The McGuire Center for International Studies

2002-2003 Seminars

August 29, 2002
Dr. Lars Persson, Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI) in Sweden
Investment Liberalization - Who Benefits from Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions?

September 6, 2002
Thomas Rutherford, University of Colorado at Boulder
In Search of a Rationale for Differentiated Environmental Taxes

September 13, 2002
Frank Hsiao, University of Colorado at Boulder
Korean and Taiwanese Productivity Performance - Comparisons at Matched Manufacturing Levels

September 27, 2002
Richard Rogerson, Arizona State University
Structural Transformation and Cross-Country Income Differences

October 4, 2002
Lee Branstetter, Columbia University
Is Foreign Direct Investment a Channel of Knowledge Spillovers? Evidence from Japan's FDI in the United States

October 25, 2002
Gregor Smith, Queen's University
Transfer Problem Dynamics: Macroeconomics of the Franco-Prussian War Indemnity

December 6, 2002
Marius Schwartz, Georgetown University
Same Price, Cash or Card: Vertical Control by Payments Networks

March 14, 2003
Gianluca Violante, New York University
The Welfare Implications of Rising Wage Inequality in the US

April 3, 2003
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University
Economic Development as Self-Discovery

April 11, 2003
Andrew B. Bernard, Dartmouth College
Falling Trade Costs, Heterogeneous Firms, and Industry Dynamics