http://business.gwu.edu/news/press/2010-05-26-housing-credit-crunch.html
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SGE invitation: Housing and the Credit Crunch
SGE invitation: BLS 5th annual CE Microdata Users’ Workshop
Registration is now open for the 5th annual CE Microdata Users’ Workshop
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SGE invitation: USAID Economic Growth Officers’ Conference
Registration is now open for the 2010 USAID Economic Growth Officers’ Conference!
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April 29, 2010 Seminar: The Impact of Tax Evasion on the Federal Budget
Panel:
Jack Blum, Tax Justice Network
James Henry, Economist, Tax Justice Network
Martin A. Sullivan, Economist, Tax Analysts
Guest Panelist, Internal Revenue Service (invited)
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EXTENDED Call for Papers — 2010 Conferences
The Society of Government Economists is proud to put forth a call for papers for two upcoming conferences:
- Our own annual conference, to be held November 15-16, 2010 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and
- The annual meeting of the American Economic Association, to be held January 7-9, 2011 in Denver.
The deadline for applying to present a paper or to organize a session is June 14 for the SGE Sessions at the AEA Conference (in Denver in January 2011), and September 15 for the SGE Conference (in Washington, DC in November 2010). All applications require only a 500-word (maximum) abstract and 300-word (maximum) justification statement for each proposed paper.
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4/15 Lunch: Henry Bahn of the USDA
Haiti Food Security: Post Earthquake Update
3/18 Lunch: Steve Redburn of the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform
Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future
Presentation: Slides – Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future (PPT – 363K)
SGE invitation: Brookings event on measuring the service sector
Dear Members of the Society of Government Economists,
I am pleased to announce that we have been invited to attend an event at the Brookings Institution on “Measuring Up in a Changing Economy: A Look at New U.S. Service Sector Data and Why It Matters.” It will be held on Friday, March 12, 2010, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM at the Brookings Institution.
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SGE invitation: Better Living through Economics
Dear Members of the Society of Government Economists,
I am pleased to announce that we have been invited to attend a very special event: a Congressional Briefing on “Better Living through Economics: How Fundamental Economic Research Improves People’s Lives.” It will be held on Monday, March 15, 2010, from 12:00 to 1:30 PM at the Rayburn House Office Building.
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