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Schedule of 2016 CLIO and EHA Sessions at ASSAFriends of economic history,We cordially invite you to join us for the cliometric society and economic  history association sessions during the 2016 ASSA meetings in San Francisco.  The schedule of these sessions is below. We also hope you can join us at the Cliometric Society reception at 6:00 pm on January 4th (details below).We hope to see you there: https://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/index.php1) Cliometric Society SessionsNew Wine in Old Bottles: Capitalism, Monetary Policy, Panics and WarDate January 3, 2016, Time 10:15 am - 12:15 pmRoom Union Square 24, Hilton Union SquareOrganizer: Claude Diebolt (BETA/CNRS, University of Strasbourg)Chair: Claude Diebolt (BETA/CNRS, University of Strasbourg)Papers:“The ‘New History of Capitalism’ and Slavery,” Paul Rhode (University of  Michigan) and Alan Olmstead (University of California - Davis)“The Taylor Rule in the 1920s,” Alexander Field (Santa Clara University)“How to Prevent a Banking Panic: the Barings Crisis of 1890,” Eugene White(Rutgers University)“The Irrational Rationality of War and Economics,” Roger Ransom (University of California - Riverside)Discussants: Robert Margo (Boston University), Michael Haupert (University of  Wisconsin - La Crosse), Jon Moen (University of Mississippi), Claude Diebolt  (BETA/CNRS, University of Strasbourg)Historical Growth Dynamics of the Modern WorldDate January 3, 2016, Time 12:30 pm - 2:15 pmRoom Union Square 24, Hilton Union SquareOrganizer: Claude Diebolt (BETA/CNRS, University of Strasbourg)Chair: Mike Haupert (University of Wisconsin - La Crosse)Papers:“How Ethics and Rhetoric, Not Solely Material Interests, Caused the ModernWorld: An Essay in Humanomics,” Deirdre McCloskey (University of Illinois -Chicago)“Reconstruction Dynamics: The Impact of World War II on Post-War EconomicGrowth,” Petros Milionis (University of Groningen) and Tamas Vonyo (BocconiUniversity)“Keeping our Bearings in Public R&#38;D: Lessons from Britain’s Board ofLongitude (1714-1828),” Paul David (Stanford University)Discussants: David Mitch (University of Maryland - Baltimore County), AhmedRahman (U.S. Naval Academy), Raphael Franck (Brown University)Money and Banking: Local and GlobalDate January 3, 2016, Time 2:30 pm - 4:30 pmRoom Union Square 24, Hilton Union SquareOrganizer: Claude Diebolt (BETA/CNRS, University of Strasbourg)Chair: Claude Diebolt (BETA/CNRS, University of University of Strasbourg)Papers:“Bank Concentration in the United States, 1835-1920,” Matthew Jaremski(Colgate University) and Caroline Fohlin (Emory University)“Global Banking and the International Transmission of the 1931 FinancialCrisis” Olivier Accominotti (London School of Economics)“Is Paper Money Just Paper Money? Experimentation and Variation in the PaperMonies Issued by the American Colonies from 1690 to 1775,” Farley Grubb(University of Delaware)“UK Monetary and Credit Policy after the Radcliffe Report,” Oliver Bush(London School of Economics), David Aikman (Bank of England), and Alan Taylor(University of California - Davis)Discussants: Vincent Bignon (Banque de France), Eric Monnet (Bank of France),Sumner La Croix (University of Hawai’i), Gary Richardson (University ofCalifornia - Irvine)2) Economic History Association SessionsSocial Mobility and Demography in China and JapanDate January 4, 2016, Time 12:30 pm - 2:15 pmRoom Sutter A &#38; B, Hilton Union SquareOrganizer: Richard Hornbeck (Harvard University)Chair: Noam Yuchtman (University of California - Berkeley)Papers:“Social Mobility in China, 1645-2012: A Surname Study,” Gregory Clark(University of California - Davis)“The Engine and the Reaper: Industrialization and Mortality Rates in LateNineteenth Century Japan,” John Tang (Australian National University)“Civil Service Exams and Social Mobility: Jinshiâ’s Exam Performances andOfficial Careers in Ming China (1368-1644),” Se Yan (Peking University)Discussants: Noam Yuchtman (University of California - Berkeley), ChiakiMoriguchi (Hitotsubashi University), Ruixue Jia (University of California -San Diego)Institutions Matter: Economic and Social Policies in the Long RunDate January 4, 2016, Time 2:30 pm - 4:30 pmRoom Sutter A &#38; B, Hilton Union SquareOrganizer: Richard Hornbeck (Harvard University)Chair: Julia Cagé (Sciences Po - Paris)Papers:“Policy Uncertainty and Investment: Evidence from the English East IndiaCompany,” Dan Bogart (University of California - Irvine)“Inter-annual Water Supply Variation and Irrigated Agriculture in the AridWestern United States: One Hundred Years of Agricultural Census Observationsfrom Idaho,” Zeynep Hansen (Boise State University), Scott Lowe (Boise StateUniversity ) and Wenchao Xu (Xiamen University)“Institution Protections, Capital Costs, and Long-Run Economic Growth,”Benjamin Chabot (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)“Foreign Reserves and International Adjustments Under the Bretton WoodsSystem: a reappraisal,” Eric Monnet (Bank of France)Discussants: Daniel Shoag (Harvard University), Eric Edwards (Utah StateUniversity), Julia Cagé (Sciences Po - Paris), Michael Bordo (RutgersUniversity)3) Cliometric Society reception for friends of economic historyDate January 4, 2016, Time 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmRoom Union Square 22, Hilton Union Square