The International Trade and Development Workshops invite faculty from both GW and other universities to present their work in progress and receive feedback for further research. These workshops are co-sponsored with GW's Department of Economics. The following workshops were scheduled for the spring 2006 semester.
6 March: International Trade and Development
"Does Regionalism Increase Foreign Direct Investment? An Empirical Investigation"
Maggie Chen, The George Washington University
20 March: International Trade and Development
Exporting and Firm Performance: Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis
Albert Park, University of Michigan
10 April: International Trade and Development
Why Are Income Distributions Different? A Comparison of Brazil and the U.S.
Francisco Ferrera, The World Bank
17 April: International Trade and Development
Productivity Effects of Services Liberalization: Evidence from the Czech Republic
Beata Javorcik, The World Bank, co-authored with Jens Arnold and Aaditya Mattoo
24 April: International Trade and Development
Endogenous Firm Heterogeneity and the Dynamics of Trade Liberalization
Phil McCalam, University of California, Santa Cruz
