The Macroeconomics and Growth Team of the World Bank's Development Research group organizes weekly seminars for the presentation and discussion of new work by Bank staff and other researchers each Thursday from 12:30 to 2:00, unless otherwise noted. Visiting economists are welcome. For previous seminars please click here.  For a paper copy not posted here, please email Swati RaychaudhuriÂ
Seminars: Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, Jun., Date | Event | Presenter | Details | | Sept. 10, 2009 | Is Newer Better? Penn World Table Revisions and the Growth Literature | Arvind Subramanian (Peterson Institute) | MC8-100 | | Sept. 14, 2009 | Industrial Policy and the Role of the State in Promoting Growth: A Panel Discussion | W. Easterly, A. Harrison and J. Lin | MC13-121
4:00 - 5:30 | | Sept. 17, 2009 | Fistful of Dollars | Prachi Mishra (IMF), with Thierry Tressel and Igan Deniz | MC5-100 | | Sept. 24, 2009 | Technology Shocks: Novel Implications for International Business Cycles | Andrea Faffo, Federal Reserve Board | MC8-100 | Oct. 1, 2009
Cancelled | The global liquidity trap | Olivier Jeanne, Johns Hopkins University | MC8-100 | | Oct. 8, 2009 | Suez Canal | James Feyrer, Dartmouth | MC7-100 | Oct. 15, 2009
Cancelled | Future Rent Seeking and Current Public Saving | Pierre Yared, Columbia U. | MC9-100 | | Oct. 22, 2009 | Estimating the Peace Dividend: The Impact of Violence on House Prices in Northern Ireland | Tim Beasley, LSE | MC C1-100
9:30 - 11am | | Oct. 29, 2009 | Privatization and nationalization cycles | Constantino Hevia, WB | MC10-100 | | Nov. 5, 2009 | How big (small?) are fiscal multipliers? | E. Ilzetzki (LSE) | MC8-100 | | Nov. 19, 2009 | Cross-country differences in productivity: the role of allocation and selection | J. Haltiwanger (UMD) | MC9-100 | | Dec. 3, 2009 | Real exchange rate undervaluation: static losses, dynamic gains | A. Korinek (UMD) and L. Serven (WB) | MC7-100 | | Dec. 10, 2009 | Growth in the shadow of expropriation | M. Aguiar | MC8-100 | | Jan 14, 2010 | The Global Liquidity Trap | Olivier Jeanne, Johns Hopkins University | MC9-100 | | Jan. 21, 2010 | Deep Financial Integration and Volatility | Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Houston | MC3-570 | | Jan. 28, 2010 | Do Crises Catalyze Creative Destruction? Firm Level Evidence From Indonesia | Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Bob Rijkers(World Bank- DRGMG) | MC9-100 | | Feb. 4, 2010 | Estimating the Border Effect: Some New Evidence | Gita Gopinath (Harvard University) | MC5-100 | | Feb. 18, 2010 | Market Size, Competition, and the Product Mix of Exporters | Marc Melitz (Harvard University) | MC8-100 | | Feb. 25, 2010 | Portfolio Inertia and the Equity Premium | David Lopez-Salido (MIT) | MC8-100 | | Mar. 4, 2010 | Financial Integration and Liquidity Crisis | Guido Lorenzoni (MIT) | MC9-100 | | Mar. 11, 2010 | The Initial Impact of the Crisis on Emerging Market Countries | Olivier Blanchard (IMF) | MC7-100 | | Mar. 18, 2010 | Financial Innovation, the Discovery of Risk, and the U.S. Credit Crisis  | Enrique Mendoza (University of Maryland) | MC3-570 | | Mar. 25, 2010 | Wealth Accumulation by Politicians in the 19th Century United States | James Snyder (MIT) | MC9-100 | | Apr. 1, 2010 | The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-61 | PierreYared (Columvia University) | MC5-100 | | Apr. 29, 2010 | Revisiting Overborrowing and its Policy Implications | Alessandro Rebucci (Inter-American Development Bank) | MC7-100 | | May 6, 2010 | International Trade and Aggregate Fluctuations in Granular Economies | Julian di Giovanni (International Monetary Fund) | MC7-100 | | May 13, 2010 | Labor Market Search in Emerging Economies | Bora Durdu (Federal Reserve Bank) | MC6-100 | | May 20, 2010 | Government Investment and Fiscal Stimulus in the Short and Long Runs | Shu-Chun S. Yang (Congressional Budget Office) | MC3-570 | | May 27, 2010 | Informal Sector, Government Policy and Institutions | S. Boragan Aruoba
(University of Maryland) | MC4-100 | | June 3, 2010 | Macroeconomic Effects from Government Taxes and Purchases | Robert Barro (Harvard) | MC7-100 | | June 17, 2010 | The Correlation Between Human Capital & Morality & its Effect on Economic Performance | David Balan (FTC) and Steve Knack (WB) | MC8-100 |
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