The McGuire Center for International Studies

2008-2009 Seminars

9/26/2008
Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University
Do Interest Groups Affect U.S. Immigration Policy?

10/10/2008
Jonas Fisher, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Why Has Home Ownership Fallen Among the Young?

10/24/2008
David Jacks, Simon Fraser University
Global Trade and the Maritime Transport Revolution

11/14/2008
Nancy Qian, Harvard University, Brown University
Columbus’s Contribution to World Population and Urbanization: A Natural Experiment Examining the Introduction of Potatoes

11/21/2008
Dean Yang, University of Michigan
Remittances and the Problem of Control: A Field Experiment Among Migrants from El Salvador

2/27/2009
Fabrizio Perri, University of Minnesota
The International Diversification Puzzle is Not as Bad as You Think

3/6/2009
Yi Qian, Northwestern University
Counterfeiters as Foes or Friends

4/3/2009
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago
The Slow Growth of New Plants: Learning About Demand?

4/10/2009
Rebecca Neumann, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Public Information and Foreign Direct Investment

4/17/2009
Anna Kormilitsina, Southern Methodist University
Oil Price Shocks and the Optimality of Monetary Policy

5/1/2009
Martin Boileau, University of Colorado at Boulder
Corporate Precautionary Cash Savings: Prudence Versus Liquidity Constraints