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\title{Econ-365.02: Topics in economic history (Fall 2017)}



\author[1]{Ennio E. Piano}%
\affil[1]{George Mason University}%


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  \date{May 21, 2024}


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\section*{General information}\label{general-information}

Thursday, 7:20-10:00 PM, Enterprise Hall 274, Fairfax campus.

Ennio E. Piano, Department of Economics and F.A. Hayek Program, George
Mason University, Mason Hall, D137-7.

{Email: epiano@gmu.edu}

Office hours: Thursday, 5:00-6:30 PM or by appointment.~Buchanan Hall,
F.A. Hayek program office, D137-7.

\section*{Course objectives}\label{course-objectives}

The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the economic
(or ``rational choice'') approach to history. Indeed, this class would
be better characterized as ``The economics of the past.'' Thus, the
students will be exposed to a wide array of academic papers that apply
the basic tools of economic analysis to historical events, processes,
and institutions,

\section*{Readings}\label{readings}

\emph{\textbf{Recommended Textbooks:}}

Principles of economics:~Heyne, Paul T., Peter J. Boettke, and David L.
Prychitko.~\emph{The economic way of thinking}. Pearson Education
International.

Intermediate microeconomics: Friedman, David D. Price theory
(link:~\url{http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Academic/Price\_Theory/PThy\_ToC.html})

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\emph{\textbf{Required Textbooks}}

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Ekelund Jr, R. B., \& Tollison, R. D. (2011).~Economic origins of roman
christianity. University of Chicago Press.

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Ekelund, R. B., H\selectlanguage{ngerman}ébert, R. F., \& Tollison, R. D. (2006).~\emph{The
marketplace of Christianity}~(p. 328). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

\section*{Scheduled outline}\label{scheduled-outline}

\subsection*{Week 1}\label{week-1}

\emph{The economic way of thinking.}

Becker, G.
S.~\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/d2cfseknlilobi3/Economic\%20approach.pdf?dl=0}{The
economic approach to human behavior}.

Alchian, A. A. \& Demsetz, H.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/72ishk3ka0defbt/Property\%20rights\%20paradigm.pdf?dl=0}{The
property rights paradigm}.

\subsection*{Week 2}\label{week-2}

\emph{Primitive economics.}

Sterelny, K.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/l0dxd9w8061ossg/Neholitic.pdf?dl=0}{Rational
choice in the neolithic}.

Posner, R. A.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/by4t3gi22ve0wwz/Human\%20sacrifice.pdf?dl=0}{A
theory of primitive societies, with special reference to law}.

Leeson, P. T.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/by4t3gi22ve0wwz/Human\%20sacrifice.pdf?dl=0}{Human~sacrifice}.

\subsection*{Week 3}\label{week-3}

\emph{Superstition}.

Leeson, P. T.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/5giqwcpr40402vc/God\%20damn.pdf?dl=0}{Goddamn}.

Leeson, P. T.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/8fuc9oojj1e3v4z/Ordeals.pdf?dl=0}{Ordeals}.

Suchman, M.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/nt60nm3zu3dzrim/Invention\%20and\%20ritual.pdf?dl=0}{Invention
and ritual}.

\subsection*{Week 4}\label{week-4}

\emph{Slavery.}

Barzel, Y.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/3gboe8dphbk4tvl/Economics\%20of\%20slavery.pdf?dl=0}{An
economic analysis of slavery}.

Nunn, N. \& Wantchekon L.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/jjpp1j38y9xanb2/Slave\%20trade.pdf?dl=0}{The
slave trade and the origins of mistrust in Africa}.

\subsection*{Week 5}\label{week-5}

\emph{The medieval church.}

Ekelund, R. et al.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/ninsar3005th31c/Medieval\%20church.pdf?dl=0}{An
economic model of the medieval church}.

Rubin, J.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/bwfm70gljmp5bha/Printing\%20and\%20protestant.pdf?dl=0}{Printing
and protestants}.

Leeson, P. T. \& Russ, J. W.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/tcw9jtubakhqkq4/Witch\%20trials.pdf?dl=0}{Witch
trials}.

\subsection*{Week 6}\label{week-6}

\emph{Conflict.}

Anderson et al.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/2hsrila9cp9f2id/Crusades.pdf?dl=0}{An
economic interpretation of the crusades}.

Gregory, P. R. et al.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/6t7bqj9o9n8lx3k/Stalinism.pdf?dl=0}{Rational
dictators and the killing of innocents}.

Skarbek, D. \& Marcum A.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/6zdp1yx9cvm015q/1043463113513001.pdf?dl=0}{Why
didn't slaves revolt more often during the middle passage}.

\subsection*{Week 7}\label{week-7}

\emph{Crime.}

Leeson, P.
T.\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/uyjc4hnze7v94dv/Anaaarghcy.pdf?dl=0}{An-aaargh-chy}.

Skarbek, D.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/u13bihkxalo7pdl/Prison\%20gangs.pdf?dl=0}{Governance
and prison gangs}.

