Dr. Mauricio Drelichman

Biography

Mauricio Drelichman is a Professor at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia, and serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies. He specializes in Economic History, with a particular focus on Early Modern Spain. Drelichman completed his Ph.D. at Northwestern University and has covered various aspects of lending practices and economic policies during the reign of Philip II. His research works analyze the historical debt contraction phenomena and their implications for modern economic theory. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses and is deeply involved in the academic community, producing significant publications that shed light on economic behavior in historical contexts. His interests also extend to examining the cultural and social dynamics that shaped economic practices, with a distinct aim to understand the long-term effects of historical decisions on contemporary economic structures. Drelichman’s work reflects a comprehensive engagement with archival data to reconstruct fiscal histories and develop models that explain historical economic trends.

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