Past events
The ill-fated currency board proposal for Indonesia
In February 1998 Indonesia toyed briefly with the idea of introducing a currency board system as a means of extricating itself from the Asian financial crisis. In this seminar Dr Ross McLeod argues that the widely opposed proposal might have been beneficial to the country.
Labour force and retirement dynamics of married couples: evidence from Australia
In this seminar Manoj K Pandey will discuss new evidence on labour force and retirement dynamics of married couples in Australia.
Repositioning in the global apparel value chain in the post-MFA era: the case of Sri Lanka
Many trade modellers predicted that, large low cost countries and countries in proximity to major markets would crowd out performance of other developing countries. The reality in world apparel trade after the termination of Multi-fiber Arrangement (MFA) is different: a number of ‘predicted loser’ perform well, contrasted to ‘predicted gainers’. Professor Athukorala explains why, using the case of Sri Lanka.
Constrained to study in good universities? The impact of household income on the access to quality higher education in Korea
In this seminar Eunsup Jang investigates the impact of household income on students’ access to quality higher education in Korea.
Rethinking the emissions-income relationship in terms of growth rates
Professor David Stern and his co-authors investigate the relationship between emissions and income in terms of long-run growth rates. They find that the environmental Kuznets effect, convergence, and time effects are important determinants of emissions growth.
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.
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