Seminars in International Economics

Spring 2006 Seminar Schedule

February 3, 2006

Antu Murshid, UW-Milwaukee
“Shaking Things Up: Capital Flows, Growth and Growth Volatility”

February 17, 2006

Avik Chakrabarti, UW-Milwauke
“Factor Price Equalization beyond a “Cubic” World”

February 24, 2006

Benjamin Artz, UW-Milwaukee
“Merger Paradox in a Mixed Oligopoly Setting”

March 3, 2006

Maurizio Mazzocco, UW-Madison
“Labor Supply, Wealth Dynamics, and Marriage Decisions”

March 10, 2006

Ali Hortacus, University of Chicago
“Cementing Relationships: Vertical Integration, Foreclosure, Productivity, and Prices”

March 31, 2006

Florenz Plassmann, State University of New York at Binghamton
“The Welfare Analysis of a Free Trade Zone: Intermediate Goods and the Asian Tigers”

April 7, 2006

Markos Mamalakis, UW-Milwauke
“Law and Economics: The Collective Markets Link”

April 14, 2006

Antu Murshid and Martin Wurm, UW-Milwaukee
“The Economic Effects of Terrorism”

April 21, 2006

David Macpherson, Florida State University
“Participant Direction in Defined Contribution Pension Plans”

April 28, 2006

Akira Okamoto, Okayama University of Japan
“Optimal National Burden Rate and an Aging Japan”