Economics of trade and development seminar series

Arndt Room (Seminar Room B), Coombs Bldg 9, ANU
Tuesdays 2pm — 3.30pm (unless otherwise specified).

Convenor: Sommarat Chantarat
Phone: 6125 3756
Enquiries: seminars.economics@anu.edu.au

Date	Presenter	Description
22 May 2:00 pm	Raymond Trewin and David Vanzetti, Crawford School	Regional rice stocks, prices and food security: Implications for Indonesia
29 May 2:00 pm	Annie Wei, ANU	To be announced
5 Jun 2:00 pm	Ippei Fujiwara, ANU	Optimal monetary policy with endogenous entry and product variety
12 Jun 2:00 pm	Matthew Dornan	Renewable Technologies for Risk Mitigation: Fiji's Electricity Sector
19 Jun 2:00 pm	Raghbendra Jha, ASARC	Fiscal Decentralization and Local Tax Effort
26 Jun 2:00 pm	Toyoharu Takahashi, Chuo University and Crawford School	The Impact of "Financial Tsunamis" on Japanese Economy
3 Jul 2:00 pm	Frank Jotzo,Crawford School	TBA
17 Jul 2:00 pm	Guarav Datt, Monash University	Multidimensional poverty without the "dual cut-off"
14 Aug 2:00 pm	Mathias Sinning, RSE	TBA
25 Sep 2:00 pm	Pierre van der Eng (ACDE)	Indonesia’s terms of trade in the long run

Date	Presenter	Description
15 May 2:00 pm	Robert Sparrow, ACDE, Crawford School	Does electrification affect fertility? Evidence from Indonesia
8 May 2:00 pm	Juergen Meinecke, Research School of Economics	Bounding the average treatment effect of eduction on earnings for South Africa
1 May 2:00 pm	Raja Junankar, UNSW	The Informal Labour Market in India: Transitory or Permanent Employment for Migrants?
24 Apr 2:00 pm	Sisira Kumara Jayasuriya, Monash University	Food Security in Asia: lessons from recent experiences
17 Apr 2:00 pm	Joe Dewbre, ex-OECD	Agricultural Progress and Poverty Reduction
10 Apr 2:00 pm	Hal Hill, ACDE, Crawford School	Navigating crises and maintaining growth: challenges for middle-income developing Asia
3 Apr 2:00 pm	Max Corden	European Financial Crisis: A Comparative Approach
27 Mar 2:00 pm	Shunsuke Managi, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University	Trade, Climate and Virtual Water
20 Mar 2:00 pm	Geoff Harcourt, UNSW	The crisis in mainstream economics
13 Mar 2:00 pm	Yuji Tamura, Research School of Economics	Private inter-household transfers: What happens to sender households?
6 Mar 2:00 pm	Paul Burke, ACDE, Crawford School	Gasoline prices, gasoline consumption, and new-vehicle fuel economy: Evidence for a large sample of countries
28 Feb 2:00 pm	Hong Tan, The World Bank	Evaluating SME Support Programs in Chile

H.W. Arndt lecture series

Convenor: Dr Paul J Burke
Phone: 6125 6566

Seminars are held on Fridays, 9:30am - 11am in Seminar Room 1,
Stanner Building

Date	Presenter	Description
25 May 9:30 am	Patrick Doupe	Deforestation and economic growth
31 May 11:00 am	DM Jagath Dissanayake	Food Price Transmission in Asia

Date	Presenter	Description
27 Apr 9:30 am	Davaajargal Luvsannyam	Lagged effect of the monetary transmission mechanism
30 Mar 9:30 am	Hoa Nguyen	Language, Discrimination and Infrastructure: Sources of Inequality and Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam
24 Feb 9:30 am	Yixiao Zhou	Determinants of technological catch-up, institutions and convergence across economies
13 Jan 9:30 am	Catherine Rogers	Chronic poverty, risk, and informal insurance in Papua New Guinea