GW CENTER FOR GLOBALIZATION SHOWCASES RESEARCH

WITH THE “OCCASIONAL PAPER SERIES”

Cutting-Edge Research Provides Insights Into How Globalization Affects Markets, Governments, Business, Organizations, and Individuals

WASHINGTON – The George Washington University Center for the Study of Globalization (GWCSG) is pleased to announce the launch of its Occasional Paper Series. All of the authors have received awards from the GWCSG to conduct cutting-edge research on globalization, providing insights into the forces that are driving globalization and how they affect markets, governments, business, organizations, and individuals.

The GWCSG Occasional Paper Series showcases research findings from these on-going investigations. This series allows GW and the general public with access to innovative ideas, expands opportunities for research collaboration between academics and practitioners and gives more timely access to high-quality research than is available from traditional academic or professional journals.

The following papers are currently available:

"Commerce Department Antidumping Sunset Reviews: a Major Disappointment" Michael O. Moore, associate professor of economics and international affairs;

"Globalization and the Convergence of Social Expenditure in the European Union" Holger Wolf, associate professor of economics and international affairs (currently at Georgetown University);

"Commercial Purchasing and Comparative Public Procurement: Exposing the Chasm Between the United States Government’s Evolving Policy and Practice" Steven L. Schooner, associate professor of law;

"The Effects of New Technologies on Cultural Protectionism" Harvey B. Feigenbaum, associate dean, Elliott School of International Affairs and professor of political science and international affairs;

"How Risky is U.S. Direct Foreign Investment? A Study of Financial and Political Risks" Reid W. Click, associate professor of international business and international affairs;

"An Econometric Analysis of US Antidumping Sunset Review Decisions" Michael O. Moore, associate professor of economics and international affairs;

"Managers, Investors and Crises: Mutual Fund Strategies in Emerging Markets" Graciela Kaminsky, Professor of Economics and International Affairs; Richard Lyons, professor, Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley; and Sergio Schmukler, senior economist, The World Bank;

"Globalization and Governance: Examining the Contest Between Business and NGO Agendas in Intellectual Property Rights" Susan K. Sell, associate professor of political science and international affairs; and Aseem Prakash, assistant professor of strategic management and public policy and international affairs (currently at the University of Washington, Seattle); and

"Technology-Based Globalization Indicators: The Centrality of Innovation Network Data" Robert Rycroft, professor of international science and technology policy and international affairs.

To download papers from the Occasional Paper Series, go to our web site at www.gwu.edu/~gwcsg. To request hardcopies of the papers, contact

Jessica Venable at 202-994-5206.

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