Past Events

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“Is the Internet Democratizing Trade Policy by Empowering Small Developing Countries to Trade?”

Monday, 9/30/2013, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Susan Aaronson The George Washington University, National War College Monday, September 30, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052

“State Capacity and Development”

Tuesday, 9/24/2013, 12:30am - 2:00pm

James Robinson Harvard University with Daron Acemoglu (MIT) and Camilo Garcia-Jimeno (U Penn) Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:30 to 2:00pm The George Washington

Nuts & Bolts of U.S. Trade Policy

Wednesday, 9/18/2013, 1:00am - 2:00am

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052

“The Need for Enemies”

Tuesday, 9/10/2013, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Juan Vargas Universidad del Rosario with Leopoldo Fergusson (Universidad de los Andes, James A. Robinson (Harvard University), and Ragnar Torvik (NTHU) Tuesday

The Post-2015 Development Agenda

Friday, 9/6/2013, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Friday, September 6, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052

OPHI Summer School on Multidimensional Poverty Analysis

Monday, 7/8/2013, 1:00am - 2:00am

Monday, July 8, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052

Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of Climate Change in Agricultural Markets: Evidence from a 9 Million-Field Partition of the Earth

Tuesday, 5/21/2013, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Dave Donaldson MIT View the paper here Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington, DC 20052

Poverty to Power: How Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World

Thursday, 5/9/2013, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Dr. Duncan Green Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam GB, honorary Professor of International Development at Cardiff University, Visiting Fellow at the Institute f

Roads and Trade: Evidence from the US

Wednesday, 5/1/2013, 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052

1st Annual Conference Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES)

Saturday, 4/20/2013, 8:00pm - 9:00pm

The Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (WADES) is an annual research conference which highlights academic work from researchers at leading economic

Multilateral Trade Symposium

Thursday, 4/18/2013, 9:00am - 6:00pm

Cosponsored by European University Institute (Global Governance Programme), George Washington University (Elliott School) and the World Bank (Development Resear

Maurice Obstfeld

Friday, 3/29/2013, 11:30am - 2:00pm

Friday, March 29, 2013 11:30am to 2:00pm The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 View the PowerPoint here

Railroads and American Economic Growth: A “Market Access” Approach

Tuesday, 3/5/2013, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Richard Hornbeck, Harvard University “Railroads and American Economic Growth: A “Market Access” Approach,” joint with Dave Donaldson, MIT........

The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment

Tuesday, 2/12/2013, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Justin R. Pierce Economist, Federal Reserve Board Tuesday, February 12, 2013 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washin

The Real Exchange Rate, Real Interest Rate, and Risk Premium

Wednesday, 11/14/2012, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Charles Engel Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison An International Finance Forum and Macro-International Seminar The paper can be found here

“The Positive Effect of Labor Mobility Restrictions on Human Capital Accumulation in China”

Tuesday, 11/13/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Yao Pan George Washington University The paper can be found here. Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G S

Production Staging: Measurement and Facts

Tuesday, 10/16/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Has production become more vertically fragmented? To answer this question, this paper develops two measures of production staging using input-output tables. The

Sustainable Development Forum: “Grand Challenges for Sustainability Science”

Wednesday, 9/12/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

William Clark Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Wednesday, September 12, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm Suite 505, 5th Floor 1957 E St. NW Washington, DC

The Long-Run Effects of the Scramble for Africa

Tuesday, 9/11/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Stelios Michalopoulos Assistant Professor of Economics, Brown University The paper can be found here. Tuesday, September 11, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kend

Making Urbanization in Asia Sustainable: Trends and Challenges

Wednesday, 8/29/2012, 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Guanghua Wan Asian Development Bank PISA and ADB The PowerPoint presentation can be found here. Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:15 to 2:00pm Lindner Commons, 6th