Conference Agenda

Session

2B: Historical economics and economic development

Time:

Friday, 15/Sept/2023:

9:30am - 11:10am

Location: Room A.1.6

Presentations

Landownership elites and the literati’s expansion: Historical Evidence from Italy

Oumar Ben Salha

University of Brescia, Italy

The effects of Italy’s unification on its dual development: a synthetic control approach

Guido de Blasio¹, Guglielmo Barone², David Chilosi³, Carlo Ciccarelli⁴

¹Bank of Italy, Italy; ²University of Bologna; ³King's College London; ⁴University of Rome Tor Vergata

The Political Consequences of Mass Repatriation

Edoardo Cefala

WU Vienna, Austria

When Pork-Barrel Fails to Work: Evidence from the construction of dams and the use of Forced Labor

Gema Lax Martinez

University of Lausanne, Italy