Past Events

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Productivity As If Space Mattered: An Application to Factor Markets Across China

Tuesday, 10/1/2013, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 12:30-2:00pm John Morrow, LSE “Productivity As If Space Mattered: An Application to Factor Markets Across China”

The World Bank Group Strategy: A Path to End Poverty

Tuesday, 10/1/2013, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Just days before the start of the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Gro

“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

Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War

Tuesday, 11/6/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Nathan Nunn Professor of Economics, Harvard University The paper can be found here. Tuesday, November 6, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Roo

Expanding Access to Micro Credit: The Role of Collateralized Loans

Tuesday, 10/23/2012, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

William Jack Associate Professor of Economics, Georgetown University Tuesday, October 23, 2012 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G