Short Bio
| Eric Hilt received his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University, and since 2002 has taught in the Economics Department at Wellesley College. His research focuses on the history of American business organizations and their governance, and more generally on on the role of legal institutions in shaping economic and financial development. His most recent publications include "When Did Ownership Separate from Control? Corporate Governance in the Early Nineteenth Century" (2008) and "The Limited Partnership in New York, 1822-1858: Partnerships Without Kinship" (2009), both in the Journal of Economic History. In 2008, he was named to the editorial board of the Journal of Economic History, and in 2009 he was appointed a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. |