IEFS Newsletter
February 2010
Editor Henry Thompson
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International
Economics and Finance Society
Financial Globalization,
Banking Crises and Business Cycles (F4)
Presiding: Mario Crucini (Vanderbilt
University)
The Real
Effects of Financial Sector Uncertainty
Scott Davis (Vanderbilt University)
Firm Value,
Investment and Monetary Analysis
Marcelo Bianconi (Tufts University)
Financial
Globalization and Banking Crises in Emerging Markets
Joseph P. Joyce (Wellesley College)
Financial
Constraints and Balance Sheet Mismatches: The Role of Foreign Ownership During
Crises
Sebnem Kalemi-Ozcan (University of Houston)
Herman Kamil (International Monetary Fund)
Carolina Villega-Sanchez (University of Houston)
Discussants:
K. Elias Papaioannou (Dartmouth College)
G. Andrew Karolyi (Cornell University)
Eric O'N. Fisher (California Polytechnic State University)
Mario J. Crucini (Vanderbilt University)
International
Trade and Technological Change (F1)
Presiding: Amy Glass (Texas
A&M University)
Labor Skills
and Foreign Direct Investment in a Dynamic Economy: Estimating the
Knowledge-Capital Model for Singapore
Gnanaraj Chellaraj (East-West Center)
Keith E. Maskus (University of Colorado)
Aaditya Mattoo (World Bank)
Limited
Incremental Linking and Unlinked Trade Agreements
Richard Chisik (Florida International University)
The
Structure of the American Economy
Eric O'N. Fisher (California Polytechnic State University)
Kathryn G. Marshall (California Polytechnic State University)
Hicks Path:
The Optimal Strategy of Technological Improvement in Open Economy
Jiandong Ju (University of Oklahoma)
Xuebing Yang (University of Oklahoma)
Discussants:
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Bruce Blonigen (University of Oregon)
Henry Thompson (Auburn University)
Jonathan Eaton (Pennsylvania State University)
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“Department
of Economics” default snail mail addresses
GEORGE AGIOMIRGIANAKIS
gmagios@city.ac.uk gmagios@eap.gr
http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/g.m.agios
Hellenic Open University, Sachtouri 16, TK 26222, Patra, Greece
30-2610-362554 fax 361410
and City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V OHB, UK
Open economy macroeconomics, labor economics, European economics, human capital
and international migration.
OLUYELE AKINKUGBE
oakinku@uniswacc.uniswa.sz
University of Swaziland, P/Bag
Kwaluseni, Swaziland
268-518-7504 fax 5276
International trade, regional integration, free trade
agreements, international financial flows, exchange rates
http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/werner.html
UBC, Faculty of Commerce, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z2,
Canada
604-822-8484 fax 8477
Empirical international trade, exchange rate economics,
spatial economics, international environmental economics
argandona@iese.edu
http://web.iese.edu/argandona/index.html
Av. Pearson 21. 08034 Barcelona. Spain
34-93-2534200 fax 2534343
International macroeconomics, money and banking, labor
markets, Spanish economy, economics and business ethics
http://lowe.research.claremontmckenna.edu/
Lowe
Institute of Political Economy, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont CA 91711
909-621-8012
fax 607-8008
Exchange
rate modeling; trade theory & policy, globalization, NAFTA, APEC, economic
integration
http://www.be.wvu.edu/divecon/econ/bandysub/Hpage/
West
Virginia University, Morgantown WV 26506
304-293-7879
fax 5652
Optimal
trade taxation in general equilibrium models, strategic trade policy, illegal
immigration, regional integration
aabgsh@rit.edu
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY 14623
585-475-2805 fax 5777
Environmental economics, natural resource economics,
ecological economics, development, international trade theory
University
of Texas – San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West
210-458-7038
fax 7040
International
trade theory and policy, international joint ventures, and technology transfer
University
of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
219-631-6761
fax 5255
Determinants
of the volume and composition of trade flows, free trade agreements, real
exchange rates
http://www.clarku.edu/~dbernhof/
Clark
University, Worcester MA 01610
508-793-7185
fax 8849
Trade
in vertically related markets, intra-industry, empirical trade & imperfect
competition, internat petrochemicals
http://ase.tufts.edu/econ/iefs/
Tufts University, Medford MA
617-627-2677 fax 3917
Theoretical and applied economic models
NZIER,
P.O. Box 3479, Wellington, New Zealand
64-04-470-1801
fax 472-1211
Trade
