Economics 841-842
Research Seminar in International Economics
Schedule - Fall 2008

Seminar meets weekly, this year on Thursdays 11:40 AM - 1:00 PM in the Smith Seminar Room (201) of Lorch Hall, except as noted. Exceptions are indicated for seminars joint with the seminars for Macroeconomics (Macro), Applied Microeconomics (ApMic), Business Economics (BE) in the Business School, and the Economic Development and Transition Seminar (ETDS) of the International Policy Center (IPC) of the Ford School. Titles that are highlighted are available here on line.
Date Day Time Place Jnt/w Speaker From Topic
Sep 4, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Andrei Levchenko U of M "International Trade and Aggregate Fluctuations in Granular Economies"
Sep 11, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Alberto Trejos UM & INCAE (Costa Rica) "International Currencies and Dollarization"
Sep 18, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Brian Kovak U of M "Regional Labor Market Effects of Trade Policy: Evidence from Brazilian Liberalization"
Sep 25, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Wenjie Chen U of M "Does the Country of Origin of the Acquiring Firm Impact Performance?"
Oct 2, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Joo Youn Park U of M "The Cleansing Effect of Offshore Outsourcing in an Analysis of Employment"
Oct 9, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Miklós Koren Central European University "A Balls-and-Bins Model of Trade"
Oct 16, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Jonathan Eaton NYU "A Search and Learning Model of Export Dynamics"
Oct 23, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Francesc Ortega Pompeu Fabra "How Do Very Open Economies Absorb Immigration Flows? Recent Evidence from Spanish Regions"
Oct 30, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch BE Natalia Ramondo Texas, Austin "The Gains from Openness: Trade, Multinational Production, and Diffusion"
Nov 6, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Roberto Rigobon MIT "Equilibrium Portfolios and External Adjustment under Incomplete Markets"
Nov 13, 2008 Thu NOTE:
4-5:30 PM
3240 Weill EDTS Anna Maria Mayda Georgetown "The Free-Riding Effect of the MFN Clause: Evidence Across Commodities and Countries"
Nov 20, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Fernando Broner Pompeu Fabra "Rethinking the Effects of Financial Liberalization"
Dec 4, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Bob Barsky U of M "Was the 'Japanese Bubble' a 'Bubble'?"
Dec 11, 2008 Thu 11:40 AM 201 Lorch Andre Levchenko U of M "Much Ado About Nothing? Extensive Margin and Gains from Trade in Zipf's World,"
For more information about the seminar, e-mail Alan Deardorff.
Schedules from Earlier Terms: W 08 F 07 W 07 F 06 W 06 F 05 W 05 F 04 W 04 F 03 W 03 F 02 W 02 F 01 W 01 F 00 W 00 F 99 W 99 F 98 W 98 F 97 W 97 F 96
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