Research

Mejia, J., Diccionario biográfico y genealógico de la élite antioqueña y viejocaldense. Segunda mitad del siglo XIX y primera del XX. Pereira, Colombia: Sello Editorial Alma Mater, 2012. [Book]

Mejia, J., “Social networks and elite entrepreneurship in Latin America: Evidence from the industrialization of Antioquia,” Journal of Economic History, 84 (4), 2024. [Paper] | Featured in El Espectador | El Colombiano | Blu Radio | W Radio | La República | Yahoo Finance | Forbes | Bloomberg | The Financial Times 

Ferrali, R. & Mejia, J. "Social Interactions and Contract Enforcement in the Postcolonial Arab World. Evidence from the Industrial Elite of Morocco, 1956-1982," Economic History of Developing Regions, 39 (3), 2024. [Paper] | Featured in El Colombiano | Forbes 

Mejia, J. & Parra-Montoya, J., “Currency in Colombia, 1850-1923,” Economic History Research, 18 (1), 2022. [Paper] | Featured in El Colombiano | Forbes 

Mejia, J., “The Economics of the Manila Galleon,” Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 15 (1), 2022. [Paper] | Featured in El Colombiano | Forbes 

Mejia, J., “The Evolution of Economic History since 1950: From Cliometrics to Cliodynamics,” Tiempo & Economia, 2(2), 79-103, 2015. [Paper]

Mejia, J., “Reconstruccion de PIB regionales en Colombia (1800-2015): Una revisión crítica de las fuentes y los métodos,” Economía y Sociedad, 30, 2016. [Paper]

Mejia, J., “La población del territorio colombiano al momento de la Conquista: Una revisión crítica de estudios,” Economía & Región, 9(2), 7-46, 2015. [Paper]

Mejia, J., “Crecimiento económico de largo plazo en Antioquia, Colombia: Estimación del PIB. 1800-1913,” Cuadernos de Economía, 34(66), 507-544, 2015. [Paper]

Mejia, J., “Vínculos interregionales en la economía colombiana del siglo XIX: El empresariado del Caribe en el interior del país, 1840-1880,” Economía & Región, 8(2), 2014. [Paper]

Mejia, J., “El auge económico antioqueño del siglo XIX desde un enfoque de desarrollo económico local,” Ensayos de Economía, 45(2), 2014. [Paper]

Mejia, J. “Modernizing elites in Latin America: social-network evidence from the emergence of banking in Antioquia.” In Felipe Valencia Caicedo (Ed.) Roots of Underdevelopment: A New Economic (and Political) History of Latin America and the Caribbean. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave / Macmillan, 2023. [Paper]

Mejia, J. “Estabilidad financiera durante la banca libre en Antioquia. Medición del riesgo sistémico a través de las redes de propiedad”. In Carlos Dávila (Ed.) Empresas y empresarios en la historia de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad de los Andes, forthcoming. [Paper]

Martínez, S. & Mejia, J. “Café y ciudad: El despegue urbano de Pereira.” In Sebastián Martínez & Adriana María Suárez Mayorga (Ed.) Repensando la Historia Urbana. Reflexiones Históricas en Torno a la Ciudad Colombiana. Pereira, Colombia: Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira y Universidad Icesi, 2020. [Paper] | Featured in Forbes 

Mejia, W., & Mejia, J. “Participación política de colombianos en Colombia, Estados Unidos, España y Reino Unido.” In Cristina Escobar & Milena Gómez Kopp (Ed.) El voto en el exterior: estudio comparativo de las elecciones colombianas legislativas y presidenciales. Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2015. [Paper]

Mejia, J., “Richer and More Equal: A New History of Wealth in the West,” Journal of Economic History, 85 (1), 2025.

Mejia, J., “Market Research History in Colombia. Entrepreneurial Trajectory of Napoleón Franco,” Business History Review, 56(2), 2015.

• Workshop in Economic History at Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden). 

• Economics Seminar at the University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark). 

• Seminar at UPB (Medellin, Colombia). 

• Seminar at UNAL (Medellin, Colombia). 

• Seminar at Universidad de Medellin (Medellin, Colombia). 

• Seminar at Universidad EIA (Medellin, Colombia). 

• Foro de Presidentes (Bogota, Colombia). 

• Historical Political Science Workshop at Stanford University (Stanford, US). 

• ASREC 2023 at Harvard University (Cambridge, US).

