Comments on Johnson, Kiesling and Van Vleck

H. Clark Johnson, L. LynneKiesling and Va Nee L. Van Vleck's doctoral dissertations have all been selected as finalists for the Gerschenkron Prize for the best dissertation on the economic history of countries other than the US. Clark Johnson wrote on internationalgold deflation, Kiesling tackled the political economy of income assistance to the poor during a period of serious economic travail while Van Vleck assesses the impact of technological innovations on industry. All three dissertations contribute significantly to the field of economic history.