Eventos

Program

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2:

7:00 PM Cocktail Reception and Dinner, Hotel Sheraton Centro Histórico.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3: El Colegio de México. Sala Alfonso Reyes.

9:30 AM SESSION 1

MICHAEL BORDO, Rutgers University and NBER

Financial Crises, 1880-1913: The Role of Foreign Currency Debt

(co-authored with CHRISTOPHER MEISSNER)

Discussants: CARLOS MARICHAL, El Colegio de México

10:30 AM SESSION 2

LUIS CATAO, International Monetary Fund

Hard Shocks on Soft Money:

Currency Gyrations in the Periphery of the Gold Standard

Discussant: LORENZA MARTÍNEZ, Banco de México

11:20 AM Coffee Break

11:40 AM SESSION 3

STEPHEN HABER, Stanford University and NBER

Related Lending and Economic Performance: Evidence from Mexico

(co-authored with NOEL MAURER)

Discussant: ENRIQUE CARDENAS, Secretaría de la Función Pública.

12:30 PM SESSION 4

GERARDO DELLA PAOLERA, American University

The True Measure of Country Risk:

A Primer on the Interrelations between Solvency and the Polity Structure of Emerging Markets: Argentina 1886-1892

Discussant: ALDO MUSSACHIO, Harvard Business School

1:30 PM Lunch. El Colegio de México (by invitation only).

3:30 PM SESSION 5

KENNETH SOKOLOFF, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

Taxation and Inequality:

Evidence from the Economic History of the Americas

(co-authored with ERIC ZOLT)

Discussants: FAUSTO HERNANDEZ-TRILLO, CIDE

4:30 PM SESSION 6

SEBASTIÁN EDWARDS, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

Establishing Credibility: The Role of Foreign Advisors in Chile's 1955-58 Stabilization Program

Discussants: JULIO SANTAELLA, Banco de México

NORA LUSTIG, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4: HOTEL SHERATON. Salón Doña Sol.

9:40 AM SESSION 7

LEANDRO PRADOS DE LA ESCOSURA, Universidad Carlos III Madrid

International Inequality in OECD Countries and Latin America, 1870-1990

Discussant: LUIS FELIPE LÓPEZ-CALVA, ITESM

10:30 AM SESSION 8

PEDRO LAINS, Universidade de Lisboa

Growth in a Protected Environment: Portugal 1870-1950

Discussant: CARLOS PONZIO, Harvard University

11:20 AM Coffee Break

11:40 AM SESSION 9

AURORA GÓMEZ-GALVARRIATO, CIDE

The Political Economy of Protectionism: The Evolution of Labor Productivity, International Competitiveness, and Tariffs in the Mexican Textile Industry, 1900-1950.

Discussant: DANIEL LEDERMAN, The World Bank.

12:30 PM SESSION 10

GERARDO ESQUIVEL and GRACIELA MÁRQUEZ, El Colegio de México

The Economic Effects of Closing the Economy. The Mexican Experience in the

Mid-Twentieth Century

Discussant: GUSTAVO DEL ANGEL, CIDE

1:20 PM Lunch and Adjourn.