (University of Bonn)

The Political Economy of the Italian Railway Expansion, 1879-1890
Roberto Bonfatti (Università di Padova), Giovanni Facchini (University of Nottingham), Alexander Tarasov (HSE University), Gian Luca Tedeschi (University of Nottingham), Cecilia Testa (University of Nottingham)
Discussant: Matteo Gomellini (Banca d’Italia)

The Harvard Economic Service and its barometer: How did businesses use economic information in the interwar US?
Giovanni Favero (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia)
Discussant: Giulia Mancini (Università Tor Vergata)

11:00−11:20 Tea & Coffee break

11:20−13:10 ASE Workshop: Demography and Economic Change in Italian History
Chair: Federico Barbiellini Amidei (Banca d’Italia)

Pandemics and inequality: The Case of Italy
Guido Alfani (Università Bocconi)
Discussant: Graziella Bertocchi (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, EIEF)

The Age of Entrepreneurship
Federico Barbiellini Amidei, Matteo Gomellini, Paolo Piselli (Banca d’Italia), Lorenzo Incoronato* (UCL)
Discussant: Maria Stella Chiaruttini (Universität Wien)

Faith and Assimilation: Italian Immigrants in the U.S.
Stefano Gagliarducci (Università di Roma Tor Vergata), Marco Tabellini* (Harvard Business School)
Discussant: Laura Ogliari (Università di Milano)

13:10−14:30 Light lunch

14:30−16:30 ASE General Assembly

14:30−14:00: Francesca Carnevali Prize Award
Chair: Vera Zamagni* (Università di Bologna)