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Kyle Bagwell, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1986, is the Donald L. Lucas Endowed Professor in Economics at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Stanford Center for International Development, a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Reporter for the American Law Institute in its study of Principles of Trade Law: The World Trade Organization, and a Fellow of the Econometric Society. His research interests include the law and economics of GATT/WTO, the theory of industrial organization, and game theory. His research has been published in numerous professional journals, including The American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, and The Review of Economic Studies. He is the author, with Robert W. Staiger, of a book entitled The Economics of the World Trading System (The MIT Press, 2002). Campus address: 30 Hillhouse Avenue, Room 33 Phone: (203) 432-6568 Email: kyle.bagwell@yale.edu |
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Mostafa Beshkar, PhD, Vanderbilt University, 2008, is an Assistant Professor of Economics at University of New Hampshire. He received his B.S. from Amir Kabir University and his MS from Sharif University in Tehran. His research interests include International Trade and Law and Economics. His current research is focused on the study of optimal design and implementation of international trade agreements and institutions. In particular he studies the Dispute Settlement Process of the World Trade Organization and the system of remedies for breach of trade agreements. Campus address: 115 Prospect Street, Room 439 Phone: (203) 436-5256 Email: mostafa.beshkar@yale.edu |
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Nuno Limão, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, received his BSc from the London School of Economics and his PhD from Columbia University. He joined the Maryland faculty in 2001. His primary research and teaching interests are in international trade, trade policy, and political economy. His research integrates theoretical and empirical work to examine a variety of issues, such as how governments choose among redistribution policies, the determinants of trade policy and trade agreements, the interaction between preferential and multilateral trade liberalization, and the effects of trade costs and geographic location. Some recent publications include "Optimal Tariffs and Market Power: The Evidence" American Economic Review, 2008 (w/ C. Broda and D. Weinstein); "A Bargaining Theory of Inefficient Redistribution Policies," International Economic Review, 2008 (w/ A. Drazen); "Are Preferential Trade Agreements with Non-trade Objectives a Stumbling Block for Multilateral Liberalization?" Review of Economic Studies, 2007; "Inequality and Endogenous Trade Policy Outcomes" Journal of International Economics, 2007 (w/ A. Panagariya); "Political Contribution Caps and Lobby Formation: Theory and Evidence" Journal of Public Economics, 2007 (with A. Drazen and T. Strattman)"; "Preferential Trade Agreements as Stumbling Blocks for Multilateral Trade Liberalization: Evidence for the U.S." American Economic Review, 2006; Trade Policy, Cross-border Externalities and Lobbies: Do Linked Agreements Enforce More Cooperative Outcomes?" Journal of International Economics, 2005. Professor Limão is also a research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Campus address: 115 Prospect Street, Room 442 Phone: (203) 436-5265 Email: nuno.limao@yale.edu |
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Arnd Plagge, Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2008, is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Leitner Program. His research interests include the interplay of war and the economy, informational approaches to war and peace, and the regulation of private equity firms and hedge funds. He is the author of a book entitled "Public Policy for Venture Capital: A Comparison of the United States and Germany" (Deutscher Universitätsverlag, 2006). Campus address: 115 Prospect Street, Room 436 Phone: (203) 436-5253 Email: arnd.plagge@yale.edu |
