Economics 841-842:
Research Seminar in International Economics
Schedule - Winter 2002

Seminar meets weekly, Fridays 10:10-11:30 AM except as noted, in the Smith Seminar Room (201) of Lorch Hall. Titles that are highlighted are available on line.
Date Speaker From Topic
Jan-Feb No Seminar (Recruiting)
Mar 8 Deardorff and Stern UM "The Effects of Multinational Enterprises on Wages and Working Conditions in Developing Countries"
Mar 15 Linda Tesar UM "The Benefits from Tax Coordination may be Irrelevant"
Mar 22 JAPAN SYMPOSIUM (IFM)
9:00 AMTakatoshi ItoHitotsubashi University "Retrospective on the 'Bubble' Period and Relationship to Developments in the 1990s"
10:00 AMKiyohiko G. NishimuraTokyo University "Why Does the Problem Persist? 'Rational Rigidity' and the Plight of Japanese Banks"
11:15 AMToshihiro IhoriTokyo University �Japan�s Fiscal Policies in the 1990s�
2:00 PMRishi Goyal and Ronald McKinnonStanford University "Japan�s Negative Risk Premium in Interest Rates: The Liquidity Trap and Fall in Bank Lending"
3:15 PMMitsuhiro FukaoKeio University "Japan�s Lost Decade and Weaknesses in Its Corporate Governance Structure"
Mar 29 Helene Ray Princeton "Financial Globalization and Emerging Markets: With and Without Crash?"
Apr 5 John Romalis Chicago NAFTA�s Impact on North American Trade
Apr 12 Fabrizio Perri NYU "Financial Globalization and Real Regionalization"
Apr 19 TBA?
For more information about the seminar, e-mail Linda Tesar.

Schedules from Earlier Terms: Fall 01 Winter 01 Fall 00 Winter 00 Fall 99 Winter 99 Fall 98 Winter 98 Fall 97 Winter 97 Fall 96
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