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Seminars for 2007

Economics of Trade and Development Seminar Series


DateTitlePresenter
Thursday, 8 February
Seminar Room A
2.00pm-3.30pm
(Ref no: 641)
Plant turnover and TFP dynamics in Japanese manufacturing
    Prof Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University
    Friday, 16 February
    Robertson Lecture Theatre, Building 46E, Biology Place, ANU
    4.30pm-6.00pm
    (Ref no: 645)
    ANU Trevor Swan Distinguished Lectures in Economics: Top incomes over 100 years: What can be learned about the determinants of income distribution?
      Sir Tony Atkinson, Blaise Pascal Chair, Paris School of Economics

      ANU Trevor Swan Distinguished Lectures in Economics

      Tuesday, 20 February
      Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
      2.00pm-3.30pm
      (Ref no: 632)
      Moral hazard and peer monitoring in a laboratory microfinance experiment
        Pushkar Maitra, Monash University
        Tuesday, 27 February
        Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
        2.00pm-3.30pm
        (Ref no: 642)
        Understanding the impact of migration on the health status of families left-behind: Findings from the IFLS data
          Salut Muhidin, Queensland Centre for Population Research, UQ
          Thursday, 8 March
          Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building 124
          4.30pm-6.00pm
          (Ref no: 691)
          Understanding international outsourcing: New theories of trade and organisational form
            Barbara Spencer, Asia Pacific Professor of Trade Policy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

            ANU Trevor Swan Lectures in Economics to be presented jointly by CBE, CSEG & CAP

            Tuesday, 13 March
            Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
            2.00pm-3.30pm
            (Ref no: 644)
            Doing business in Indonesia: Legal and bureaucratic constraints
              Ross McLeod, Economics Division, Indonesia Project
              Tuesday, 20 March
              Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
              2.00pm-3.30pm
              (Ref no: 685)
              Those current account imbalances: A skeptical view
                W Max Corden, Emeritus Professor of International Economics
                Thursday, 22 March
                Finkel Lecture Theatre, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, Garran Road, ANU
                5.30pm-7.00pm
                (Ref no: 692)
                The 5th H W Arndt Memorial Lecture: The Asian Economic Crisis after Ten Years
                  W Max Corden, Emeritus Professor of International Economics

                  The ANU CAP & CBE present: The 5th Arndt Memorial Lecture

                  Friday, 30 March
                  Seminar Room A
                  3.30pm-5.00pm
                  (Ref no: 687)
                  Sex work and infection: What's law enforcement got to do with it?
                    Manisha Shah, University of Melbourne

                    Joint RSSS / Economics Division Seminar

                    Tuesday, 3 April
                    Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                    2.00PM-3.30PM
                    (Ref no: 706)
                    Reported earnings and analyst forecasts as competing sources of information: A new approach
                      Heather Anderson, Economics Division, and Deputy Director, CAMA
                      Friday, 13 April
                      Seminar Room E
                      3.30pm-5.00pm
                      (Ref no: 707)
                      Crime in developing countries
                        Catherine de Fontenay, University of Melbourne

