Mission

IPC is devoted to interdisciplinary research and education that advances the learning of Michigan faculty and students and informs policy makers on policy issues arising from an increasingly globalized world.

In particular, the goal of IPC’s work is to demonstrate how in an interdependent world well-designed policies of governments and international institutions can improve the welfare of people, especially those in developing nations.

 

Recent Working Papers

Assessing Ukrainian Banking Performance Before and After the Crisis
Iryna Shkura and Barbara Peitsch, IPC No. 120, 2011

Labor Standards and Human Rights: Implications for International Trade and Investment
Drusilla K. Brown, Alan V. Deardorff, and Robert M. Stern, IPC No. 119, August 19, 2011

My Studies in International Economics
Robert M. Stern, IPC No. 118, July 15, 2011

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Upcoming Events

The Twenty-third BREAD Conference on Development Economics - October 26, 2012 [Details]

The Twenty-third BREAD Conference on Development Economics - October 27, 2012 [Details]

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News

Spring edition of the Ford School's magazine, State & Hill, explores American electoral politics, tsunami recovery in Japan, Marina Whitman's forthcoming memoir, and more – April 26, 2012 [More]

Allan C. Stam to join Ford School faculty, direct International Policy Center – April 10, 2012 [More]

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Multimedia

Leszek Balcerowicz: The Future of Europe [Video]

Robert B. Zoellick: President and CEO of The World Bank Group [Video]

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