Seminar
Economic Development, Religious Competition, and the Rise and Fall of Muslim Science
Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students
Eric Chaney is a graduate student at UC Berkeley where he will receive his PhD in Economics in Spring 2008. His dissertation "Essays in Middle Eastern Economics" combines his interest in economic history with his interest in modern Middle Eastern development. Eric has a paper forthcoming in the Journal of Comparative Economics on the Iraqi bond market. His job market paper is entitled "Religious Competition and the Rise and Fall of Muslim Science." Prior to going to UC Berkeley he received his BA in Economics and BS in Mathematics from Stanford University. He also spent a year studying classical Arabic in Damascus, Syria, where he earned a certificate in Arabic from the Institut Francais du Proche Orient.