and agricultural policy
BRUCE BLONIGEN
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~bruceb/
1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
541-346-4680 fax 1243
BRUCE
CHRISTIAN BROWN
bbrown@csupomona.edu
http://www.csupomona.edu/~bbrown/
Cal State University, Pomona CA 91768
909-869-5074 fax 6987
Trade, factor flows, immigration, wage differentials, discrimination, comparing
institutions across nations
Bryn
Mawr College, Bryn Mawr PA 19010
610-526-5182
fax 7475
Open
economy macroeconomics, economic integration, international price and exchange
rate behavior
http://www.economics.buffalo.edu/people/faculty/chang/
SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo NY 14260
716-645-2121 ext. 443; fax 2127
Trade Theory and Policy
http://www2.ucsc.edu/people/chinn/
NBER,
1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138
617-588-1454 fax 868-5023
International finance, exchange rate determination, currency crises
DM-309C, Florida International University, Miami FL
33199
305-348-3286 fax 1524
International trade theory, foreign direct investment,
industrial organization
Iowa
State University, Ames IA 50011
515-294-9999
fax 9913
Very
long run consequences of trade
The
City College and Graduate Center, CUNY
212-650-6206
fax 8287
Finance
and development, open economy and globalization
Middlesex
University, The Burroughs, London NW4, UK
International
risk assessment and portfolio management, international capital flows, water
management
GWU, Dept of International Business, Washington DC 20052
202-994-0656 fax 7422
International monetary economics, international
corporate finance
http://cba.unomaha.edu/faculty/CatheCo/web/index.html
CBA, University of Nebraska at Omaha NE 68182
402-554-3089
Foreign direct investment, empirical international
trade, intellectual property rights issues
mario.j.crucini@vanderbilt.edu
http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~mario.j.crucini/
Vanderbilt University, VU Station B
#351819, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1819
615-322-7357, fax 343-8495
International Macroeconomics
WILFRID W. CSAPLAR JR.
http://www.bethanywv.edu/~wcsaplar/index.html
Bethany College, Bethany WV 26032
304-829-7856
Imperfect competition
Imperfect competition applied to international trade
theory, the optimal tariff
Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110 016, India
11-651-4594 fax 685-6779
Trade and personal distribution of wealth & income,
trade & environment, business cycles
International
Economist
Office of Economics, Research Division, ITC, Washington, DC 20436
202-205-3051
fax 2340
Trade & environment, impact of trade
liberalization on poverty in developing countries, voluntary export restraints
devadoss@uidaho.edu
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Idaho, Moscow ID 83843
208-885-6806 fax 5759
General and agricultural trade
dibooglus@umsl.edu
http://www.umsl.edu/~dibooglus
University of Missouri St Louis, 408
SSB, One University Blvd, St Louis MO 63121
314 516 5530 fax 5352
International monetary economics, empirical
macroeconomics
http://business.fullerton.edu/vdropsy/
California State University, Fullerton CA 92834
714-278-3307 fax 3307
International economics, foreign exchange
Feng Chia University, 100 WenHwa Rd, Taichung, Taiwan
886-4-4518983 fax 8737
International finance, financial market development
& growth, impacts of the Asian crisis on financial markets
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA 23187
757- 221-2372 fax 1175
Preferential trading areas, political economy of
liberalization, comparative national price levels
http://economics.sbs.ohio-state.edu/efisher
OSU, 410 Arps Hall, 1945 N. High St., Columbus OH 43210
1-614-292-2009 fax 3906
International economics, economic growth, monetary
theory, experimental economics
http://arthur.ihs.ac.at/~fisher/
Institute for Advanced Studies, A-1060 Vienna,
Stumpergasse 56, Austria
43-1-59991-253 fax 163
Open economy macroeconomics
http://web.mit.edu/kjforbes/www/
MIT-Sloan, Room E52-446, Cambride MA 02142
617-253-8996 fax 258-6855
International finance, applied economics, development
economics
Otaru University of Commerece, 3-5-21 Midori, Otaru,
Hokkaido, JAPAN
81-134-27-5311
Exchange rate dynamics, capital mobility, market
structure and relative prices
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~lrg3948
University of Louisiana, Lafayette LA 70504
337-482-6663 fax 6675
Impact of trade liberalization and commercial policy on
the environment, regional integration, trade theory
http://econweb.tamu.edu/aglass/
Texas A&M, College Station TX 77845
979-845-8507 fax 847-8757
R&D, product cycles, IPRs, foreign direct
