Research Seminar Series 2008-2009
Seminars are usually held on Tuesdays 1 to 2 pm in IIIS Seminar Room, unless otherwise indicated
Seminar Organiser:
Gaia Narciso – Phone:+353 (0)1 896 1067
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 07 Oct** | Kevin O'Rourke (TCD) | 'The structure of protection and growth in the late 19th century' |
| 14 Oct** | Philip Lane (TCD IIIS) | 'European Financial Integration' |
| 21 Oct | Randall Akee (IZA) | 'Parents' Incomes and Children's Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment' |
| 28 Oct | Jacco Thijssen (TCD) | 'An Evidence Based Approach to Econometrics: A First Step out of the Methodological Mess?' |
| 11 Nov | Marc Schiffbauer (ESRI) | 'Inflation, financial development and long-run TFP-growth' |
| 18 Nov** | Matt Cole (University of Oregon) | 'Optimal Tariffs, Tariff Jumping, and Heterogeneous Firms' |
| 25 Nov** | Karl Whelan (UCD) | 'Where do firms export, how much and why?' |
| 02 Dec** | Rocco Macchiavello (Nuffield College, Oxford University) | 'Ethnic Violence and Exports: Evidence from Kenyan Flowers' |
| 04 Dec | Peter Egger (Seminar in Room 3071) (Ifo) | 'Horizontal firm integration and the taxation of profits' |
| 13 Jan | Peter Kort (Tilburg University) | 'Why Do Big Firms Not Innovate?' |
| 20 Jan | Michael Wycherley (TCD) | 'Innovation versus Imitation, intellectual property rights in a North-South framework' |
| 10 Feb | Ana Fernandes (University of Sussex) | 'Intrafirm Trade and Contractibility in Export Processing' |
| 17 Feb** | Marcel Fafchamps (Oxford University) | 'Self-Help Groups and Mutual Assistance: Evidence from Kenyan Slums' |
| 24 Feb | Finn Tarp (University of Copenhagen) | 'The Forgotten Property Rights: Restrictions on Land Use in Vietnam' |
| 10 Mar | Sibylle Lehmann (Max Planck Institute) | 'German stock market regulation and its effect on initial public offerings before the second World War' |
| 11 Mar | Christian Ahlin (Michigan State University) | 'Matching for Credit: Risk and Diversification in Thai Microcredit Groups' |
| 31 Mar | Vasco Carvalho (CREi/UPF) | 'Aggregate Fluctuations and the Network Structure of Intersectoral Trade' |
| 7 Apr | Ibrahim Unalmis (University of Ireland-Maynooth) | 'Stimulating Economic Growth Using Fiscal Policy in a new-Keynesian DSGE Framework' |
| 14 Apr | Patrick Nolen (University of Essex) | 'Cell-Phones and Economic Development: Evidence From South Africa' |
| 21 April | Catia Batista | 'Testing the ‘Brain Gain' Hypothesis: Micro Evidence from Cape Verde' |
| 28 Apr | David Cuberes (Clemson University) | 'Democracy, Diversification and Growth Reversals' |
| 30 Apr** | Julian di Giovanni (IMF) 13.00 - 14.30 | 'Fluctuations in Granular Economies' |
| 5 May** | Beata S. Javorcik (University of Oxford) | 'Gifted Kids or Pushy Parents? Foreign Acquisitions and Firm Performance in Indonesia' |
| 15 May | Giorgio Valente (University of Leicester) | 'Liquidity and Arbitrage in the FX Market' (joint with W.M.Fong and J.Fung) |
| 22 May (Note change of Venue-Room 2026) | Florin Bilbiie (HEC) | 'Endogenous entry and product variety: some macroeconomic policy implications' (joint with Fabio Ghironi and Marc Melitz) |
| 16 June | Ehud Kalai (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern Unive | 'Large games and markets' |
| 18 June | Vilen Lipatov (Hannover University) | 'Corporate Tax Evasion: the Case for Specialists' |
** = Joint seminar with Department of Economics & IIIS