                        Joint RSSS / Economics Division Seminar

                        Tuesday, 17 April
                        Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                        2.00pm-3.30pm
                        (Ref no: 708)
                        Chinese and Indian Economic Growth and the International System: Supplying international public goods in the platinum age
                          Ross Garnaut, Professor of Economics, RSPAS
                          Tuesday, 24 April
                          Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                          2.00pm-3.30pm
                          (Ref no: 709)
                          Infant mortality and child nutrition in Bangladesh: Using copulas to model sample selection
                            Anu Rammohan, University of Sydney
                            Tuesday, 1 May
                            Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                            2.00pm-3.30pm
                            (Ref no: 725)
                            Foreign PhD students and knowledge creation at U.S.Universities: Evidence from enrolment fluctuations
                              Keith Muskus, Professor, University of Colorado
                              Tuesday, 8 May
                              Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                              2.00pm-3.30pm
                              (Ref no: 726)
                              Top income and growth
                                Andrew Leigh, SPEAR, RSSS, ANU
                                Tuesday, 15 May
                                Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                2.00pm-3.30pm
                                (Ref no: 729)
                                Australia's immigration policy: some unintended consequences
                                  Peter Robertson, School of Economics, UNSW
                                  Tuesday, 22 May
                                  Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                  2.00pm-3.30pm
                                  (Ref no: 728)
                                  Indonesia's changing economic geography
                                    Hal Hill, Budy Resosudarmo and Yogi Vidyattama
                                    Tuesday, 29 May
                                    Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                    2.00pm-3.30pm
                                    (Ref no: 787)
                                    Can made to measure protection ever be optimal? The case of structural unemployment caused by terms of trade volatility combined with sticky real wages
                                      Craig Applegate, School of Business and Government, University of Canberra
                                      Tuesday, 5 June
                                      Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                      2.00pm-3.30pm
                                      (Ref no: 734)
                                      Health status, wealth, and portfolio choice: causality or heterogeneity?
                                        Elliott Fan, SPEAR, RSSS, ANU
                                        Tuesday, 12 June
                                        Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                        2.00pm-3.30pm
                                        (Ref no: 805)
                                        A Divisia Type Saving Aggregate for India
                                          Raghbendra Jha, Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor and Executive Director, Australia South Asia Research Centre
                                          Wednesday, 13 June
                                          Seminar Room A
                                          12.30pm-2.00pm
                                          (Ref no: 802)
                                          Was it really growth with equity under Saeharto? A Theil analysis of Indonesian income inequality, 1961-2002
                                            Daan Marks, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam & Visitor, IP

                                            Joint seminar with Indonesia Project

                                            Tuesday, 19 June
                                            Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                            2.00pm-3.30pm
                                            (Ref no: 736)
                                            Smuggling and the economic welfare consequences of an FTA: A case study of India-Bangladesh trade in sugar
                                              Garry Pursell, Visiting Fellow, ASARC

                                              Joint seminar with Australia South Asia Research Centre

                                              Tuesday, 26 June
                                              Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                              2.00pm-3.30pm
                                              (Ref no: 774)
                                              Estimating spatial food price diferentials from a nationwide household expenditure survey: A new methodology with application to Vietnam
                                                Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania
                                                Monday, 2 July
                                                Seminar Room C
                                                1.30pm-3.00pm
                                                (Ref no: 775)
                                                International fragmentation of production: Theory and Empirical Work
                                                  Henryk Kierzkowski, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva
                                                  Tuesday, 10 July
                                                  Seminar Room D
                                                  12.30pm-2.00pm
                                                  (Ref no: 792)
                                                  Institutions, trade and the political economy of financial development
                                                    Roland Hodler, University of Melbourne

                                                    Jointly with Economics Program, RSSS

                                                    Tuesday, 17 July
                                                    Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                    2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                    (Ref no: 794)
                                                    China's Real Exchange Rate Puzzle
                                                      Rod Tyers, ANU College of Business and Economics
                                                      Friday, 27 July
                                                      Seminar Room A
                                                      3.30pm-5.00pm
                                                      (Ref no: 793)
                                                      Fair Trade
                                                        Martin Richardson, ANU College of Business and Economics

                                                        Jointly with RSSS

                                                        Tuesday, 31 July
                                                        Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                        2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                        (Ref no: 798)
                                                        An Investigation of Money Management Skills in Six Indigenous Communities
                                                          Anne Daly, University of Canberra
                                                          Monday, 6 August
                                                          The Finkel Lecture Theatre, John Curtin School of Medical Research
                                                          4.30pm-6.00pm
                                                          (Ref no: 857)
                                                          The Effect of Wal-Mart on Local Labour Markets
                                                            David Neumark, Professor of Economics, University of California

