NC State Macro/International Seminar

Fall 2009

Organizers: Asli Leblebicioglu (Macro) and Ivan Kandilov (International Trade)

All seminars start at 3:00 p.m. in 4210 Nelson Hall unless otherwise indicated.

Mon., Sept. 21 Cosmin Ilut (Duke)

Topic: Macro/International Finance

“Ambiguity Aversion: Implications for the Uncovered Interest Rate Parity Puzzle”

Mon., Oct. 12 Patrick Conway (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Topic: International Trade

“Global Implications of Unraveling Textiles and Apparel Quotas”

Mon., Oct. 19 Oksana Leukhina (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Topic: Macro/Growth

“The Role of Mortality in the Transmission of Knowledge”

Mon., Oct. 26 Lei Ji (NC State)

Topic: Macro/Growth/Trade

“An Asymmetric new generation endogenous growth model with Trade”

Mon., Nov. 2 Andrea Civelli (NC State)

Topic: Macro/International Finance

“A Structural Approach to the Globalization Hypothesis for National Inflation Rates”

Mon., Nov. 9 Brad Sturgill (NC State)

Topic: Macro

“Cross-country Variation in Factor Shares and its Implications for Development Accounting”

Mon., Nov. 16 Francesco Bianchi (Duke)

Topic: Macro

"Regime Switches, Agents' Beliefs, and Post-World War II U.S. Macroeconomic Dynamics"

Mon., Nov. 23 Chris Lundblad (UNC-Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School)

Topic: Macro

Mon., Nov. 30 Karine Yenokyan (NC State)

Topic: Macro