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Seminars - 2008

Macroeconomics and Growth Research

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. On the third Thursday of the month the seminar is held jointly with the IMF Research Department. Seminars are held at the Bank, except for joint seminars with a presenter from the IMF, in which case the meeting is held at the IMF. Visiting economists are welcome.  For previous seminars click here.

  To obtain a copy of any paper listed here and for other seminar related questions,   please email Tourya Tourougui.

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Date

Event

Type

Participants

Details

Oct. 16 Hierarchic Government, Endogenous Policies, and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Evidence from China and IndiaMacro Brown Bag Seminar    Yong Wang (World Bank) 

MC 10-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm

 

Oct. 9Misallocation and Manufacturing in China and IndiaMacro Brown Bag Seminar   Pete Klenow (Stanford University) 

I2-210
12:30 to 2:00 pm

Sept. 25

Aggregate Effects of AIDS on Development

Macro Brown Bag Seminar  

Raul Santaeulali-Llopis (Washington Univ.)

MC 10-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm

Sept. 18

Emerging Market Fluctuations: What Makes The Difference?

Macro Brown Bag Seminar  Constantino Hevia (World Bank)

MC 10-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm

Sept. 11 

Equilibrium Portfolios and External Adjustment under Incomplete Markets

Macro Brown Bag Seminar  

Roberto Rigobon(MIT and NBER)

 

MC 10-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm

 
Sept. 4

Foreign Aid and Real Exchange Rate Adjustments in a Financially Constrained Dependent Economy

Macro Brown Bag Seminar 

Valerie Cerra (IMF) and Serpil Tekin (Univ. of Washington)

 

MC 10-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm

June 26 The Quality-Complementarity Hypothesis: Theory and New Evidence from ColombiaMacro Brown Bag SeminarEric Verhoogen (Columbia Univ.)MC3-570
12:30 to 2:00 pm
June 12

Growing Up in Bad Times: Macroeconomic Volatility and the Formation of Belief

Macro Brown Bag SeminarPaola Giuliano (Harvard)

MC3-101
12:30 to 2:00 pm

 

May 29Paths of Development and Dynamic Comparative Advantages: A Theoretical and Empirical ViewMacro Brown Bag Seminar

Rodrigo Fuentes (Central Bank of Chile)

MC8-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm

 

May 22Instrumental Variables Regressions with Honestly Uncertain Exclusion RestrictionsMacro Brown Bag SeminarAart Kraay (World Bank)

MC5-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm

May 15Diversity and DevelopmentMacro Brown Bag SeminarOded Galor (Brown)MC7-100
3:00 to 4:30 pm
May 8 

Ruggedness: The Blessing of Bad Geography in Africa

Macro Brown Bag Seminar

Nathan Nunn (Harvard)

MC7-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm

May 1

Credit Booms and Lending Standards: Evidence from the Subprime Mortgage Market

Joint Bank/Fund Research Seminar

Giovanni Dell'Ariccia (IMF) and Luc Laeven (IMF & CEPR)

MC10-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm

Apr. 17

Business Cycles and Fiscal Policies:The Role of Institutions and Financial Markets

Joint Bank/Fund Research Seminar

Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel (Central Bank of Chile) and César Calderon (World Bank)

IMF HQ1 10-713 
12:30 to 2:00 pm
Apr. 10

The Internet, Digital Information and Corruption: Evidence From U.S. States and Across Countries

Macro Brown Bag Seminar

Carl-Johan Dalgaard, Thomas Barnebeck, Andersen Jeanet Bentzen and Pablo Antonio Selaya (Univ. of Copenhagen)

MC3-101
12:30 to 2:00 pm

Apr. 3Referendum, Response and Consequences for Sudan: The Game between Juba and KhartoumMacro Brown Bag SeminarIbrahim Elbadawi, Gary Milante, and Constantino Pischedda (World Bank)MC9-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm
Mar. 27

Trade and Prices with Heterogeneous Firms

Macro Brown Bag Seminar Robert C. Johnson
(Berkeley)
MC8-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm
Mar. 20Who Gets the Credit?  And Does It Matter?  Household Vs. Firm Lending Across CountriesJoint Bank/Fund Research SeminarThorsten Beck
(World Bank)
IMF HQ1 10-713 
12:30 to 2:00 pm
Mar. 13Debt Contracts with Short-Term CommitmentMacro Brown Bag Seminar

Natalia Kovrijnykh (University of Chicago)

MC7-100 
12:30 to 2:00 pm
Mar. 6Religious Competition and the Rise and Fall of Muslim ScienceMacro Brown Bag Seminar

Eric Chaney (Berkeley Univ)

MC5-100 
12:30 to 2:00 pm
Feb. 28Globalization, Optimal Auctions and Exchange Rate Pass-ThroughMacro Brown Bag Seminar Eyal Dvir
(Harvard University)
MC8-100 
12:30 to 2:00 pm
Feb. 21Life Expectancy and Income Convergence in the World: A Dynamic General EquilibriumJoint Bank/Fund Research Seminar

Kenichi Ueda (IMF)

MC3-101 
12:30 to 2:00 pm

Feb. 14Votes or Money? Theory and Evidence from the US CongressMacro Brown Bag SeminarFrancisco Trebbi(University of Chicago and NBER)

MC2-800 
12:30 to 2:00 pm

Jan. 17

Credit Chains and Sectoral Comovement: Does the Use of Trade Credit Amplify Sectoral Shocks?

Joint Bank/Fund Research Seminar

Claudio Raddatz (World Bank)

 
IMF HQ1 6-312
12:30 to 2:00 pm
Jan. 10 Informality Trends and Cycles
Macro Brown Bag SeminarJamele Rigolini
(MIT) and
Norman Loayza
(World Bank)
MC 8-100
12:30 to 2:00 pm  



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