DAE Program Meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings - Development of the American Economy - Brief article - Discussion

The NBER's Program on the Development of the American Economy, directed by Claudia Goldin of Harvard University, met in Cambridge on March 2, 2013. The meeting was organized by Daniel Fetter and Eric Hilt, Wellesley College and NBER. These papers were discussed:

* Hoyt Bleakley, University of Chicago and NBER, and Joseph Ferrie, Northwestern University and NBER, "Land Openings on the Georgia Frontier and the Coase Theorem in the Short and Long Run"

* Melissa Dell, Harvard University and NBER, "Path Dependence in Development: Evidence from the Mexican Revolution"

* Leticia Arroyo Abad, University of California, Davis, and Noel Maurer, Harvard University and NBER, "Fiscal Receiverships and Charter Cities, 1904-31"

* Matthew Jaremski, Colgate University and NBER, and Peter Rousseau, Vanderbilt University...