Dear Professors,

We have been organising a Webinar Series on Economic Development and the
"open economy". The first webinar will take place on September 12th through
the YSI/INET platform and will be lead by Guido Ianni (UBA-UNSAM/CONICET).
A brief description of all the series following.

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This seminar series focuses on the analysis of Economic Development in the
XXIst century. The notions of distribution, industrial policy and balance
of payments constraints will be profoundly analysed during these four
sessions. As there is much disagreement about what drives economic
development - and at the same time it is a central objective for developing
economies - this question merits deep reflection. Through these seminars
there will be a particular focus on the external constraints that
developing economies face that make economic development challenging.
Although the seminars will deal with small open economies, given that the
balance of payment constraint will be part of the discussion, scholars
working on the Eurozone may also find the discussion on interesting for
their work.

Webina*r 1 (Wednesday 09/12): Valu*e and Distribution in a small open
economy

By Guido Ianni, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Buenos Aires.

Guido will explain what determines income distribution in these economies,
and how the alternative "closures" can lead to different economic
productive structures.

Webina*r 2 (Friday 09/21): Inco*me distribution and the balance of payments
- Some Latin American structuralist contributions

By Ariel Dvoskin and Germán Feldman. Ariel Dvoskin is Professor of
Microeconomics at the National University of Buenos Aires and Germán
Feldman is Professor of Macroeconomics at the National University of San
Martín.

Drawing on Latin American structuralist analysis, Dvoskin and Feldman will
explain not only Value and Distribution, but also their relationship with
the Balance of Payments. In this lecture, notions related to balance of
payments constraints will appear so it could be interesting for those
working on or worried about the Eurozone.

Webinar* 3 (Thursday 09/27)*: Industrial policies and growth in the XXIst
century

By Margarita Olivera, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

This webinar will deal with the role of industrial policies in development
in the current age. Margarita is studying the impact of international
institutions, such as the WTO and free trade agreements, on the
possibilities of economic development.

Webinar* 4 (Wednesday 10/03)*: The role of Central Banks in Economic
Development.

By Matías Vernengo, is full professor of economics at Bucknell University.
He is co-editor of the Review of Keynesian Economics and co-editor in chief
of the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and his blog is
http://nakedkeynesianism.blogspot.com/.

The final webinar will be focus on the relationship between Central banks,
inflation and growth from a historical perspective. Were Central banks
instruments of the state to promote economic development once? When did
everything change? Matías will try to answer some of this questions under
an economic development long-run perspective.


*Timetable:*


*11.00 US East Coast (gmt-4)*

*12.00 ARG/BRA (gmt-3)*

*16.00 UK bst (gmt+1)*

*17.00 ITA cet (gmt+2)*


Questions can be directed to webinar-organiser, Santiago J. Gahn, YSI
Economic Development Working Group [log in to unmask]


Kind regards,

Collin, Ingrid, Jenny & Santiago

Santiago José Gahn
Ph.D. student in Economic Theory and Policy
Università degli Studi di Roma Tre
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