Institute for International Economic Policy
Trade and Development Workshop Series
Seminars are held at 2115 G St., NW in the Department of Economics John W. Kendrick Seminar Room (Monroe 321) from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted. RSVP for all events to iiep@gwu.edu
Upcoming Events
| Thurs., 10 Dec 2009 |
Chris Barrett (Cornell) Title TBA NOTE: 12:00-1:30 p.m. |
| Tues., Jan 12 2009 | Sarah Baird, GWU School of Public Health, "Designing Cost-Effective Cash Transfer Programs to Boost Schooling among Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa" 12:30-2:00 pm |
Past Events
| Fri., 13 Nov 2009 |
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" NOTE: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Suite 501, 1957 E St., NW |
| Thurs., 12 Nov 2009 | Sergio Margulis (Lead Environmental Economist for Climate Change) and Urvashi Narain (Senior Environmental Economist), World Bank "Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Methodology" NOTE: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Suite 505, 1957 E St., NW Joint with International Economic Policy Forum |
| Tues., 10 Nov 2009 |
John Ries (British-Columbia) "The erosion of colonial trade linkages after independence" (with Keith Head and Thierry Mayer) NOTE: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Joint with University Seminar on Regionalism and Global Economic Development and Microeconomics Workshop Series |
| Fri., 6 Nov 2009 |
Randy Kroszner (U of Chicago and former Federal Reserve Board Governor) "Crisis Response at the Fed and the New Regulatory Landscape" NOTE: 12:00-1:30 p.m. Joint with International Economic Policy Forum |
| Thurs., 5 Nov 2009 |
Bruce Blonigen (Oregon) "Measuring the Benefits of Foreign Product Variety with an Accurate Variety Set" NOTE: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Joint with Microeconomics Workshop Series and University Seminar Series on Regionalism and Global Economic Development |
| Tues., 3 Nov 2009 |
Gerald Nelson (IFPRI) "Climate Change and Agriculture: Impacts and the Costs of Adaptation in Developing Countries" NOTE: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Joint with International Economic Policy Forum |
Tues., 20 Oct 2009 |
Wenjie Chen (GWU) "Does the county of origin of the acquiring firm impact performance?" Joint with the University Seminar on Regionalism and Global Economic Development |
2008-2009 Trade and Development Workshop Series Events
| Thurs., 30 Apr 2009 |
Michael Ferrantino (U.S. International Trade Commission) "Avoidance Behaviors of Exporters and Importers: Evidence from the U.S.-China Trade Data Discrepancy" 
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| Wed., 8 Apr 2009 |
Douglas Irwin (Darthmouth
and NBER) "Trade Restrictiveness and Deadweight Losses from U.S. Tariffs, 1859-1961" |
| Thurs., 2 Mar 2009 |
Vitor Trindade (Missouri) "Openness and Productivity: Theory and some Evidence on International Competition and Firm-Owners' Effort" |
| Thurs., 4 Dec 2008 |
Keith Head (British
Columbia) "Quality sorting and trade: Firm-level evidence for French wine" with Matthieu
Crozet and Thierry MayerJoint with the University Seminar on Regionalism and Global Economic Development |
| Thurs., 20 Nov 2008 |
Fahad
Khalil (Washington) "Bribery vs. extortion: Allowing the lesser of two evils" |
| Thurs., 13 Nov 2008 |
Stephen Yeaple (PSU) "Global Production and Trade in the Knowledge Economy" Joint with the University Seminar on Regionalism and Global Economic Development |
| Thurs., 6 Nov 2008 |
Shawn Cole (Harvard) "Debt and Punishment," joint with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo |
| Thurs., 30 Oct 2008 |
Jennifer Poole (UC-Santa
Cruz) "Multinational Spillovers through Worker Turnover" |
| Thurs., 23 Oct 2008 |
Paul Carrillo and Shahe Emran (GWU) "Public Information and Inflation Expectations in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Natural Experiment" |
| Thurs., 16 Oct 2008 |
Mine Senses (SAIS) "International Trade and Labor Income Risk in the United States" |
| Thurs., 9 Oct 2008 |
Nora Lustig (GWU) "Thought for Food: The Challenges of Coping with Soaring Food Prices" |
| Thurs., 25 Sept 2008 |
Mina Kim (BLS) "Integration, Agglomeration, and Costly Adjustment of Labor" |
2007-2008 Trade and Development Workshop Series Events
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.).
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