The 2015 Fred Bateman Award for best paper presented at the annual EBHS Conference was awarded to John A. Dove for his paper “Do Fiscal Constraints Prevent Default? Historical Evidence from U.S. Municipalities”
The 2015 Lynne Doti Award for best paper presented at the annual EBHS Conference by a graduate student was awarded to Vincent Geloso for his paper “Living Standards in New France on the Eve of Conquest”
Video recording of Jeffrey G. Williamson’s keynote address Unequal Gains: American Growth and Inequality since 1774, given at the EBHS La Crosse conference, May 28–30, 2015, is available online.
http://mymedia.uwlax.edu/Mediasite/Play/14198051eaa245fa96ededc4aa72f3da1d
The $1,000 James Soltow Award for Best Paper in Essays in Economic & Business History in 2015 goes to Janice Traflet and William R. Gruver, both of Bucknell University, for “The Quixotic Quest for Fairness: The SEC’s Role in the Rise of High Frequency Trading”.