                                                            ANU Trevor Swan Lecture

                                                            Tuesday, 14 August
                                                            Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                            2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                            (Ref no: 836)
                                                            The Rise of China and its Consequences for East Asia: Is the Fear of Export Competition Warranted?
                                                              Prema-chandra Athukorala, Economics Division, RSPAS
                                                              Tuesday, 28 August
                                                              Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                              2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                              (Ref no: 837)
                                                              Growth in India and its Impact on Balgladesh Economy
                                                                Mamta Chowdhury, University of Western Sydney
                                                                Tuesday, 11 September
                                                                Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                                2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                                (Ref no: 874)
                                                                (1) How are changing ownership patterns related to changes in producer concentration (2007-06)?, and (2) How are patterns of ownership and producer concentration related to employee compensation (2007-07)?
                                                                  Eric D. Ramstetter, Research Professor, The International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development, Japan
                                                                  Tuesday, 25 September
                                                                  Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                                  2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                                  (Ref no: 876)
                                                                  Technical change, poverty and inequality in Indonesia
                                                                    Peter Warr, Arief Yusuf and Arief Ramayandi, Poverty Research Centre, RSPAS
                                                                    Tuesday, 9 October
                                                                    Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                                    2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                                    (Ref no: 884)
                                                                    Effective protection in Indonesia
                                                                      Stephen Marks, Pomona College, US
                                                                      Wednesday, 10 October
                                                                      Seminar Room D
                                                                      2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                                      (Ref no: 901)
                                                                      Financial Liberalization, Sequencing of Reforms, and Macroeconomics Vulnerability
                                                                        Sebastian Edwards, UCLA CA

                                                                        Special Additional Seminar

                                                                        Monday, 22 October
                                                                        Sparke Helmore Law Theatre 1
                                                                        12.30pm-2.00pm
                                                                        (Ref no: 910)
                                                                        The NCCC and Current Political Developments in Thailand
                                                                          Medhi Krongkaew, National Counter Corruption Commission, Thailand

                                                                          Jointly with National Thai Studies Centre

                                                                          Tuesday, 23 October
                                                                          Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                                          2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                                          (Ref no: 911)
                                                                          Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth in Indonesia
                                                                            Pierre Van der Eng, College of Business and Economics
                                                                            Tuesday, 30 October
                                                                            Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                                            2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                                            (Ref no: 912)
                                                                            What does financial integration mean in Asia and how do we measure it?
                                                                              Jenny Corbett, Australia-Japan Research Centre, Crawford School of Economics & Government
                                                                              Wednesday, 31 October
                                                                              Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                                              12.30pm-2.00pm
                                                                              (Ref no: 922)
                                                                              Industrialization after a Deep Economic Crisis: Indonesia
                                                                                Haryo Aswicahyono, Hal Hill, Dionisius Narjoko (CSIS, Jakarta and Economics, RSPAS, ANU)

                                                                                Joint seminar with Indonesia Project

                                                                                Thursday, 8 November
                                                                                Seminar Room A
                                                                                2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                                                (Ref no: 913)
                                                                                International Production and Distribution Networks in East Asia
                                                                                  Fukunari Kimura, Keio University

                                                                                  Jointly with AJRC

                                                                                  Tuesday, 13 November
                                                                                  Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                                                  2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                                                  (Ref no: 914)
                                                                                  Projected Economic Growth in the People's Republic of China and India: the Role of Demographic Change
                                                                                    Jane Golley, College of Business & Economics
                                                                                    Friday, 23 November
                                                                                    Lecture Theatre, Innovations Building 124, Eggleston Road
                                                                                    4.30pm-6.00pm
                                                                                    (Ref no: 934)
                                                                                    Fifty Years of Distortions in World Agricultural MarketsProfessor Kym Anderson, Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide

                                                                                    ANU Trevor Swan Distinguished Lectures in Economics

                                                                                    Tuesday, 27 November
                                                                                    Seminar Room B (Arndt Room)
                                                                                    2.00pm-3.30pm
                                                                                    (Ref no: 924)
                                                                                    Gauging Economic Performance under Changing Terms of Trade: Real Gross Domestic Income or Real Gross Domestic Product?
                                                                                      William Coleman, College of Business & Economics
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