ASSIGNMENTS - Ec 764
- Assignment 5 (due 04/30) to be done in pairs
- Download the following paper: file:///Users/christophechamley/Downloads/cesifo1_wp10095%20(3).pdf
- Provide a good discussion of the critique by the authors of the following paper
- Voigtländer, N., and H. J. Voth. Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 127, no. 3(2012): 1339-92.
- Voigtländer, N., and H. J. Voth. “Response to Guinnane and Hoffman: Medieval Anti-Semitism, Weimar Social Capital, and the Rise of the Nazi Party: A Reconsideration.” CESIfo Working Paper No. 10180, 2023.
- Assignment 4 (due 04/16, noon)
- Browse the article on the fiscal polilcy of Philip II of Spain (page of the course, EHR 2014), and write a summary with one question (500-1000 words). to be done individually.
- Assignment 3 (due 04/09)
Compare the following papers (1000 words)
Chaney, Eric (2013). "Revolt on the Nile: Economic Shocks, Religion, and Political Power," Econometrica, 81(5), 2033-2053.
Manning et al. (2017). "Volcanic suppression of Nile summer flooding triggers revolt and constrains interstate conflict in ancient Egypt," Nature Communications}, 8, (900).
- Assignment 2 (due 04/02) delivered by e-mail
- Write a report on the paper
Raster, Tom (2023). "Contagious coercion:The effect of plagues on serfdom in the Baltics," mimeo. Your report will have the following parts: overview, method, data, results, assessment.
- Assignment 1 (due Wednesday, 03/26, 9am)