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President Alan L. Olmstead and the Program Committee — Paul Rhode, University of Arizona (Chair); Werner Troesken, George Mason University; Tracy Dennison, California Institute of Technology; and Ken Pomeranz, University of California, Irvine — welcomes you all to the 68th Economic History Association annual meeting, with the theme "The Engines of Growth: Innovation, Creative Destruction, and Human Capital Accumulation."
The analysis of the causes and consequences of economic growth is central to the study of economic history. Growth takes place in a legal, political, and social context and the innovations that drive growth are often opposed by vested interests that expect to lose from the changes. Creative destruction, whereby revolutionary innovations both spawn entirely new ventures and undermine the value of existing investments, appears to be an inevitable part of the long-run growth process. Understanding the political economy of institutional change and innovation is of special interest. This is particularly true for human capital and information given their public good characteristics.
Completed papers should be submitted by August 11, 2008. By vote of the Board of Trustees, the corresponding author must be a current member of the Association (to join the Association, please go to eh.net/eha). Papers should in all cases be work in progress rather than accepted or published work; submitters have a responsibility to let the program committee know if the paper has been submitted for publication.
The dissertation session convened by Kevin O'Rourke (Trinity College, Dublin) and Zorina Khan (Bowdoin College) will honor six dissertations completed during the 2007-2008 academic year. The submission deadline is June 1, 2008. The Alexander Gerschenkron and Allan Nevins prizes will be awarded to the best dissertations on non-North American and North American topics. Note that students may not submit both to the dissertation session and the regular program, but there is a two year window within which a dissertation may be submitted for consideration.
Graduate students interested in disseminating preliminary results from their thesis work may apply to participate in the poster session. To apply, contact Paul Rhode, . Include your name and affiliation, and a title and 150-word abstract for the poster that you want to display. Application Deadline: July 5, 2008. Those accepted receive travel and hotel subsidies. For more information see, eh.net/eha/grants/travel-hotel.
Graduate students are encouraged to attend and the Association offers subsidies for travel, hotel, registration, and meals, including a special graduate student dinner.
For further information, including detailed travel options to New Haven, check the EHA meetings page ( ehameeting.com ), or contact Meetings Coordinator Jari Eloranta at .