Macro-International Seminar Spring 2008

Macro-International Seminar generally meets Wednesday 2:30-4:00 p.m. in the John W. Kendrick Seminar Room, Monroe Hall 321 (located on 2115 G Street) unless otherwise noted. For information, please contact Roberto Samaniego (202) 994-6153; roberto@gwu.edu or Graciela Kaminsky (202) 994-6686; graciela@gwu.edu.

January 16: Etienne Gagnon, Federal Reserve Board
"Price Setting during Low and High Inflation: Evidence from Mexico"

January 23: Chao Wei, George Washington University
"On the Importance of Progressivity in Dividend Taxation"

January 30: No Seminar

February 6: Enrica Detragiache, International Monetary Fund
"Financial Reforms, Openness, and Corporate Borrowing: International Evidence "

February 13: Jinhui Bai, Georgetown University
"On the 'Faustian Dynamics' of Policy and Political Power "

February 20: Anton Korinek, University of Maryland
"Dollar Borrowing in Emerging Markets"

February 25: Roberto Samaniego, George Washington University
"Technology and Finance Dependence "

February 27: Martin Bodenstein, Federal Reserve Board
"Oil Shocks and External Adjustment "

March 5: No Seminar

March 12: Carlos Vegh, University of Maryland
"Optimal Monetary Policy Under Asset Market Segmentation "

March 19: GWU Spring Break

March 26: No Seminar

April 2: Vivian Yue, New York University
"A solution to the default risk-business cycle disconnect. "

April 7: Chao Wei, George Washington University
"Taxation and Asset Pricing in a Production Economy "

April 9: Stephen Brown, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
"Globalization, Oil Price Shocks and U.S. Economic Activity "

April 16: Paolo Pesenti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
"Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment "

April 23: No Seminar

April 30: Roberto Chang, Rutgers University