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August 2008

I will be a Visiting Scholar again at the International Monetary Fund (Washington, DC) in late
    July to mid August (will also give Two to Tangle at the Inter-American Development Bank)
 

July 2008

Escalation goes to the Alps (with M Gassebner) for the 17th Silvaplana Workshop in
        Political Economy (NB: Silvaplana is within walking distance from St. Moritz)

I was born in a little village by the sea and I will be giving FDI and Structural Reforms
    (with Y Kinoshita) there in early July (courtesy of CIBS2)

Growth, Volatility and Political Instability in Argentina (with M Karanasos) is published in
    Economics Letters
 

June 2008

Reversals (with F Coricellli) presented at the 15th World Congress of the International Economic
    Association (Istanbul) -- IMHO a really neat invited session with Branko and Elias
 

May 2008

Paintings and Numbers (with R Leite) featured in VOX

From Riches to Rags (with M Karanasos and B Tan) presented at CEPR conference on Finance
    and Growth (Barcelona)

Lobbying, Corruption and Other Banes (with F Giovannoni) presented at the Ausschuss für
    Entwicklungsländer (Zurich), oh yep, THE Ausschuss für Entwicklungsländer

Two to Tangle (with M Karanasos and B Tan) presented at 2nd EMG Conference (Cass, London)
 

April 2008

Paintings and Numbers (with R Leite) now forthcoming in Oxford Economic Papers
 

March 2008

FDI and Structural Reforms (with Y Kinoshita) featured in VOX

Whither Corruption? (with A Saleh) presented at the CSAE Conference (Oxford) and at the
      Royal Economic Society Meetings (Warwick)
 

February 2008

Two to Tangle (with M Karanasos and B Tan) presented at Centre for Financial and Management
    Studies, London

FDI and Structural Reforms (with Y Kinoshita) presented at the Conference On the Causes and
      Consequences of Structural Reforms (Washington, D.C.)
 

January 2008

Growth, Volatility and Political Instability in Argentina (with M Karanasos) presented at ETH Zurich

FDI and Structural Reforms (with Y Kinoshita) presented at the AEA Meetings (New Orleans)
 

New Year Resolutions for 2008

To update my web page at least once a month (not once a year!), less mints and more surfing.