ECON 304 - Seminar.New Institutional Economic History NOT OFFERED IN

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Wellesley College

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Description:

This course will investigate the evolution of economic institutions throughout the world over the past 1,000 years. We will consider a broad range of institutional questions and use evidence from historical episodes in their analysis. How are effec-tive trading rules created (evidence from the eleventh-century Maghribi traders) How does a government become ?credible? (evidence from seventeenth-century England) Why have Blacks consistently earned less than Whites (evidence from nineteenth- and twentieth-century America) What are the effects of governmental tampering with housing prices (evidence from early twentieth-century Hong Kong) Prerequisite: 201 and 203 Distribution: Historical Studies or Social and Behavioral Analysis Semester: N/O Unit: 1.0

Credits:

10.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wellesley.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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