Department of Economics / FAS and
C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics
International and Development Economics Workshop
Spring 2008 Schedule

Seminars are held Tuesdays from 4:30-6:30pm in Room 517 of 19 W. 4th Street

Coordinators:
Prof. Vivian Z. Yue @ zy3-at-nyu.edu

Prof. Jonathan Eaton @ jonathan.eaton-at-nyu.edu

March 4	Oded Galor (Brown University) “The Neolithic Origins of Contemporary Variations in Life Expectancy”
March 11	Francisco Alcala (Universidad de Murcia) "Product Quality and Trade with Homothetic Demand"
March 18	***SPRING RECESS***
March 25	Andres Rodriguez-Clare (Penn State University) [Joint FRBNY-NYU Seminar] “The Geography of Trade and Multinational  Production”
	Time: 2:00-3:30pm Location: Room 624 at 19 West 4th Street
April 1	Konstantinos (Costas) Arkolakis (Yale University) [Joint FRBNY-NYU Seminar] "Market Penetration  Costs and Trade Dynamics"
	Time: 2:00-3:30pm Location: Room 624 at 19 West 4th Street
April 8	Tom Prusa (Rutgers University) [Joint FRBNY-NYU Seminar] “Protection Reduction and Diversion: PTAs and the Incidence of Antidumping Disputes”
	Time: 1:30-3:00pm Location: NW conference room at the FRBNY, located at 33 Liberty Street **Please RSVP to Professor Jonathan Eaton at jonathan.eaton@nyu.edu
April 15	Arnaud Costinot (University of California - San Diego) [Joint FRBNY-NYU Seminar] “Heterogeneity and Trade”
	Time: 2:00-3:30pm Location: Room 624 at 19 West 4th Street
April 22	Eliana La Ferrara (Università Bocconi) [Joint with A. Chong and S. Duryea] "Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil"
April 29	Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (Princeton University) “Capital Flows and Asset Prices”
May 6	Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics) **CANCELLED**

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Contact: 

anne.stubing@nyu.edu