RSIE Schedule

Economics 841-842 Research Seminar in International Economics Schedule - Fall 2005
Seminar meets weekly, on Thursdays 11:40 AM - 1:00 PM except as noted, in the Smith Seminar Room (201) of Lorch Hall. Titles that are highlighted are available on line.
Date	Speaker		From	Topic
Sep 8, 2005	Jim Hines		U of M	"Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Economic Activity"
Sep 15, 2005	Raymond Robertson		Macalester	"Is Mexico a Lumpy Country?"
Sep 22, 2005	Wilfred Ethier		Pennsylvania	"The Theory of Trade Policy and Trade Agreements: A Critique"
Sep 30, 2005 Friday, 10:10 AM (with Ap. Mic. & Envir.)	Scott Taylor		Calgary	* SEMINAR CANCELLED *
Oct 7, 2005 Friday, 10:10 AM (with Applied Micro)	Gene Grossman		Princeton	"A Protectionist Bias in Majoritarian Politics"
Oct 13, 2005 (with EDTS)	Eric Verhoogen		Columbia	"Quality Upgrading and Establishment Wage Policies: Evidence from Mexican Employer-Employee Data"
Oct 20, 2005	Drew Brown and Bob Stern		U of M	"Concepts of Fairness in the Global Trading System"
Oct 21, 2005 (all day)	Conference: "Perspectives on the WTO Doha Development Agenda Multilateral Trade Negotiations"
Oct 27, 2005 (with EDTS)	Nathan Nunn		University of British Columbia	TBA
Nov 3, 2005	TBA
Nov 11, 2005 Friday, 10:10 AM (with Applied Micro) Rm: D1279 Davidson Hall	Marc Melitz		Harvard	TBA
Nov 18, 2005 Friday Ross E0530	International Colloqium
	9:30 AM	Cristina Arellano	Minnesota	"Dollarization and Financial Integration"
	11:30 AM	Galina Hale	Yale	"Are Private Borrowers Hurt by Sovereign Debt Rescheduling?"
Dec 1, 2005	Andr�s Rodr�guez-Clare		Penn State	"A Political-Economy Theory of Trade Agreements"
Dec 8, 2005	Ivan Kandilov		North Carolina State	"How Import Competition Affects Displaced U.S. Workers"
Dec 15, 2005	Isao Kamata		U of M	TBA