Saturday, October 29, 2011, 8:30 am Organizing Committee: Edi Karni, Johns Hopkins University; Simon Grant, University of Queensland; John Quiggin, University of Queensland. View the conference webpage
Congratulations to Yingyao Hu on being appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Econometrics! His term will begin on January 1, 2012 and will be for three years.
On September 23, 2011 Professor Olivier Jeanne delivered the keynote address at the 4th Journal of International Money and Finance Conference: “The Triffin Dilemma and the Saver’s Curse”
Professor Larry Ball testified on September 20th before the Joint Economic Committee on “Federal Debt and the U.S. Economy.” Written testimony is available as a PDF download, and video is available in C-SPAN archives.
The Department of Economics welcomes its new class of doctoral students, who hail from the United States and 10 other countries. See photos of the welcome reception here.
Research of Joe Harrington and Myong Chang (JHU Ph.D. 1988) is cited in Amicus Curiae brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in Wal-Mart Stores v. Betty Dukes, et al. [Brief]
On September 14, 2011, Hyun Song Shin of Princeton University delivered his first lecture for the 2011-2012 Ely Lecture Series. In his series titled “Banks, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy,” this particular lecture focused on the global banking glut and its consequences. An economic theorist whose work often examines the beliefs of market participants and […]
The Fall, 2011, Lecturer will be Prof. David Laibson, Harvard University. He will speak about Behavioral Economics, the intersection of Economics with Psychology. November 18, 2011, 6 PM, at the University of California Washington Center, 1608 Rhode Island Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036
Professor Jeanne spoke at Session VI of this year’s IMF research conferences. He and his fellow panelists discussed “Macro and Growth Policies in the Wake of the Crisis” during this session, and Olivier’s presentation focused on two topics: the overlooked capital account policies of China and global financial safety nets.
Congratulations to James Lake, winner of the Bruce Hamilton Research Seminar Award This award is given annually to the advanced graduate student who has demonstrated the best performance in one of the department’s research seminars. It is generously funded by alumnus Eugenio Castillo and his wife, Patricia, and is named in honor of Professor Emeritus […]
