Macro-International Seminar

The George Washington University
Department of Economics

Wednesdays, 2:30-4:00pm

Monroe and Government Hall, Room 321

Spring Semester, 2010

January 20: Neng Wang, Columbia University
“Entrepreneurial Finance and Non-diversifiable Risk”
January 27: Giovanni Favara, HEC Lausanne
February 3 : Stijn Claessens, IMF
“Does Investment Adjust Faster in Countries with “Good”  Institutions?”
February 17: Brian Peterson, Indiana University
"Fooled by Search: Housing Prices, Turnover, and Bubbles"
February 24 :

Roberto Samaniego, The George Washington University
“Between Alpha and Beta: Modeling the Effects of Size and Regulation in  Hedge Fund Industry”
March 3 : Seth Pruitt, FRB
"The Market-Perceived Monetary Policy Rule"
March 24 : Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Houston
"Deep Financial Integration and Volatility"
April 7 :

Ana Fostel, The George Washington University
April 14 :

Pedro Gete, Georgetown University

April 28 :

Lutz Kilian, University of Michigan
“The Role of Inventories and Speculative Trading in the Global Market for Crude Oil”