Queen’s University Centre for Economic History

27/02/2025 Jane Humphries – The Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Lecture - CEPH - Centre for Economics, Policy and History Professor Jane Humphries will give the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Lecture on Thursday 27th February 2025 at 17:00 in the Neill Lecture Theatre of the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin: 'Ca...

Delighted to share that Jane Humphries is this year's Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar, an award given annually by @cephie.bsky.social to an economic historian who has made a major contribution to the discipline. Her talk (27 Feb) will be on the econ-hist of care - more details below. #econsky

Financing Innovation: The Role of Patent Examination. Stephen D. Billington, Christopher L. Colvin and Christopher Coyle. How does patent examination influence access to finance for innovative firms? We exploit a reform to the UK’s patent system that introduced substantive examination to the patent application process, improving the information available to potential investors on the value of firms’ patents. Using a newly compiled firm-level dataset of exchange-listed corporations, we find that firms holding examined patents were able to borrow more, reflecting improved access to capital markets, and leading to firm growth. Our results highlight the role of patent examination in reducing information asymmetries, enhancing the signalling value of patents, and mitigating financial barriers to innovation.

New working paper alert: "Financing Innovation: The Role of Patent Examination". @steve-bill-econ.bsky.social, Christopher Coyle and I have been working on this for quite a while now. We are excited to have a full draft for your enjoyment! www.quceh.org.uk/uploads/1/0/...

We look forward to welcoming Elissa Iorgulescu of the University of Hohenheim to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for Friday's @quceh.bsky.social seminar:
Commodity Spot-Future Spreads and Inflation Expectations, 1877-2020
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Make sure to register to attend the Alice Murray Lecture, given by Prof. Jane Humphries this month: ceph.ie/events/27-02...

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📖Call for papers!📖

CEPH and Queen’s University Centre for Economic History invites submissions from doctoral researchers working in any area of economic history for a one-day workshop. Deadline for submissions is March 31st, read more: ceph.ie/call-for-pap...

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Our latest working paper ⬇️. A good example of how economic history can speak to contemporary questions and policy debates.

What to read in 2025 From war and tech, to biographies on Taylor Swift, the Pope and Bill Gates — plus new fiction from Adam Haslett and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a preview of some of the titles to look out for in the com...

My forthcoming book The CEO is listed in the @financialtimes.com what to read in 2025 @quceh.bsky.social @cephie.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social What to read in 2025 on.ft.com/3WiVFef

We're excited to welcome Prof. Jane Humphries to @tlrhub.bsky.social next month to present the 2025 Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Lecture. Please register your attendance: ceph.ie/events/27-02...
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28/01/2025 Mohamed Saleh – TCD Department of Economics Seminar Series - CEPH - Centre for Economics, Policy and History Religious Competition and Provision of Public Services Abstract: We argue that competition created through foreign influence in education, between missionaries and ethno-religious minorities can enhan...

We look forward to welcoming @msaleh-econhistory.bsky.social to @tcddublin.bsky.social for Tuesday's @tcdeconomics.bsky.social seminar: ceph.ie/events/28-01...

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We’re hiring two predocs / research assistants at @cephie.bsky.social @quceh.bsky.social hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

The #econhist class of 24/25 Examining how war, migration, trade, policy, education and innovation shaped economies and societies over time

I made a list of all the economic historians on the economics job market! Help me update the list by tagging those I've missed.

There are now FIVE economic-history-related starter packs, listed in order of their emergence...:

EH1 @benmschneider.bsky.social
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EH2 @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social
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Historical Political Economy @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social

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Excited to debut my new paper, "Housing Is the Financial Cycle: Evidence from 100 Years of Local Building Permits,” joint with @cortesgustavos.bsky.social. We document that building permits predict financial market volatility across a century of U.S. economic history.
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Emil Verner on Banking Crises, Credit Booms, and the Rise of Populism Emil Verner is an associate professor of finance at MIT Sloan and is a research fellow at the National Bureau of Ec

Here is the full transcript of the show: www.mercatus.org/macro-musing... and his paper on bank failures: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (2/2)

EP 32: Gambling Man (with Lionel Barber) Podcast Episode · Library of Mistakes · 28/11/2024 · 38m

New Podcast! Former FT editor @lionelbarber discusses his fascinating biography of Masayoshi Son, one of the world's least-known but most consequential investors. Regarding himself as an 'empire builder', Son was (very) briefly the world's richest man.
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29/11/2024 Gabriele Cappelli – QUCEH Seminar Series - CEPH - Centre for Economics, Policy and History Shaping growth: different types of human capital and European regional incomes (1870-1950)​   Gabriele Cappelli is an Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Siena, a CEPR Researc...

We look forward to welcoming @gaber86.bsky.social to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for Friday's @quceh.bsky.social seminar:

Shaping growth: different types of human capital and European regional incomes (1870-1950)​

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