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New in Broadstreet, @LArroyoAbad and @jasanchezespin discuss The Making of America: migration in colonial times. broadstreet.blog/p/the-making-o…

Frontline Union Army captains cut desertions and boosted cohesion through leading by example, earning postwar-wage gains and greater recognition, from @Andreas_Ferrara, Christian Dippel, and @StephanHeblich nber.org/papers/w34057

With all the upheaval in differences-in-differences estimation in recent years, you may have asked yourself a simple question... When can I get away with using two-way fixed effects? If so, you should read this new working paper! It proposes simple tests of linear restrictions…

New in @BlogBroadstreet, John Matsusaka (USC Marshall) examines The Democratic Institutions of the Roman Republic broadstreet.blog/p/the-democrat…

How important was the railroad, and why did it raise incomes? Dave Donaldson’s classic paper “Railroads of the Raj” found that access to the railroad raised real income by 16%, and trade accounted for half. Let’s understand how he got this! 1/

Today in Broadstreet, @beckerbastian and colleagues explore The Future of Historical Political Economy in Europe. broadstreet.blog/p/the-future-o…

Today in Broadstreet, Vicky Fouka discusses Industry and identity: How labor migration reshaped culture in 19th century Britain. broadstreet.blog/p/industry-and…

ALERT: The Second Annual Historical Political Economy Conference at USC will be held on October 24-25, 2025. Deadline for proposals: **May 1** Keynote presentation: @saumjha Here's the link to the proposal form: dornsife.usc.edu/cis/2025/04/02…

Check out this summary of my joint work with Gary Cox on creativity in the early modern period, on @BlogBroadstreet

Today in Broadstreet, Valentín Figueroa examines Intellectual Life in Early Modern Europe. broadstreet.blog/p/intellectual…

Description of my paper on Frontier Rule and Conflict with @AdeelMalikOx and Faiz Ur Rehman on @BlogBroadstreet. We explain why historical frontier zones are more prone to conflict.

New in Broadstreet, @AdeelMalikOx and coauthors ask: Why are frontiers more conflict-prone—and what is the relevance of historical political economy for answering this? broadstreet.blog/p/why-are-fron…

Looking for a brief break from the news? Please join us in sunny Los Angeles to talk Historical Political Economy! With a lot of history to work with, and great HPE folks, it’s going to be a lot of fun and likely more cheerful than the contemporary version.

New in Broadstreet, @MarkKoyama discusses A New Edition of the Handbook of New Institutional Economics. broadstreet.blog/p/a-new-editio…

ALERT: The Second Annual Historical Political Economy Conference at USC will be held on October 24-25, 2025. Deadline for proposals: May 1 Here's the link to the proposal form: dornsife.usc.edu/cis/2025/04/02…

New in Broadstreet, @LArroyoAbad and @noel_maurer on The arm of history is long, but not always strong: The effects of labor coercion in colonial and postcolonial Peru broadstreet.blog/p/the-arm-of-h…

Today in Broadstreet, @jaredcrubin discusses Religion and Development. broadstreet.blog/p/religion-and…

New in Broadstreet: @jackpaine_prof, Xiaoyan Qiu, and @ricarthuguet discuss African Borders: Neither Random Nor Decided at the Berlin Conference. broadstreet.blog/p/african-bord…