Institute for International Economic Policy

Research and Publications

IIEP faculty members are actively engaged in cutting edge research on critical issues facing the global economy. Their research appears in leading academic journals, prestigious university presses, and important media outlets focused on current policy issues.

IIEP also organizes a working paper series where affiliated scholars showcase their ongoing research on critical academic and policy issues.

Upcoming Events

2nd Annual "G2 at GW" Conference on Chinese Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations" on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
Confirmed speakers include 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 is made possible by a generous grant from an anonymous donor. Seating will be limited: to register send an email to iiep@gwu.edu. Sponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, and GW-Center for International Business Education and Research

Recent Events

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.).