Financial Market Reactions to Institutional Changes
 
The Summer School is a week-long intensive seminar designed to bring together a pool of international lecturers and graduate students to discuss key issues in financial history.

This year the focus will be on financial reactions in the aftermath of major institutional changes. Lecturers will present case studies from a wide range of historical perspectives and geographical backgrounds discussing episodes of successful financial as well as episodes of disruptive instability. Scholars interested in attending are welcome. Pre-session materials and reading suggestions will be made available to those enrolled in the program.

Main Topics
Colonial India-Modern Argentina-French Revolution - Ottoman Empire - 18th Century England, France and United States-Early Modern and Contemporary Italy.

Guest Lecturers
Amiya Bagchi, Arturo O’Connell, Eugene White, Sevket Pamuk, Patrick O'Brien, Giorgio Fodor, Marcello De Cecco, Youssef Casssis, Curzio Giannini, Lucio Pezzolo, Mauro Carboni, Guiseppe Tattara, Marc Flandreau.

The program is organised by the departments of economics of the Universita Ca Foscari Venezia, of the Universita di Trento and of the Universita di Bologna at Forli.
 
www.dse.unive.it/summerschool
 
For further information or queries contact us : summersc@unive.it

February 19, 2002.