Past events
Poverty-food security nexus: evidences from a survey of urban slum dwellers in Kolkata
Dr Chandana Maitra discusses the relationship between poverty and food security in Kolkata.
A tale of two SICs: industrial development in Japan and the United States in the late nineteenth century
Dr John Tang examines whether Japan adopted new technologies faster than the United states did. He finds that new sectors did not appear relatively sooner in Japan, but they grew to economic significance faster.
China's rural-urban age structure, sectoral employment, and economic growth
Dr Jane Golley will discuss the rising proportion of workers in China’s population and the shift of rural workers from agriculture to industry and services. She argues that the benefits of such dynamics might have been overstated.
Japan's macroeconomic challenge: how to reconcile expansionary policies with fiscal sustainability
Professor Max Corden will discuss his recent work with Professor Sisira Jayasuria, on Japan’s macroeconomic challenge, namely ‘fiscal sustainability problem’. They offer a solution to reconcile the possible need for continued Keynesian policies with the sustainability problem.
Foreign direct investment and the survival of domestic private firms in Vietnam
In this seminar, Ari Kokko will discuss his paper on foreign direct investment (FDI) and the survival of domestic private firms in Vietnam. Ari Kokko is a visiting fellow in the Arndt-Corden Department of Economics.
Navigating the Indonesian economy at the end of easy money
Indonesia’s Finance Minister His Excellency Dr Muhamad Chatib Basri delivers public lecture on Indonesian economy.
Top income shares and economic growth
In this seminar, Ariun-Erdene argues that the relationship between inequality and economic growth is not constant, but may vary for different growth experiences.
Food price spikes, price insulation, and poverty
In this seminar, Professor Kym Anderson will talk about trade and world food prices.
Valuation effects, risk sharing, and consumption smoothing
Recent models of portfolio choice suggest that valuation effects (changes in net external assets of a country arising from movements in exchange rates or asset returns) play an important role in international risk sharing by facilitating external adjustment. In this seminar, Marcel Schroder will examine these theories for 77 countries over 1980-2010.
International effects of China's rise and transition: neoclassical and keynesian perspectives
Professor Rod Tyers will talk about opinion over the global implications of China’s rise.
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