Thursday 30 May

10:00-10:30 WELCOME + COFFEE

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10:30-12:00 SESSION 1: TRADE AND GLOBALISATION

10:30-11:15 

Who Gained from the Decline in British Imperial Preference?

Christopher D. Absell (University of Gothenburg and Figuerola Institute) and Stefania Galli (University of Gothenburg)

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11:15-12:00

Exchange Rate Regimes and International Trade: A Reassessment of the Classical Gold Standard

Marc Badia (Universitat de Barcelona), Rodolfo Campos (Bank of Spain) and Jacopo Timini (Bank of Spain and Figuerola Institute)

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12:00-12:15 MINI BREAK

 

12:15-13:45 SESSION 2: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON PASTORALISM

12:15-13:00

On the Bovine Ilk: Quantifying the Welfare of Cows in History: 1750-1900

Markus Lampe (Wirtschaftsuniveristät Wien and Figuerola Institute) and Paul Sharp (University of Southern Denmark)

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13:00-13:45

Reinvention of pastoralism as a socio-ecologically sustainable practice for the ecological transition

Manuel Hidalgo (UC3M and Figuerola Institute) and Francisco Seijo (Instituto de Empresa)

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13:45-15:00 LUNCH

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15:00-17:15 SESSION 3: INEQUALITY AND LABOUR MARKETS

15:00-15:45

Workers under Franco's Dictatorship: New Wage Estimates

Miguel Artola (UC3M and Figuerola Institute)

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15:45-16:30

Office Mania: Asset Market Bubble in Seventeenth-Century Castile

Víctor Gómez Blanco (Universitat de València and Figuerola Institute) and Mauro Hernández Benítez (UNED)

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16:30-17:15

Gender Roles in Traditional Agriculture: Evidence from Italy

Giovanni Federico (New York University Abu Dhabi and Figuerola Institute) and Pablo Martinelli Lasheras (UC3M and Figuerola Institute)​

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Friday 31 May

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9:30-10:00 COFFEE

 

10:00-11:30 SESSION 4: TRADE CONFLICTS

10:00-10:45

The Costs of Trade Wars: Evidence from the Late 19th Century

Rodolfo Campos (Bank of Spain), Matteo Gomellini (Bank of Italy), Iliana Reggio (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Jacopo Timini (Bank of Spain and Figuerola Institute)

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10:45-11:30

US and Japanese Rivalry in Philippine Interwar Import Markets. Political power, Trade Costs and Competitiveness

Alejandro Ayuso Díaz (Universidad Pública de Navarra and Figuerola Institute) and Antonio Tena Junguito (UC3M and Figuerola Institute)

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11.30-11:45 MINI BREAK

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11:45-13:15 SESSION 5: POLITICAL ECONOMY IN DEVELOPMENT

11:45-12:30

Borderlands and Bloodlands: the Habsburg Military Frontier and Regional Development in Croatia

Leonard Kukić (UC3M and Figuerola Institute)

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12:30-13:15

The Repercussions of Unequal Political Representation on Later Party Choices: How Swedish pre-1911 Democratic Inegality Shaped Later Politics

Jordi Domènech Feliu (UC3M and Figuerola Institute), Ilona Lahdelma (UC3M) and Jakob Molinder (Uppsala University)

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13:30 FAREWELL LUNCH