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States and Long-Term Economic Growth
Thursday 2nd October 2008, Morishima Room (R505), Suntory-Toyota Centre, LSE
Theme: States are the most important organization that creates, moulds or destroys institutions crucial to long-term economic growth or stagnation. This one-day workshop will survey some major features of the institutional structure of states and empires and their impact on long-term economic performance across early modern and modern Eurasia. The speakers will examine the related issues of state formation or fragmentation, the impact of war, the evolution of fiscal regimes and public finance, the incentive structures of political actors, the interest groups and property rights regimes.
9.55am: Welcome remarks |
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Session I: State Formation in Europe
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10am: Oliver Volckart (LSE), The Causes of German Political Fragmentation
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10.30am: Lars Boerner (EUI Florence/ FU Berlin) and Albrecht Ritschl (LSE), The Economic History of Sovereignty: Communal Responsibility, the Extended Family and The Firm
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11am: Discussion |
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11.30am: BREAK |
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Session II: The Rise of Fiscal States
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11.45am: Patrick O'Brien (LSE), The History, Nature and Economic Significance of an Exceptional Fiscal State for the Growth of the British Economy, 1453-1815
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12.15pm: Jan Luiten van Zanden and Maarten Prak (Utrecht), Tax Morale and Citizenship in the Dutch Republic
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12.45pm: Discussion |
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1.15pm: LUNCH |
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Session III: The Ottoman and Mughal Empires
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2.15pm: Sevket Pamuk (LSE), Ottoman State Finances and Fiscal Institutions in European Perspective, 1500-1800
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2.45pm: Tirthankar Roy (LSE), Power and Property: Rethinking the Link Between State and Institution in Pre-colonial South Asia
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3.15pm: Discussion |
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3.45pm: BREAK |
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Session IV: Chinese State and Beyond
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4pm: Debin Ma (LSE), Incentives and Information: An Institutional Interpretation of the Chinese State and Great Divergence in the Early Modern Era
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4.30pm: Discussion |
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4.45pm: General discussion on "States Around the World" featuring Anne Booth (SOAS), Mark Harrison (Warwick), and Colin Lewis (LSE) |
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6pm: Reception and drinks: joint with incoming department of Economic History post-graduate students at The Knights Templar, Chancery Lane. |
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