Dimico et al.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/i3xdwdohcgd8zuv/Mafia.pdf?dl=0}{Origins
of the Sicilian mafia}.

\subsection*{Week 8}\label{week-8}

Midterm.

\subsection*{Week 9}\label{week-9}

\emph{Institutions.}

Acemoglu, D. et al.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/i6rtct0p5sxgdtr/Reversal\%20of\%20fortune.pdf?dl=0}{Reversal
of fortunes}.

Galeser E. D. \& Shleifer A.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/v6ovw8cj8tfrno2/Legal\%20origins.pdf?dl=0}{Legal
origins}.

~Baumol, W.
\href{http://www.colorado.edu/ibs/es/alston/econ4504/readings/Baumol\%201990.pdf}{Entrepreneurship:
Productive, unproductive, destructive}.

\subsection*{Week 10}\label{week-10}

\emph{Markets.}

Greif, A.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/9zf3l5f93qiyivo/Maghribi\%20trade.pdf?dl=0}{Contract
enforceability and economic institutions}.

Milgrom et al.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/5t4pmzd12zhvpx9/Revival\%20of\%20trade.pdf?dl=0}{The
role of institutions in the revival of trade}.

\subsection*{Week 11}\label{week-11}

\emph{The rise of the modern state.}

Dincecco, M.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/rxblt9jmmliablb/Effective\%20States.pdf?dl=0}{The
rise of effective states in Europe}.

Batchelder, R. \& Freudenberger, H.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/5kxzeymdalnfoe8/Rational\%20origins\%20of\%20the\%20modern\%20state.pdf?dl=0}{On
the rational origins of the modern centralized state}.

\subsection*{Week 12}\label{week-12}

\emph{The paradox of the state}

North, D. \& Weingast, B.
\href{http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/210a/readings/Northweingast.pdf}{Constitutions
and commitment}.

Weingast, B.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/avrr2r2m8qsr0oj/765068.pdf?dl=0}{The
economic role of political institutions}.

\subsection*{Week 13}\label{week-13}

\emph{Great divergence.}

Kuran, T.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/5qrf73qpz1mfha7/Islamic\%20commercial\%20crisis.pdf?dl=0}{The
islamic commercial crisis}.

Acemoglu, D. \& Robinson, J. A.
\href{https://www.dropbox.com/s/m1tf7iifuaxx467/jr_africanpoverty.pdf?dl=0}{Why
is Africa poor}?

\subsection*{Week 14}\label{week-14}

\emph{Culture and deep roots.}

Greif, A.
\href{https://web.stanford.edu/~avner/Greif_Papers/1994\%20Greif\%20Cultural\%20Beliefs\%201994.pdf}{Cultural
beliefs and the organization of society}.

Nunn, N.
\href{https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nunn/files/nunn_are_2009.pdf}{The
importance of history for economic development}.

\subsection*{Week 15}\label{week-15}

\emph{Society}.

Stark, R. \& Iannaccone, L. R.
\href{https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/issr/files/shared/Iannaccone_Stark.pdf}{A
Supply-Side Reinterpretation of the ``Secularization'' of Europe}.

Goldin, C.
\href{http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/000282806777212350}{The
Quiet Revolution That Transformed Women's Employment, Education, and
Family}.

\subsubsection*{Important dates}\label{important-dates}

\begin{itemize}
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\item
  September 5th, last day to add and drop classes without penalty.
\item
  September 19th, last day to drop with a 33\% tuition penalty.
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  September 29th, last day to drop with a 66\% tuition penalty.
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  November 22nd-26th,~Thanksgiving recess.
\item
  December 9th, last day of class.
\item
  Thursday, December 14th, 130-415PM, final exam.
\end{itemize}

\section*{Grading}\label{grading}

The final grade will be the weighted average of weekly quizzes (30\%), a
midterm (30\%), and a final examination (40\%). While not required,
attendance is~\emph{strongly}~recommended. To encourage class
participation, I will reward students who contribute to class discussion
over the semester with a bump of a third of the~ grade (say, for
example, from B- to B).w There is no make up work for this class.

\subsubsection*{The grading scale is as
follows:}\label{the-grading-scale-is-as-follows}

A+: 97-100\%; A: 92-96\%; A-: 88-91\%; B+: 84-87\%; B: 80-83\%; B-:
76-79\%; C: 71-75\%; D:66-70\%; F: \textless{}66\%.

\section*{Academic integrity}\label{academic-integrity}

George Mason University's Honor Code requires all community members to
maintain the highest standards of academic honesty and integrity.
Cheating, plagiarism, lying, and stealing are all prohibited. Honor Code
violations will be reported to the Honor Committee. Plagiarism is not
accepted (statements from Macon web
site:~\url{http://mason.gmu.edu/montecin/plagiarism/htm\#plagiarism}).
The use of electronic devices is prohibited during an exam or a quiz;
failure to comply with this will result in your failure of the
assignment and potentially the failure of the class. Make sure to
familiarize yourself with the GMU Honor Code, which is stated in the
George Mason University Undergraduate Catalog.

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