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International Economics

Program Organizer: Assaf Razin

All workshops are on Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. in Uris Hall 494 unless otherwise noted.

September 10 - Karel Mertens (Cornell University) (joint w/Macro)
Measuring the Impact of Fiscal Policy in the Face of Anticipation: A Structural VAR Approach (joint w/Morten Ravn)

September 17 - Felicia Ionescu (Colgate University) (joint w/Macro)
Insuring College Failure Risk (joint w/Satyajit Chatterjee)

September 26 & 27 - Cornell/Penn State Workshop on Financial Fragility

October 1 - No Workshop - Departmental Reception to Introduce Artist painting wall

October 8 - Kristoffer Nimark (CREI & Universitat Pompeu Fabra) (joint w/Macro)
Non-Nested Information Sets and the Term Structure of Interest Rates

October 15 - Joe Kaboski (Ohio State University) (joint w/Macro)
Finance and Development: A Tale of Two Sectors (joint w/Francisco Buera & Yongseok Shin)

October 22 - Oleg Itskhoki (Princeton University) (joint w/Macro)
Optimal Redistribution in an Open Economy

October 20 - (Tues., 11:00 - 1:00, 420 URH) - Yankun Wang (Cornell University) - International Economics Special Sessions: Graduate Student Presentations
Financial Frictions and Business Cycles

November 11 - (Wed., 1:00 - 3:00, 488 URH) - Judit Temesvary (Cornell University) - International Economics Special Sessions: Graduate Student Presentations
Bank Size and Foreign Loan Choices

November 5 - Jonas Fisher (Chicago Fed) (joint w/Macro)
Macroeconomic Implications of Agglomeration (joint w/Morris Davis & Toni Whited)

November 9 - (Mon., 4:00 - 6:00, 420 URH) - Yusuke Tateno (Cornell University) - International Economics Special Sessions: Graduate Student Presentations
Stock Market Integration and Synchronization

November 13 - (Fri., 4:00 p.m., STL 265) - Department Wide Seminar - Abhijit Banerjee (MIT)
Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India (joint w/Esther Duflo, Maitreesh Ghatak & Jeanne Lafortune)

November 16 - (Mon., 4:00 - 6:00, 420 URH) - Romita Mukherjee (Cornell University) - International Economics Special Sessions: Graduate Student Presentations
The Changing Nature of Oil Price Shocks on the US Economy

November 23 - (Mon., 4:00 - 6:00, 420 URH) - Yu Zhang (Cornell University) - International Economics Special Sessions: Graduate Student Presentations
Stochastic Asset Returns, Portfolio Restrictions and Bank Runs

December 4 - (Fri., 4:00 p.m., STL 265) - Frank Knight Lecture- Roger Myerson - (University of Chicago)
Understanding the Foundations of Institutions: Moral Hazard in High Office