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2002
EVENTS ARCHIVE
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Development
of Biotech |
December
12 |
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Hendrik
A. Verfaille spoke on the development of biotechnology.
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Ramifications
of Elections |
November
12 |
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Steven
Smith, Director of the Weidenbaum Center, spoke and
addressed the issues surrounding the ramifications of
elections.
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Finding
Common Ground in Trade Policy |
October
23 |
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A
Weidenbaum Center Forum program was held in Washington,
DC. The overall goal of the conference was to encourage
nonpartisan thinking about important trade issues. The
first panel addressed U.S. concerns about overseas working
conditions while the second focused on sharing the gains
of globalization worldwide.
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Home
Rule for the City of St. Louis |
October
22 |
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A
St. Louis Series forum on Home Rule for the City of
St. Louis, an issue that was decided in the election
on November 5. The two-panel program gave the political
and legal history of the city and provided a opportunity
for a pro and con debate on the subject.
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International
Law and the International Criminal Court |
October
9 |
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Leila
Nadya Sadat, Professor of Law at Washington University,
discussed
international law and the international criminal court.
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Ideal
Point Estimation Conference |
September
20-22 |
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One
of the most important data analytic tools scholars have
used to study decision making in legislatures and courts
is ideal point models. These models use information
about roll call votes, or votes on the merits, to simultaneously
estimate the preferred policy position (or ideology)
of each actor and the substantive content of each bill
or case. In September 2002, the Weidenbaum Center hosted
a conference that brought together researchers at the
forefront of ideal point estimation. Keith Poole of
the University of Houston delivered the keynote address
on "The Past and Future of Ideal Point Estimation."
The remainder of the conference consisted of research
presentations of current work.
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Corporate
Governance Laws |
September
19 |
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Joel
Seligman, Dean of Washington University's School of
Law, spoke and addressed questions on new federal laws
and rules on corporate governance.
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A
Case for Protecting Steel |
May
16 |
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Curtis
H. Barnette, Chairman Emeritus of Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
laid out a case supporting President Bush's recent implemetation
of increased tariffs on steel imports. He also addressed
the European Union's threat of retalitory tariffs on
American products.
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State-Space
Models, Regime Switching, and Identification |
May
10-11 |
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The
Weidenbaum Center and the Research Department of the
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis co-sponsored a workshop
for leading researchers in applied time series analysis,
with James Hamilton as the invited lecturer. Topics
of presentations included recent changes in monetary
policy implementation, the interaction between monetary
policy and financial markets, and the dynamics of business
cycle recoveries. For more information, contact James
Morley or Jeremy
Piger.
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2002
Annual Dinner |
May
7 |
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The
Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public
Policy held it's Annual Dinner at the Charles F. Knight
Executive Education Center at Washinton University in
St. Louis. The keynote address, entitled "How United
is America?" was delivered by William Schneider,
Senior Political Correspondent for CNN.
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Practical
Path for Congress |
April
30 |
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Former
Congressman Jim Talent, a candidate for the U.S. Senate,
spoke at a breakfast program about his ideas for practical
improvements in the ways government encourages entrepreneurship,
as well as the need to re-capitalize American defense
and infrastructure.
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F.
Hodge O'Neal Corporate and Securities Law Symposium |
February
22-23 |
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A
Weidenbaum Center Forum program on corporate and securities
regulation was held at the Washington University School
of Law. The program featured current and former government
officials, industry leaders, and prominent scholars.
The keynote speech was given by David Becker, General
Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Economic
Responses to Terrorism |
January
9 |
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Murray
Weidenbaum, Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor
at Washington University, spoke at a breakfast program
about the role of a strong U.S. economy in an extended
campaign against terrorism.
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