PhD students in Econ: 👉your program teaches you a lot of theory and (if you're lucky) applied econometrics tools too. 👉one thing PhD programs don't seem to do a great job at teaching is how to write well. 👉 but make no mistake: writing well is critical to getting published!

Rainfall can be independent of potential outcomes and therefore the reduced form have a causal interpretation and yet not satisfy exclusion and thus the causal interpretation is very hard if not impossible to interpret. This is an example of how you need independence & exclusion

Patrick O'Brien at the XIX World Economic History Congress, Paris 2022. Sharp as always, he will be 90 years old next month. Still teaching us all. His work on warfare and fiscal capacity was well ahead of its time (economics is now catching up). Worthy of a Nobel Prize if you ask me. He is an example to us all.

Perspective of the city of Luanda (Angola), c.1820. Stay tuned for the Friday XIX World Economic History Congress, Paris 2022 session on "Standards of living in Europe’s Global Empires” where I'll present comparative welfare ratios for Angola since 1760 (joint work w/ Hélder Carvalhal). Centre des colloques – Room 3.09

🚨 Working Paper Alert! 🚨 I’ve basically been soft launching this for a while now, but I’m ready to share my first Big Kid working paper. Join me for a 🧵 on HBCUs, teachers, and Black student achievement! Comments and suggestions are much appreciated! lavaredmonds.com/uploads/1/4/2/…

To avoid exacerbating holiday rush, we have extended the EBHS 2023 Porto conference deadline until January 31, 2023. Happy holidays everyone! ebhsoc.org/2022/10/call-f…

Reminder that the deadline for the Economic and Business History Society's Porto conference is January 31! #EconTwitter #bizhis #econhis Universidade Porto ebhsoc.org/2022/10/call-f…

YSI-EBHS Doctoral Workshop 2023 May 24, 2023 Porto, Portugal A doctoral workshop for 8 students on Wednesday, May 24th at the University of Porto, preceding the Economic and Business History Society Conference. #twitterstorians #EconTwitter ebhsoc.org/2023/03/ysi-eb…

Remember to register by April 15th to get the Early Bird discount! #twitterstorians #EconTwitter Universidade Porto ebhsoc.org/48th-economic-…

The final program for the Economic and Business History Society's 2023 Porto conference is out! #EBHSOCPorto2023 #twitterstorians #EconTwitter ebhsoc.org/2023/05/porto-…

The Young Scholars Initiative, in collaboration with the Economic and Business History Society (EBHS) and the University of York School for Business and Society, will hold a doctoral workshop for about 8 doctoral students on June 26, 2024. ebhsoc.org/2024/02/ysi-eb…

This is the last day (March 15) to submit your work for the June 26 YSI-EBHS Doctoral Workshop in York, UK. #econhis #BizHis #twitterstorians ebhsoc.org/2024/02/ysi-eb…

Now on Early View: 'Bonds for the long run? The rate of return on corporate bonds in Belgium, 1838–1939'. By Kevin Van Mencxel, Jan Annaert and Marc Deloof. Kevin Van Mencxel Marc Deloof UAntwerpen AntwMgtSchool onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

Now on Early View: 'Competition, over-branching and bank failures during the Great Depression: New evidence from Italy'. By Marco Molteni. Oxford Economic & Social History Geneva Graduate Institute onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eh…

The programme for the joint EBHS-ABH 2024 York Conference is now online. #econhis #BizHis #Twitterstorians ebhsoc.org/2024/05/ebhs-a…

📢 CfP is now open for the Economic and Business History Society's 50th Anniversary Conference!🎉 Join us in celebrating 50 years of exploring economic and business history, advancing research, and connecting scholars globally.#econhist #twitterstorians ebhsoc.org/2024/08/call-f…