The McGuire Center for International Studies

General Information

The Carl McGuire Center for International Studies is the Economics Department's research arm devoted to international economics. It was founded in 1985, taking the prior International Economics Studies Center and Institute as its basis. The Center and Institute was named for Carl McGuire, a long-time and valuable member of the Department, in recognition of his great service and generosity, and commitment to the study of international economics.

The research interests of the Center and Institute's associates include determinants of multinational enterprise activities, trade theory under imperfect competition, the analysis of international trade negotiations, the political economy of trade-policy formation, empirical studies of international trade and finance, and the importance of international risk sharing for resource allocations, trade and growth. The center sponsors the International Economics Workshop, which allows internal and external speakers to present current research in the areas of trade, finance, open-economy macroeconomics, and development economics. Please refer to the Seminar Schedule to see a list of this year's participants and topics. The Center and Institute also supports conference participation by junior faculty and graduate students and provides dissertation support for one graduate research assistant per year. A list of current working papers is available online through the Center and Institute for Economic Analysis. See also individual web pages for downloadable abstracts and/or working papers.

The faculty associated with the McGuire Center include: Martin Boileau, Ann Carlos, Fred Glahe, Frank Hsiao, Murat Iyigun, Eckhard Janeba, William Kaempfer, James Markusen, Keith Maskus, Robert McNown, Barry Poulson, Don Roper, and Thomas Rutherford. Please see the Faculty page for more information regarding specific research interests and links to personal web pages.