NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Development of the American Economy Program Meeting
Claudia Goldin and John Wallis , Organizers
March 7, 1998
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
SATURDAY, MARCH 7:
9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM LEE ALSTON, University of Illinois and NBER
KYLE KAUFFMAN, Wellesley College
Social Norms of Racial Discrimination and Their Impact on Land Rentals
in the U.S. South
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM JOSHUA ROSENBLOOM, University of Kansas and NBER
WILLIAM SUNDSTROM, Santa Clara University
The Sources of Regional Variation in the Severity of the Great Depression: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing, 1919-1937
(NBER Working Paper 6288)
11:45 AM Break
12:00 N CHARLES CALOMIRIS, Columbia University and NBER
BERRY WILSON, Federal Communication Commission
Bank Portfolio Risk and Capital: The 1930s Capital Crunch and Scramble to Shed Risk
1:00 PM Lunch
2:15 PM DORA COSTA, MIT and NBER
The Unequal Work Day: A Long-term View
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM RICHARD STECKEL, Ohio State University and NBER
Tax Records and the Distribution of Wealth, 1820-1910
4:30 PM Adjourn
6:30 PM Dinner
Giannino Restaurant
Charles Square Courtyard
Cambridge, MA 02138
1/22/98