Institute for International Economic Policy
Special Topics Courses
The George Washington University offers a variety of special topics economics courses that change in response to policy debates and student interests at the masters level. (Please contact the Department of Economics for information about PhD courses.)
Below is a list of recent courses, along with sample syllabi. All courses assume at least current knowledge of microeconomics and macroeconomics and some have other specific prerequisites.
Economics of Development Policy
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syllabus (Fall
2007)
Economics of US Trade Policy (Prerequisite: Econ 283)
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syllabus (Fall
2007)
Trade and Economic Development (Prerequisite: Econ 283 or Econ 217)
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syllabus (Fall
2007)
Policy Options in Macroeconomic Crises (Prerequisite: Econ 284 or Econ 218)
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syllabus (Spring
2008)
Financial Issues in Emerging Markets (Prerequisite: Econ 284 or Econ 218)
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syllabus (Spring
2008)
Analysis of International Trade Law (Prerequisite: Econ 283)
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syllabus (Fall
2007)
Topics in International Finance (Prerequisite: Econ 284)
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syllabus (Fall
2007)
Economics of the Middle East
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Syllabus (Spring
2008)
China's Integration into the Global Economy
(Spring 2008)
Upcoming Events
Sarah Baird, GWU School of Public Health, "Designing Cost-Effective Cash Transfer Programs to Boost Schooling among Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa" Tues, Jan 12, 12:30-2
Recent Events
2nd Annual "G2 at GW" Conference on Chinese Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations"was hosted on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
Confirmed speakers included Dr. Fred Bergsten, Director, Peterson Institute; Harry Harding, Dean, University of Virginia; Prof. Bruce Reynolds, University of Virginia; Prof. Loren Brandt, Univ. of Toronto; Prof. John Giles, Michigan State University and World Bank; Prof. Zhu Caihua, China Foreign Affairs University; Prof. Margaret Pearson, Univ. of Maryland; Dr. Lixin Colin Xu, World Bank; Dr. Philip Levy, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Xiaobo Zhang, International Food Policy Research Institute; and Prof. Bruce Dickson, GWU.
The event was made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor. Sponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and GW-Center for International Business Education and Research
Vera Chiodi, Poverty Action Lab J-PAL Europe, and Paris School of Economics, "The Existence of Poverty Traps: Old Question-New Answer. Evidence from Rural Mexico"
Friday, November 13, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Suite 501, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Sergio Margulis (Lead Environmental Economist for Climate Change) and Urvashi Narain (Senior Environmental Economist), World Bank, "Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Methodology"
Thursday, November 12, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Suite 505, 1957 E Street, NW
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Phillip Swagel (Georgetown and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy), "The Financial Crisis: An Inside View"
Wednesday, November 11, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Lindner Commons, 1957 E Street, NW, Suite 602
RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu
Breakfast with Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
Tuesday, November 10, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
City View Room, 1957 E St., NW
This event is CLOSED. Cosponsored by the Washington International Trade Association.
Randy Kroszner (U of Chicago and former Federal Reserve Board Governor), "Crisis Response at the Fed and the New Regulatory Landscape"
Friday, November 6, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Gerald Nelson (IFPRI), "Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts and the Costs of Adaptation in Developing Countries"
Tuesday, November 3, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
"Correcting Global Imbalances: How Much Farther Do We Have To Go?"
Pulitzer Prize winner Steven Pearlstein (Washington Post)
Friday, 2 October, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
For analysis of Mr. Pearlstein's remarks click here.
Prof. Steve Charnovitz (GWU)
Book talk on "Global Warming and the World Trading System"
(March 2009, coauthored with Gary Clyde Hufbauer and Jisun Kim). Friday, 18 September, 12:00-2:00 p.m. at 1957 E St., NW, Room 601M. This event made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor.
IIEP cosponsored "The Day Before: A Conference on the Security Implications of Climate Change" on Thursday, 10 September, 2009 in conjunction with the American Security Project. Participants included Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass), former CIA Director James Woolsey, member of the Nobel Prize (2007) winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Michael Oppenheimer (Princeton), Charles Glaser (GWU), Adil Najam (Boston University), Ladeene Freimuth (Freimuth Group, LLC), Bernard Finel (American Security Project), and Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (U.S. Navy, Ret.).
Contact Us
Phone: 202.994.5320
Email: iiep@gwu.edu
Address:
Institute for International Economic Policy
1957 E Street, N.W., Suite 502
Washington, D.C. 20052