Past Events

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Are China and India Likely to Miss the Convergence?

Wednesday, 4/13/2022, All day

This is the sixth webinar in the 2021-2022 Envisioning India series.

Missing migrants: Border Closures as a Labor Supply Shock, joint with Dave Maré and Lynda Sanderson

Tuesday, 4/12/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

We study the economic impact of the March 2020 closure of the New Zealand border. The border closed in the middle of the fall RSE arrival season, causing season

Spatial Spillovers from Urban Redevelopments: Evidence from Mumbai’s Textile Mills

Tuesday, 3/29/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Nick Tsivanidis is an Assistant Professor in the Haas School of Business and the Department of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. I am also

Trade Links: New Rules for a New World

Wednesday, 3/23/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

The World Trade Organization is undergoing an existential crisis. Trade links the world not only through the flow of international commerce in goods, services,

The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping’s China

Tuesday, 3/22/2022, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

We were pleased to invite you to a joint Elliott School Book Launch Series and IIEP Policy Forum at GW featuring Kevin Rudd, former Prime Minister of Australia

Health in the Social Cost of Carbon: Recent Advances to Fill a Critical Gap

Tuesday, 3/22/2022, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

We were pleased to invite you to join the Insitute for International Economic Policy, the Climate and Health Institute, and the Department of Environmental.....

Dealing with a Chinese Tsunami

Monday, 3/21/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

First, I would say don’t succumb to the allure of protectionism. It doesn’t work, and it certainly won’t work for electronic trade. I mean, how can we stop elec

What will the New US Jobs be?

Monday, 3/21/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

In an interview with Marketplace last week, Alan Blinder talks about the enormous loss of jobs that will arise in coming years because of competition with China

Blinder on Trade

Monday, 3/21/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Marketplace did a story about offshoring yesterday with Alan Blinder of Princeton. Here’s the introduction: KAI RYSSDAL: Citigroup confirmed today it’s getting

Comparative Advantage with Factor Mobility

Monday, 3/21/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Q. I recently read an editorial from the New York Times [dead link] that was written in 2004 by Charles Schumer (senior senator from New York ) and Paul Craig R

How the WTO works (Q&A)

Monday, 3/21/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Q. On the issue of harmonious trading, the WTO has been tasked as the guardian of free trade and to promote and settle trade disputes in a fair manner. Yet ther

Fair Trade Analogy

Monday, 3/21/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Q2. There are some nations who feel that free trade is not fair trade. What are your views on this? A2. I think free trade is more fair than any proposed altern

Trade Blocs

Monday, 3/21/2022, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

I received an email with a series of questions about trade. I will answer some of them in a series of posts. Here’s the first. Q. Could you explain what are the

Understanding Poverty Dynamics and the Impact of the Pandemic

Wednesday, 3/2/2022, 8:30am - 10:00am

We were pleased to invite you to the sixth webinar in the 2021-2022 Envisioning India series, co-sponsored by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Institu

Measuring Vulnerability to Multidimensional Poverty with Bayesian Network Classifiers

Saturday, 2/26/2022, 11:00am - 12:15pm

We were pleased to invite you to a joint virtual event with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development...

Looking for Balanced Growth in China: Insights from the latest IMF Staff report

Friday, 2/25/2022, 9:30am - 11:00am

The Institute for International Economic Policy was pleased to invite you to the fourth event in the 14th annual Conference on China’s Economic Development and

Regulating Conglomerates: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Program in China

Thursday, 2/24/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Paper Abstract: We study a prominent energy regulation affecting large Chinese manufacturers that are part of broader conglomerates. Using detailed firm-level..

Black Politicians During Reconstruction: Impacts and Backlashes

Thursday, 2/24/2022, 12:30pm - 2:00pm

We were pleased to invite you to the 17th webinar of the “Facing Inequality” series, hosted by the Institute for International Economic Policy and co-sponsored.

Multidimensional Poverty in Brazil in the Early 21st Century – Evidence from the Demographic Census

Thursday, 2/24/2022, 11:00am - 12:15pm

We were pleased to invite you to a joint virtual event with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development Progra

India at 75: Systemic Challenges and the Path Ahead

Wednesday, 2/23/2022, 12:00pm - 1:30pm

With India — one fifth of humanity and the world’s largest democracy — completing 75 years of independence, it is not only a time for reflection but also a time