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

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
ceph.ie/events/07-02...
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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.

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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@quceh.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk #econsky #NSRPproject

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...

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
bsky.app/starter-pack...

EH2 @jamesfeigenbaum.bsky.social
bsky.app/starter-pack...

Historical Political Economy @magnusrasmussen.bsky.social

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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.
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=485...

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)

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.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...

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)​

ceph.ie/events/29-11...
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