THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2004

SESSION ONE: 8:15 - 9:45 a.m.

1A.      Advancing Transportation Technologies
Chair:  David Whitten, Auburn University

1.  The 'Business' of Flight: A Historical Overview of 

     International Commercial Aviation.  

     Erik Benson, Ouachita Baptist University

2  Rough Night on the Pacific Express in Ashtabula in

    1876: Perhaps Only A Kuhnian Change Would Alter 

    That World.

    Thomas Winpenny, Elizabethtown College

3. The Impact of the Western and Atlantic Railroad on

    the Development of tbe Georgia Upcountry, 1840-

   1860 .

   Frederick B. Gates, Southwestern Oklahoma State   

   University

1B.     Shifting Norms in Recovering Economic 

           Conditions

Chair: Michael Landry, Northeastern State

            University

1.  A 'Hand to Mouth' Response: Washington State

    Anticipates the Postwar Tourist 'Boom _ 1940-1946

    Michael Dawson, University of British Columbia

2.  Poor by Nature, Rich by Policy: State Intervention and

     Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1988

      Matthew J. Bellamy, Carleton University

3.  Municipal Government and voluntarism: Chicago,

     Milwaukee and Detroit -- The Great Depression Vincent 

     Ray Gaddis, Benedictine University

THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2004

SESSION TWO: 10:15 - 11:45 a.m.

2A.     Technological Improvements & Industrialization

Chair:  Allen Bures, Radford University

1. Concentration in Paper: A Brief History of the Hammermill Paper Company, International Paper Company, and their Merger.  John Paul Rossi, Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College Robert Markley, Underwriter, Commercial Property & Casualty Lines, Erie Insurance

2. System, Technology, and Confederate Gunpowder Production.  Steven G. Collins, St. Louis Community College at Meramec

3. Industrialization without Development: Argentine Investment in  Imported  Technology, 1890-1930. Yovanna Pineda, St. Michael's College

2B.     BankingPractices Around the World

Chair: William G. Smiley, Marquette University

1. When Bank Managers Work Diligently: An Empirical Examination of the Early Republican Chinese Banking Industry.     Ching-Yi Chung, University of California, Irvine

2. Branch Banking, Information Asymmetries, and the Freedman's Savings Bank.    Daniel Giedeman, Grand Valley State University

3. Internal Labour Markets in the Australian Banking Industry.     Andrew Seltzer, Royal Holloway College

FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2004

SESSION THREE: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

3A:      Politics and Personalities Behind Energy 

             Resource Development

Chair:   Jerome J. DeRidder, Salisbury State University

1. Energy and Fear of the Fed: The Politics of Private Power Development at Hoover Dam Sarah Elkind, San Diego State University

2. The Role of the Independent: Ralph B. Lloyd, the Lloyd Corporation, and the Development of the Ventura Oil District, 1915-60.   Michael R. Adamson, Adamson Historical Consulting

3B.      Collusion, Political Scandals & Antitrust Policy
Chair:   Laurence Malone, Hartwick College

1. Kentucky Night Riders: A Study-of Collusion  Nancy Lumpkin & Anne Hancock, Georgetown College

2. "One Percent Inspiration and 99 Percent Tracing Paper:" The Pan­Electric Scandal and the Making of a Circuit Court Judge, April­November 1886.      Harvey Hudspeth, Mississippi Valley State University

3. The Evolution of Antitrust Policy: From Performance Theory to Performance Theory     Joseph Ford & Charles O'Donnell, Iona College

1. Business, Government and Industrial Mobilisation in World War II: Northern Ireland in a UK context.                                                    Philip Ollerenshaw, University of the West of England, Bristol

2. High Noon on the Western Plains. The American Gunfighter: A Serial Killer or Protector of Property Rights? An Economic Analysis of the Great American Grassland Wars.                    Randy McFerrin, New Mexico State University Douglas Wills, University of Washington at Tacoma

3. Cutthroat Competition: The Amboyna Massacre in Seventeenth Century Commerce and History. Jeanie M. Welch, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2004

SESSION FOUR: 10:30 a.m. - noon

4A.       Issues of Internationalization
Chair:   Erik Benson; Ouachita Baptist University

1. Business Networks and the Idea of Internationalisation among New Zealand Firms 1972-96.   Bruce Cronin, University of Greenwich Business School

2. US-China Commercial Relations after Normalization, 1979-1980       Kailai Huang, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts ­

3. On the Importance of International Migration in the Gold Standard Success.  David Khoudour-Casteras, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris

4B.     Creative and Technological Innovation
Chair: Lynne Pierson Doti, Chapman University
 

1. Redefining Entertainment: Industry Evolution and Impact of Technology.   Amit Kapoor, Management Development Institute

2. The Development of Universities and Public Research Institutions: A Historical Overview of Its Role in Technological and Economic Catch Up. Roberto Mazzoleni, Hofstra University