• Economic History Seminar at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, US)

• Faculty Seminar at the University of Connecticut (Connecticut, US—online)

• Stanford Political Theory Workshop (Stanford, USA)

• Colombian Economy Lecture at Universidad de Antioquia (Medellin, Colombia—online)

• Green is Now 2022 (Bogota, Colombia)

• Third Annual Mountain West Economic History Conference at Utah State University (Logan, US)

• Ethics in Society Workshop at Stanford University (Stanford, US)

• LSE-Stanford Conference on Long-run Development in Latin America (CDMX, Mexico)

• Central Bank of Colombia Seminar (Cartagena, Colombia)

• Economic History Colloquium at Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla, Colombia)

• Seminar at Politicas Publicas (Bogota, Colombia—online)

• Ibero-American Economic History Webinar Economic History (Barcelona, Spain—online)

• CLAS Virtual Lecture (Stanford, US)

• Economic History Seminar at Stanford University (Stanford, US)

• DEEP Seminar (Seoul, Korea—online)

• Historical Network Research Conference (Luxembourg—online)

• Seminar at Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (Bucaramanga, Colombia—online)

• Financial History Network Seminar (online)

• Past, Present, and Future of Historical Economics at NYUAD (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

• Economic History Seminar at Vienna University of Economics and Business-University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria—online)

• LACEA Meetings (Bogota, Colombia—online)

• EPOG+ Seminar at University of Paris (Paris, France—online)

• MES Lunch Seminar at UC Berkeley (Berkeley, US). 

• Economic History Breakfast Seminar at UC Davis (Davis, US).  

• Economic History Seminar at Lund University (Lund, Sweden)

• Entrepreneurship Seminar at INSEAD Singapore (Singapore)

• Applied Microeconomics Seminar at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)

• Australian Cliometrics Workshop at UNSW (Sydney, Australia)

• RSE Seminar at The Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)

• Historical Political Economy Conference at NYUAD (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

• ADRES Conference (Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France)

• LEAP Seminar at Stellenbosch University (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

• Workshop on the Frontiers of Network Science at NYUAD (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

• Growth Lab Lunch Seminar at Brown University (Providence, US)

• CEDE Seminar at Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Faculty Seminar at CESA (Bogotá, Colombia)

• CID Seminar at Universidad Nacional (Bogotá, Colombia)

• GHE-ACHEE Seminar at Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Networks Group Meeting at NYUAD (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

• The Tasaamuh Film Festival at Manarat Al Saadiyat (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

• Workshop on African Economic History at Stellenbosch University (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

• XVIIIth World Economic History Congress at MIT (Boston, US)

• LSE-Stanford Conference on Long-run Development in Latin America (London, UK)

• NYUAD Research Conference (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

• Market Institutions and Economic History Colloquium at UNAM (Mexico D.F., Mexico)

• Workshop on the Frontiers of Network Science at NYUAD (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

• CEDE Seminar at Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia)

• GHE-ACHEE Seminar at Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Faculty Seminar U. ICESI (Cali, Colombia)

• Faculty Seminar at CESA (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Methods on Historical Research at UTP (Pereira, Colombia)

• Regional History Seminar at Central Bank of Colombia (Pereira, Colombia)

• Lunch Seminar at Econometria Consultores (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Lunch Seminar at National University (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Applied Seminar at Autonomous University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)

• Lunch Seminar at Stockholm School of Economics (Stockholm, Sweden)

• Innovation Seminar at Bordeaux University (Bordeaux, France)

• Lunch Seminar at Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History-Luxemburg University (Luxemburg city, Luxemburg)

• Theory Discussion Group at Bordeaux University (Bordeaux, France)

• Economic History Seminar at Vienna University of Economics and Business-University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria)

• Economic History Graduate Seminar at Barcelona University (Barcelona, Spain)

• Historical Network Research Congress (Turku, Finland)

• Graduate Students Seminar at Bordeaux University (Bordeaux, France)

• Economic and Social History Graduate Workshop (Oxford, UK)

• IV Workshop: New Economic Historians of Latin America (Madrid, Spain)

• Economic History and Cliometrics Lab Conference (Santiago de Chile, Chile)

• Faculty Seminar (Universidad del Rosario, Bogota)

• Stanford Network Forum (Stanford, USA)

• Social Networks Discussion Group (Stanford, USA)

• Digital History Workshop (Stanford, USA)

• 1st LACEA Economic History Network Meeting (Medellín, Colombia)

• Central Bank of Colombia Seminar (Medellín, Colombia)

• SER Seminar at University of Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia)

• Social Science Seminar at National University (Medellín, Colombia)

• XVIIth World Economic History Congress (Kyoto, Japan)

• 1st History of Economics Summer School in Latin America (Bogotá, Colombia)

• CEDE Seminar at Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia)

• Colombian Economic History Association Seminar (Bogotá, Colombia). 

• 4th Congress of Colombian Economy at Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia).

• 4th Latin American Congress of Economic History (Bogotá, Colombia).

• 4th Southern Hemisphere Economic History Summer School (Montevideo, Uruguay). 

• IV Simposio Colombiano de Historia Regional y Local (Manizales, Colombia).

• 4th Southern Hemisphere Economic History Summer School (Montevideo, Uruguay). 

• IV Simposio Colombiano de Historia Regional y Local (Manizales, Colombia).

• 1st Colombian Meeting of Economic History (Bogotá, Colombia). 

• Central Bank of Colombia Seminar (Medellín, Colombia). 

• 3rd Congress of Colombian Economy at Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia).

• 2nd Congress of Colombian Economy at Los Andes University (Bogotá, Colombia). 

• 2nd Latin American Congress of Economic History (México D.F., México).

• VI Economics Student Forum at Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia).

• XXIII National Congress of Economics students (Barranquilla, Colombia).