Research Seminar Series 2010-2011
Seminars are held on Tuesdays 12.30 to 2 pm in IIIS Seminar Room, unless otherwise indicated
Seminar Organiser:
Philip Lane - Phone: +353 (0)1 896 2259
Research Seminar Series 2010-2011
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep (09.00 to 10.30) |
Simon Wren-Lewis (Oxford) |
'Comparing the delegation of monetary and fiscal policy' |
| 5 Oct |
Mathias Hoffmann (Zurich) |
'Emerging from the War: Current Accounts and the International Business Cycle 1885-1939' |
| 14 Oct (Thursday, 09.00 to 10.30) |
Daniel Leigh (IMF) |
'Will It Hurt? Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Consolidation' |
| 19 Oct | Gylfi Zoega (University of Iceland) |
'Lessons from a collapse of a financial system' |
| 26 Oct *Seminar Cancelled* |
Mick Devereux (University of British Columbia) |
'What Determines European Real Exchange Rates?' |
| 2 Nov | Doireann Fitzgerald (Stanford) |
'Trade Costs, Asset Market Frictions and Risk Sharing' |
| 9 Nov | Reading Week | |
| 16 Nov | Benjamin Elsner (TCD) |
'The effect of emigration on the level and distribution of wages: The case of EU enlargement' See also: 'Does emigration benefit the stayers? The EU enlargement as a natural experiment. Evidence from Lithuania' |
| 23 Nov | TBA | TBA |
| 30 Nov | Martin Brown (Swiss National Bank) |
'Which Households Use Banks? Evidence from the Transition Economies' |
| 7 Dec *11.00am -2.00 pm* | Martin Ljunge (University of Copenhagen) Kelly Ragan (Stockholm School of Economics) |
Sick of the Welfare State? Adaptation in the Demand for Social Insurance The Role of Culture in Contraception Demand |
| 14 Dec | TBA | TBA |
| 18 Jan *13.00 - 14.00* |
Vahagn Galstyan (TCD) |
'Productivities, Trade, and Relative Prices in a Ricardian World' |
| 1 Feb | Philip Lane (TCD) | 'International Differences in Fiscal Policy During the Global Crisis' |
| 8 Feb | Karl Whelan (UCD) | Open For Business? Institutions, Business Environment and Economic Development |
| 15 Feb * 13.15 -14.45* |
Mans Soderbom (Gothenburg) | Network Proximity and Business Practices in African Manufacturing |
| *16 Feb* 13.00 -14.00 |
Ashoka Mody (IMF) | 'Capital Flows and Growth: the role of volatility regimes' |
| 8 March** | Pedro Magalhaes (Lisbon) | 'Political institutions and the social anchoring of the vote' |
| 15 March | Ron Davies (UCD) |
'Royale with Cheese: The Effect of Globalization on the Variety of Goods' |
| 22 March | George Kopits | 'Rules-Based Fiscal Framework: Rationale, Experience, and Good Practices' |
| 29 March | Gianluca Benigno (LSE) | 'Exchange Rates and Interest Rates' |
| 5 Apr | Micheal Collins (TCD) and Cormac Staunton (Concern Worldwide) |
'Evaluating the Effectiveness of Cash Transfers versus Food Aid: a case study in rural Zimbabwe' |
| 6 April *13.00-14.00* |
Anne-Marie Brook (NZ Treasury) | 'Making fiscal policy more stabilising: Challenges and Policy Options' |
| 31 May | Mariapia Mendola (Milan) | 'Labor Migration and Social Networks Participation: Evidence from Southern Mozambique' |
All seminars are joint seminars with Department of Economics & IIIS unless otherwise indicated.
** Joint seminar Dept of Economics and Department of Political Science