Institute for International Economic Policy

Trade and Development Workshop Series

2008-2009 Events

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.

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"
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 Mayer Joint 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"