3.  Stan Freberg Discovers Advertising: How an Accomplished Satirist Became Part of the Creative Revolution.       Michael Landry, Northeastern State University Richard Stone, Shippensburg University

4C.      Market Power and Market Forces
Chair:  Richard Keehn, University of Wisconsin- 

            Parkside
 

1. Corpse Abuse and the Body Parts Market David O. Whitten, Auburn University Michael Namorato, University of Mississippi

2. The Role of Market Forces on Productivity Differentials in Cherokee Indian Agriculture Before Removal Matthew T. Gregg, Grinnell College

3. Analysing Market Power.  Felim O'Rourke, Institute of Technology in Sligo, Ireland

4.  

FRIDAY APRIL 25, 2004

SESSION FIVE  1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

5A.     Early Developments in Stocks and Shareholder

            Liability
Chair:  Silvano Wueschner, University of Iowa

1. The Strange Career and Ironic Endurance of Stockholder Liability in California, 1849-1931 Arthur Rolston, University of California at Los Angeles

2. Much Ado About Nothing: The Introduction of Limited Liability and the Market for Nineteenth-Century Irish Bank Stock Charles R. Hickson, Queen's University of Belfast Claire McCann, University of Ulster

3. The Icelandic Stock Exchange: The Creation of a Market for Stocks and Securities and a Market Culture in a Small Closed Economy.  Magnus Sveinn Helgason.   University of Minnesota .

5B.       Innovative Leaders of Business Evolution: From Da

             Vinci to Ibn Khaldun
Chair:   Wade Shilts, Luther College

1. Ibn Khaldun and the Business Economy.   Adil Mouhammed, University of Illinois at Springfield

2. Edwin E. Witte: An Important Architect of the Social Security Act of 1935 Charles F. O'Donnell & Joseph Ford, Iona College

3. Tracing Accounting Theory from 2,600 B. C. to the 20th Century Jerome DeRidder, Salisbury State University

5C:     Political Economy Throughout History
Chair:  John Paul Rossi, Pennsy'lvania State University, 

             The Behrend College

1. The Bubonic Plague of 1349, the Wage-to-Rent Ratio, and the English Peasant Family Stephanie O. Crofton, High Point University

2. State Subsidies, Investment Behaviour, and Risk in Italian Industrial Districts, 1971-1991.    Anna Spadavecchia, The University of Reading

3. Inside the. Central Jail of the City of Naples in 1580: Public Health in an Early Modern Penal Institution Antonio Calabria, University of Texas at San Antonio

SATURDAY APRIL 24, 2004

SESSION SIX  8:30 a.m. -10:00 a.m.

6A.     Capitalism at the Turn of the Century
Chair: Michael Namorato, University of Mississippi

1. The Economist as Novelist: Will Payne and the Ethics of Capitalism Scott Dalrymple, Hartwick College

2. Debunking the Income Tax: From Progressivism to Corporatism Elior Orton, New Mexico State University

6B:     Labor Union Leadership
Chair: Stephanie Crofton, High Point University

1. A Historical Perspective of Labor Relations at United Airlines Marian C. Schultz, University of West Florida  James T. Schultz & Art Rosado, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

2. Organization Preservation: The Trades Union Congress vs. the Association of Joint Industrial Councils over the Issue of Compulsory Enforcement of Voluntary Agreements James Stitt, Highpoint University

3. Throwing Down the Gauntlet - The PATCO Class of 1981: Broken Dreams and Ruined Careers Paul Butterworth, Delta Airlines James T. Schultz, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Marian C. Schultz, University of West Florida

6C:     Economic Growth in Developing Nations
Chair:  Daniel Giedeman, Grand Valley State University

1. Sub-Sahara Political System and Economic Development: Empirical Time-Series Analysis Gbolahan Solomon Osho & Matthew Uwakonye, University of Houston-Downtown;  Arinola Christiana Osho, Oklahoma State University

2. Does Stock Market Promote Economic Growth In Nigeria? Tokunbo Simbowale Osinubi, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

3. Economic Growth in East Asia and Peripheral Europe (1960-2000).  Luciano Amaral, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

SATURDAY APRIL 24, 2004

SESSION SEVEN: 10:30 a.m. - noon

7A:        Economic Strategy and Policy: U.S. and Germany Chair: Antonio Calabria, University of Texas at San  

            Antonio

1. Labor and Management in the United States and Germany 1900­1933. A Co-evolutionary Approach to Institutional Change in Industrial Regimes.  Simon Niklas Hellmich, Universität Bielefeld.

2. The Fight to Control America's Financial Markets During World War II.   Herbert R. Reginbogin, Pacific States University and the University of Istanbul

3. Varieties of Human Capital: Historical Origins of the German Skills Machine.   Dayid Meskill, Harvard University