investment, political economy of trade and investment policy
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu HI 96822
808-956-7521 fax 4347
Trade theory, industrial organization, U.S.-Japan trade
disputes, market access disputes, voluntary import expansions
American
University, Washington DC 20016
202-885-3785
fax 3790
Exchange
rate economics
Hampden-Sydney
VA 23943
434-223-6337
fax 6045
Industrial
organization, public policy, international trade, electricity
College
of Business, University of Alaska, Anchorage AK 99508
907-786-4311
fax 4115
Empirical
trade
http://www.econ.rochester.edu/Faculty/jones/jones.htm
University
of Rochester, Rochester NY 14620
716-275-2688
fax 256-2309
Trade
theory
http://www.wellesley.edu/Economics/joyce/index.html
Wellesley College, Wellesley MA 02481
781-283-2160 fax 2177
Open economy macroeconomics, international financial
institutions
University of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309
303-492-6923 fax 8661
International economic sanctions, international public
choice
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/kanedam/
Georgetown University, Washington DC 20057
202-687-5894 fax 6102
Trade theory & policy, dynamic models, social norms,
institutions, evolution, Japan, growth & development
Seton
Hall, South Orange NJ 07079
973-761-9281
fax 9217
International
finance aspects of development, real & and fiscal effects of internal
transactions by MNCs
gmmkim@gmail.com
Auburn
University, AL 36849
334-844-2928
fax 4615
Open
economy macro, time series
DENISE
EBY KONAN
Bachman
105, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu HI 96822
808-956-5971
fax 7115
Trade,
multinational enterprise theory, harmonization of IPRs, preferential trading
arrangements, CGE analysis
http://www.tufts.edu/fletcher/ckowalczyk
Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford MA 02155
617-627-5603 fax 3712
Trade theory and policy, integration, reform
Southern
Illinois University, Carbondale IL 62901
618
453 9472 fax 2717
Trade
policy reform, trade and development, and trade and environment
http://www.econ.wayne.edu/~jlevin
Wayne State University, Detroit MI 48202
248-577-3343 fax 0149
International monetary economics
DANIEL
LEVY
levyda@mail.biu.ac.il
Bar-Ilan
University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel
972-3-531-8331 fax 535-3180
International capital mobility, sticky prices, menu costs, growth and
convergence, business cycles
andrea.maneschi@vanderbilt.edu
Vanderbilt,
Nashville TN 37235
615-322-2993
fax 343-8495
Trade
theory, especially comparative advantage and historical aspects
University
of Colorado, Boulder CO 80309
303-492-7588
fax 8960
Empirical
modeling of comparative advantage, intellectual property rights, technology
transfer
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH 45221
513-556-2618 fax 2669
Trade theory and policy, political economy of
international trade
Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond VA 23284-4000
804-828-7142
fax 8884
International
trade theory & policy, enforcement of trade agreements, relationship
between R&D, growth and trade
http://www.krannert.purdue.edu/faculty/knaknoi
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN 47907
International
finance, macroeconomics of international trade, history of international trade
and monetary system
USHA
NAIR-REICHERT
Georgia
Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332
404-894-4903
fax 1890
Trade
policy, multinational national investments, intellectual property rights,
technology transfer
http://www.ucd.ie/~economic/staff/pneary/neary.htm
University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
353-1-706-8334 fax 283 0068
Strategic trade and industrial policy, measuring trade
policy restrictiveness, international comparisons of real income
College
Edouard-Montpetit, Longueuil, QC J4H 3M6, Canada
514-731-9993,
fax, 344-7285
Regional
specifics of international trade, industrial economics
Braker Hall, Tufts University, Medford MA 02155
617 627 3663 fax 3917
Industrial organization, spatial economics, foreign
direct investment
Lund University, PO Box 7082 22007, Lund, Sweden
+46-46-222-8654 fax 222-4613
International trade, economic integration, economic
geography, scale economies
paul.oslington@acu.edu.au
https://apps.acu.edu.au/staffdirectory/?paul-oslington
8
Napier Street, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australian Catholic University,
Australia
61 2 9739 2868
International
trade theory, trade and labor markets, labor market flexibility, economics and
religion
http://mba.vanderbilt.edu/faculty/dparsley.cfm
http://mba.vanderbilt.edu/david.parsley/default.htm
