October 5th 2016 Lindner Commons, 6th Floor Elliott School of International...
Upcoming Events
Frenzel Memorial Lecture on Tax and Trade
2nd annual Frenzel Memorial Lecture Featuring the Honorable Robert B. Zoellick Thursday October 6...
Climate Adaptation
Reflections on COP21 and the Paris Climate Agreement
IIEP Director Prof. Stephen Smith and GW’s Director of Sustainability Dr. Kathleen Merrigan...
Energy Use in Cities: A New Model Simulating Growth and Land Use...
Does a city of 2 million consume less energy than two cities of 1 million? What is...
Development Economics
Gross National Product or Gross National Happiness? Inside...
In 1972, the Fourth Dragon King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, made a revolutionary statement:...
The Value of Democracy: Evidence from Road Building in Kenya
Ethnic favoritism – wherein the allocation of government resources is restricted to the...
Global Governance
Is the EU Drifting Apart?
On February 10, 2016, the IIEP, in conjunction with the Graduate School of Political Management...
The Future of the Internet: A Recap of IGF-USA 2015
The Internet is continually shaped by a numerous and diverse set of policymakers, civil society...
International Finance
Determining the Validity of Institutional Forecasts
Economic forecasting has become increasingly publicized recently. You have probably seen the...
Banking Unconditionally: China’s Investment and Influence...
In Stephen Kaplan’s recently released working paper, “Banking Unconditionally: The...
International Trade
5 Ways the U.S. Can Increase Trust, Responsiveness, and...
Continuing months of back and forth over the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic...
Thoughts on the Senate Finance Committee hearing
Like many trade junkies, I am listening to the Senate Finance Committee hearing. Unfortunately...
U.S.-China
Campaign Promises and Anti-Competitive Jobs Policies
Reposted from Aspenia Online. As the US Presidential election enters its final month, both...
Should the US Retaliate against China’s Currency Manipulation?
By Michael Bush* and Steve Suranovic Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, focused much of...