Celebration 80th Birthday Angus Maddison
On 6 December of this year, Angus Maddison, who is one of the founders as well as the intellectual leader of the GGDC, will celebrate his 80th birthday. At this occasion, the GGDC holds a series of two workshops in his honour, on the topic of World Economic Performance: Past, Present and Future.
The first workshop will be held on Friday 27 October at the University of Groningen and will focus on Europe, the Americas and Africa. On 5 and 6 December a second workshop will be held at the University of Queensland in Brisbane (Australia) which will focus on Asia and Australia.
Information can be obtained from Bart van Ark (for the Groningen workshop) and Prasada Rao (who organizes the Brisbane meeting).
1st seminar: Europe, the Americas and Africa
Downloadable programList of attendants
Friday 27 October 2006
Location: Grote Vergaderzaal, Oude Boteringestraat 44 (right opposite to Hotel de Ville)(CHANGED !!)
09.00 - 09.10: TOM WANSBEEK, University of Groningen, Dean of Faculty of Economics
Opening Remarks
Chair: BART VAN ARK, University of Groningen
09.10 - 10.00: ALAN BOWMAN, Brasenose College Oxford, University of Oxford
The economic performance of the Roman Empire
Discussant: WIM JONGMAN, University of Groningen
10.00 - 10.30: Coffee
10.30 - 11.20: LEANDRO PRADOS DE LA ESCOSURA, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Latin America from independence to 2030: growing up, falling behind, but catching up?
Discussant: MARCEL TIMMER, University of Groningen
11.20 - 12.10 JAN PIETER SMITS, University of Groningen
Economic Growth and Structural Change in Sub Saharan Africa during the Twentieth Century: New Empirical Evidence and outlook to 2030
Discussant: JAN WILLEM GUNNING, Free University Amsterdam
12.15 - 13.15 Lunch (Academiegebouw, Engelse Zaal)
Chair: WILFRED BECKERMAN, University of Oxford
13.20 - 14.10 STANISLAV MENSHIKOV, formerly of IMEMO, United Nations and Erasmus University Rotterdam
Analysis of Russian performance since 1990 and future outlook
Discussant: PETER OPPENHEIMER, Christ Church, University of Oxford
14.10 - 15.00 ADAM SZIRMAI, Technical University Eindhoven
Explaining Success and Failure in Development: The Developing World during the Postwar Period and Outlook to 2030
Discussant: JAN LUITEN VAN ZANDEN, IISG, Amsterdam and University of Utrecht
15.00 - 15.20 Tea
15.20 - 16.10 ROBERT J. GORDON, Northwestern University
Analysis of U.S. Growth Performance during the Post WW-II period and the Outlook to 2030
Discussant: STEPHEN BROADBERRY, University of Warwick
16.10 - 17.00 BART VAN ARK, University of Groningen
Europe's Productivity Gap: Catching Up or Getting Stuck?
Discussant: CHRISTOPHER ALLSOPP, New College, University of Oxford
17.15 Presentation of Royal Decoration (Commander in the order of Orange-Nassau) to Angus Maddison
17.30 Reception (Academiegebouw)
19.30 Dinner (on invitation)