Owen Graduate School, Vanderbilt, Nashville TN 37203
615-322-0649 fax 343-7177
International finance, PPP, economic integration,
exchange rate pass through
KERK
PHILLIPS
kerk_phillips@byu.edu
http://fhss.byu.edu/econ/Phillips/
BYU, Provo UT 84602-2363
801-422-5928 fax 2844
Open economy macroeconomics, international finance, exchange rate dynamics,
economic growth, Asian economies
SHEILA AMIN GUTIERREZ DE PINERES
UT Dallas, Richardson TX 75083
972-883-6228 fax 2735
Development economics, international macroeconomics,
focus Latin America, export dynamics and economic growth
University of Hartford, W Hartford CT 06117
860-768-5007 fax 4911
Empirical analysis of trade theories and of economic
growth
Kalamazoo
College, 1200 Academy Street, Kalamazoo MI
49006
616-337-7027
fax 7251
Trade
policy, general equilibrium policy modeling, agricultural development, social
accounting & structural change
Micronomics, 1401 New York Ave, NW, Washington DC 20005
202-408-0272 fax 0273
Applied
microeconomics, international patent law
ANU Canberra, Australia
Preferential trading areas, trade and competition policy,
political economy, commercial policy
http://www.macalester.edu/~robertson
Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave. St. Paul MN 55105
651-696-6739 fax 6746
Labor market effects of international integration, Latin
America
Carleton, Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6
613-520-2600 x 8884 fax 2889
World Bank & IMF, sovereign debt, capital account
liberalization, official development assistance, capital flows
http://www.class.uh.edu/faculty/rruffin/
University
of Houston TX 77204
713-743-3827
fax 3798
Trade
theory
University
of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg MS 39406
ROBERT C. SHELBURNE
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/oiea/shelbutx.htm
US
Labor Dept, 200 Constitution Ave, NW, Washington DC
202-693-4914
fax 4851
http://www.wellesley.edu/Economics/skeath/
Wellesley
College, Wellesley MA 02481
781-283-2180
fax 2177
Trade
theory, industrial organization, antidumping in vertically related markets
School of Mgt, FL Inst of Tech, Melbourne FL 32901
321-674-7267 fax 8896
Strategic trade policy, trade and the environment
barbara.spencer@commerce.ubc.ca
Faculty
of Commerce, UBC, Vancouver BC Canada V6T 1Z2
604-822-8479
fax 8477
International
econ & industrial org, imperfect competition & trade, commercial
policies, strategic trade theory
osman.suliman@millersville.edu
Millersville
University of Pennsylvania
717-872-3558
Empirical
open economy macroeconomics, capital flows, exchange rates
HENRY
THOMPSON
http://www.auburn.edu/~thomph1
Economics,
Comer Hall, Auburn University AL 36849
334-844-2910
fax 5639
Trade,
production, energy
tower@econ.duke.edu
Box 90097, UNC, Durham NC 27708
919-660-1818 fax 684-8974
Political economy of trade policy
http://ecocomm.edu.au/departments/ecoh/staff/tyers.html
ANU,
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
6126-249-3363
fax 5124
International
economics, agricultural economics, general equilibrium analysis
muctum@brooklyn.cuny.edu, uctum@econ.rutgers.edu
CUNY, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 11210
732-549-5252, 718-951-5317 fax 5100
Pricing-to-markets & exchange rates, convergence of
economies, intertemporal government budget & BOP constraints
University of New Haven, West Haven CT 06516
203-932-7487 fax 931-6076
Trade and income distribution, exchange rate, macro
aspects of mergers and acquisitions
Limburgs
Universitair Centrum, Universitaire Campus B-3590 Diepenbeek Belgium
32-11-268763
fax 268700
International
trade policy
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL 33434
561-297-3229 fax 2542
Technology transfer, intellectual property rights
http://faculty.washington.edu/karyiu/
University
of Washington, Seattle WA 98195
206-685-1859
fax 7477
International
trade, commercial policy, economic growth, Asian growth, Asian crisis
University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611
352-392-0122 fax 7860
International trade and wage inequality, international
technology diffusion, trade and financial liberalization
Feng
Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan
886-4-451-7250
ext. 4429 fax 8737
International
economics, monetary economics
YUSHI
YOSHIDA
yushi@ip.kyusan-u.ac.jp
Kyushu
Sangyo University, Fukuoka 813-8503, Japan
81-92-673-5220
international finance, exchange rate pass-through, foreign direct investment
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/economics/
University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
44-115-951-4289 fax 4159
Intra-industry trade, economic geography, political
economy, trade and the environment