Barry Eichengreen (Evans 603, TBA, 2-0926, eichengr@econ.berkeley.edu)
Brad DeLong (Evans 601, Th 12:30-2:30, 3-4027, delong@econ.berkeley.edu)
Link to First Half of Syllabus
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1. January 21 AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM
Paul David (1966), AThe Mechanization of Reaping in the Ante-Bellum Midwest,@ in Henry Rosovsky (ed.), Industrialization in Two Systems, New York: Wiley, pp. 3-28, http://www.amazon.com. On reserve at Haas.
Robert Fogel (1962), AA Quantitative Approach to the Study of Railroads in American Economic Growth,@ Journal of Economic History 22, pp.163-197, http://uclibs.org/PID/907.
Alfred Chandler (1990), Scale and Scope, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, chapter 3, pp. 51-89, http://www.amazon.com. On reserve in Haas.
Richard Langlois (2003), AThe Vanishing Hand: The Changing Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism,@ Industrial and Corporate Change 12, pp. 351-285, http://uclibs.org/PID/9106.
Douglas Irwin (1998), “Did Late Nineteen Century U.S. Tariffs Promote Infant Industries? Evidence from the Tinplate Industry,” NBER Working paper no.6835 (December), http://www.nber.org/papers/W6835.
2. January 28 CAPITAL FORMATION AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
Naomi Lamoreaux (1986), ABanks, Kinship, and Economic Development: The New England Case,@ Journal of Economic History 46, pp.647-667, http://uclibs.org/PID/907.
Howard Bodenhorn and Hugh Rockoff (1992), ARegional Interest Rates in Antebellum America,@ in Claudia Goldin and Hugh Rockoff (eds), Strategic Factors in 19th Century American Economic History, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, chapter 5, pp. 159-187, http://www.amazon.com.
Hugh Rockoff (1974), AThe Free Banking Era: A Reexamination,@ Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 6, pp. 141-167, http://uclibs.org/PID/19138.
Lance Davis (1965), AThe Investment Market, 1870-1914: The Evolution of a National Market,@ Journal of Economic History 25, pp. 355-393, http://uclibs.org/PID/907.
Kenneth A.Snowden (1995), AThe Evolution of Interregional Mortgage Lending Channels, 1870-1914: The Life Insurance-Mortgage Company Connection,@ in Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Daniel M.G. Raff (eds), Coordination and Information: Historical Perspectives on the Organization of Enterprise, Chicago: University of Chicago press, pp. 209-256, http://amazon.com.
3. February 4 THE EVOLUTION OF LABOR MARKETS
Sanford Jacoby (1984), AThe Development of Internal Labor Markets in American Manufacturing Firms,@ in Paul Osterman (ed.), Internal Labor Markets (Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press), pp. 23-69, http://amazon.com. On reserve at Haas.
Susan Carter and Elizabeth Savoca (1988), ALabor Mobility and Lengthy Jobs in 19th Century America,@ Journal of Economic History 50, pp. 1-16, http://uclibs.org/PID/907.
Joshua Rosenbloom (1990), AOne Market or Many? Labor Market Integration in the Late-19th Century United States,@ Journal of Economic History 50, pp. 87-107, http://uclibs.org/PID/907.
Christopher Hanes and John James (2003), “Wage Adjustment Under Low Inflation: Evidence from U.S. History,” American Economic Review 93, pp. 1414-1424, http://www.ingentaselect.com/rpsv/cw/aea/00028282/contp1-1.htm.
4. February 11 GLOBALIZATION IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY
Barry R. Chiswick and Timothy J. Hatton (2003), AInternational Migration and the Integration of Labor Markets,@ in Michael Bordo, Alan Taylor and Jeffrey Williamson (eds), Globalization in Historical Perspective, NBER, http://www.nber.org/books/global/chiswick-hatton3-21-02.pdf.
Richard Baldwin and Philippe Martin, ATwo Waves of Globalisation: Superficial Similarities, Fundamental Differences,@ NBER Working Paper no. 6904 (January 1999), http://papers.nber.org/papers/w6904.pdf.
Albert Fishlow (1985), ALessons from the Past: Capital Markets During the 19th Century and the Interwar Period,@ International Organization 39, pp. 383-439, http://uclibs.org/PID/900.
5. Feburary 18 THE GOLD STANDARD
Arthur Bloomfield (1959), Monetary Policy Under the International Gold Standard (New York, Federal Reserve Bank of New York), http://www.amazon.com. On reserve at Haas.
Barry Eichengreen, Golden Fetters: The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919-1939, New York: Oxford University Press, chapter 2, pp. 29-66, http://www.amazon.com. On reserve at Haas.
Michael Bordo and Hugh Rockoff (1996), AThe Gold Standard as a Good-Housekeeping Seal of Approval,@ Journal of Economic History 56, pp. 389-428, http://uclibs.org/PID/907.
Marc Flandreau and Frédéric Zumer, “The Making of Global Finance 1880-1913,” http://aghistory.ucdavis.edu/flandreau2.pdf.
6. February 25 THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz (1963), A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960, Princeton: Princeton University Press, Chapter 13, AA Summing Up,@ pp. 676-700,
Barry Eichengreen (1992), Golden Fetters: The Gold Standard and the Great Depression 1919-1939 (New York: Oxford University Press), chapter 1, pp. 3-28, http://www.amazon.com. On reserve at Haas.
Ben Bernanke (1983), ANonmonetary Effects of the Financial Crisis in the Propagation of the Great Depression@ American Economic Review 73, pp. 257-276, http://uclibs.org/PID/877.
7. March 3 POSTWAR ECONOMIC GROWTH
Nicholas Crafts and Gianni Toniolo (1995), APostwar Growth: An Overview,@ CEPR Discussion Paper no.1095 (January 1995), www.cepr.org/pubs/dps/DP1095.asp.
Werner Abelshauser (1991), AAmerican Aid and West German Economic Recovery: A Macroeconomic Perspective,@ in Charles S. Maier and Gunter Bischof (eds), The Marshall Plan and Germany, Oxford: Berg, pp. 367-409, http://www.amazon.com.
Dani Rodrik (1995), AGetting Interventions Right: How South Korea and Taiwan Grew Rich,@ NBER Working Paper no. 4964, http://papers.nber.org/papers/w4964.pdf.
Robert Gordon, ADoes the New Economy Measure Up to the Great Inventions of the Past?@ NBER Working Paper no. 7833 (August 2000), http://papers.nber.org/papers/w7833.pdf.
Nicholas Crafts, AThe Solow Productivity Paradox in Historical Perspective,@ CEPR Discussion Paper no.3142 (January 2002), www.cepr.org/pubs/dps/DP3142.asp.
8. March 10 IN CLASS FINAL EXAM
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