Past Events

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Human Rights, Development and Economic Growth – Metrics, New Ways of Thinking, and New Strategies

Thursday, 4/7/2011, 12:30pm - 5:30pm

Since the members of the UN negotiated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the world has made great human rights progress. But that progress is..

Skill Biased Heterogeneous Firms: Trade Liberalization and the Skill Premium Redux

Tuesday, 4/5/2011, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Ariell Reshef University of Virginia Tuesday, April 5, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm

Targeting the Poor: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Indonesia

Friday, 4/1/2011, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Rema Hanna Harvard University Download the paper here. Co-sponsored by the GWU Department of Economics.............

Is There Surplus Labor in Rural India?

Tuesday, 3/29/2011, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Andrew Foster with Mark Rosenzweig Brown University & Yale University

19th Symposium of the Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

Friday, 3/18/2011, 8:30am - 5:00pm

Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics Hosted by The Institute for International Economic Policy View the conference announcement here..........

Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for Adaption Assistance

Saturday, 3/12/2011, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

David Wheeler Center for Global Development.........

1st Annual Washington Area International Trade Symposium (WAITS) Conference

Friday, 3/11/2011, 8:00am - 4:45pm

The Washington Area International Trade Symposium (WAITS) is a forum that highlights trade research at institutions in the Washington D.C. area.

Magic Transition? Intergenerational Economic Mobility in Rural China from 1988 to 2002

Tuesday, 3/8/2011, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Yan Sun Tuesday, March 8, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington, DC 20052..................................

Self Interest, Altruism, and Super-Altruism in Foreign Aid: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Test

Monday, 2/28/2011, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Andrew W. Horowitz University of Arkansas....

China’s Development Cooperation in Africa

Thursday, 2/3/2011, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Thursday, February 3, 2011 12:30 to 2:00pm Room 505 1957 E St NW Washington, DC 20052

Offshoring Bias in U.S. Manufacturing: Implications for Productivity and Value Added

Tuesday, 11/30/2010, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Chris Kurz Federal Reserve Board View the paper here. Tuesday, November 30, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Was

Faculty Panel Discussion on the November G20 Meeting

Friday, 11/19/2010, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Mike Moore, Steve Suranovic, Fred Joutz, and Susan Aaronson The George Washington University Co-Hosted with the GWU Department of Economics Friday, November 19

Exports and Wage Premia: Evidence from Mexican Employer-Employee Data

Tuesday, 10/26/2010, 12:30pm - 1:00pm

Eric Verhoogen Columbia University View the paper here. Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW

The Libertarian Welfare State

Thursday, 10/14/2010, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Robert Frank Cornell University Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington, DC 20052

Bad Public Schools are Public Bads: Test-Scores and Civic Values in Public and Private Schools

Tuesday, 10/12/2010, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Jishnu Das The World Bank Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington, DC 20052

3rd Annual Conference on China’s Economic Development and the U.S. – China Relationship

Friday, 10/8/2010, 8:00am - 4:15pm

Continental breakfast at 8:00 AM 8:45 AM: Welcome and Overview of the Conference  Stephen C. Smith (Director, Institute for International Economic Policy

The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms

Tuesday, 10/5/2010, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Maggie Chen The George Washington University Tuesday, October 5, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington, DC

Export Duration and New Market Entry

Tuesday, 9/28/2010, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Anna Rakhman The George Washington University Co-hosted with the GWU Department of Economics Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Semin

International development through multinationals: foreign R&D units and indigenous innovation

Tuesday, 9/14/2010, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Joel Blit George Washington University Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:30 to 2:00pm John W. Kendrick Seminar Room Room 321 at 2115 G Street NW Washington, DC 20

Financial Regulation and Supervision: Lessons from the Crisis

Wednesday, 5/26/2010, 8:15am - 5:30pm

The Institute for International Economic Policy, the National Center for Sustainable Development, and the Bertelsmann Foundation International Monetary Fund Con