JIMFconference

2nd Annual PhD Conference at UCSC

May 29, 2009
Economics Department Conference Room #499, UC Santa Cruz

Organized by: Phil McCalman (PhD Program Director and SCCIE Co-director)

Sponsored by:
The UCSC Economics Department, The Santa Cruz Center for International Economics, and
The UC Presidential Chair

 


 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Agenda (PDF)
Friday, May 29, 2009 UCSC Economics Department Conference Room #499

Session I Chair: Carl Walsh

8:00-8:30am Breakfast

8:30-9:10am Nan Geng
Trade Liberalization, Market Efficiency and Productivity Growth: A Smooth Transition Approach on Indian Firms'
Discussant: Aaron Meininger

9:10-9:50am Conglin Xu
The Behavior of External Finance Premium: Rational Expectation vs. Adaptive Learning
Discussant: Sanchita Mukherjee

9:50-10:30am Cesar Carrera
Estimating the Degree of Information Stickiness
Discussant: Qian Zhao

10:30-11:00am Coffee Break

Session II Chair: Yin-Wong Cheung

11:00-11:40am Jia-Yuh Chen
What Carries the Carry Trade?
Discussant: Kun Li

11:40-12:20pm Unay Tamgac
The Duration of Exchange Rate Regimes: How does time matter?
Discussant: Rajeswari Sengupta

12:20-1:00pm Maxim Belenkiy
The Extensive Margin in Industry Trade: Estimation, Significance and Implications
Discussant: Bob Baden

1:00pm Lunch