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A new book edited by IPC Director Jan Svejnar
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	The Distributive Impact of Reforms in Credit Enforcement: Evidence from Indian Debt Recovery Tribunals Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal, Dilip Mookherjee, and Sujata Visaria IPC No. 85 April 18, 2009

	Cross-Border Target Selection and Investor Protection Disparity Yao Lu IPC No. 84 April, 2009

	Prospect Theory and Market Liquidity Paolo Pasquariello IPC No. 83 April, 2009

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Welcome to the International Policy Center at University of Michigan. The Center is devoted to interdisciplinary research that advances the learning of Michigan faculty and students, as well as informs policy makers on issues arising from our increasingly globalized world. IPC researchers examine policy matters relating to trade, financial and labor markets, and corporate performance.

IPC News		Upcoming Events
Current Visiting Professors Giuseppe De Arcangelis Giuseppe De Arcangelis is a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Ford School on leave from "Sapienza" University of Rome where he is a Professor of Economics. He consults as a senior economist with the Italian Trade Commission and with Italian NGO Prometeia Read more Insan Tunali Insan Tunali is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Economics Department and a Visiting Scholar at the Ford School. His regular appointment is at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey, where he teaches courses on Econometrics, Labor Economics and Statistics. Read more Sujata Visaria Sujata Visaria is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Ford School. Her research concentration is on understanding institutional constraints to development. Read more		Female Entrepreneurship: Constraints and Opportunities A Joint Conference between the IPC and The Gender and Development unit in PREM, World Bank World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC June 2-3 The EDTS Seminar Series Will Resume Next Fall Semester Check back then for speakers and have a wonderful summer


IPC Director Jan Svejnar draws upon his own past to share his current views on the global economy with UM's LSA Magazine See Professor Svejnar discuss the global economic crisis with Europe-based University of Michigan alumni in Paris earlier this year IPC Faculty Participate in CES-EUC's Conversations on Europe Giuseppe De Arcangelis and Alan Deardorff: "The Impact of the Current Financial Crisis on European (Dis)Integration and on Europe's Economies" Listen to an audio file Jan Svejnar in a lecture cosponsored by the IPC: "Europe's Political and Economic Challenges" Listen to the lecture Download the presentation		Thanks to all of those who made our Global Policy Perspectives Symposia a success this year. Poster of the series Powerpoint slides from our final symposium on terrorism are available: Melvyn Levitsky's slides Robert Axelrod's slides