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2009-2010 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.
| Thur., May 6 2010 | Thierry Mayer, Sciences Po "How do Different Exporters React to Exchange Rate Changes? Theory, Empirics and Aggregate Implications" NOTE: THURSDAY, May 6 |
| Tues., Apr 13 2010 | Robert Mendelsohn, Yale "Adapting to climate change in developing countries: What we know and what we don't know" |
| Fri., Apr 2 2010 | Ani Guerdjikova, Cornell "From Cases to Probabilities: Learning from Data Sets with the Best and Worst in Mind" NOTE: FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1957 E St., NW, Suite 505 |
| Tues., Apr 6 2010 | Michael Toman, World Bank "Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega-Catastrophes" |
| Tues., Mar 23 2010 | Liz Scroeder, Oregon State, "The Effects of Microfinance in Bangladesh" |
| Tues., Jan 12 2010 | Sarah Baird, GWU School of Public Health, "Designing Cost-Effective Cash Transfer Programs to Boost Schooling among Young Women in Sub-Saharan Africa" NOTE: Tues., Jan 12th, 12:30-2:00 pm Kendrick Conference Room, Suite 321, 2115 G St., NW |
| Thurs., 10 Dec 2009 |
Chris Barrett (Cornell) "The Performance Of Index Based Livestock Insurance Ex Ante Assessment In The Presence Of A Poverty Trap" and PPT NOTE: Thurs., Dec 10th, 12:30-2:00 p.m. Kendrick Conference Room, Suite 321, 2115 G St., NW |
| Tues., Dec. 8th 2009 | Felipe Campante, (Harvard) "A Centered Index of Spatial Concentration Expected Influence Approach and Application to Population and Capital Cities" NOTE: Tues., Dec 8th, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Kendrick Conference Room, Suite 321, 2115 G St., NW |
| 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 |
Upcoming Events
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Tuesday
Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of Climate Change in Agricultural Markets: Evidence from a 9 Million-Field Partition of the Earth
David Donaldson, MIT
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David Donaldson, MIT
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