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Matt Rogers, special adviser to the Department of Energy (DOE), spoke to the SIEPR Policy Forum audience about what the DOE is currently doing and how they evaluate projects.

Presentation Video
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Q&A Video
(13 mins--14mb)

SIEPR director John Shoven shared his views on GDP in a piece with Channel 7's David Louie.

 

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Paul Romer, SIEPR and SCID senior fellow, talks about how his views in Business of Innovation: Reshaping Cities, in this CNBC piece.

 

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(44 mins--48mb)

Upcoming Events

SIEPR events are by invitation only

  • November, 2009
    Boskin and Cogan ImagesMichael Boskin and John Cogan will share their ideas on How California Can Get Its Groove Back: Reflections on the California Tax Reform Commission.


  • November, 2009
    Bob FrankAssociates meeting with Cornell economist and NYTimes writer, Bob Frank.  

  • November 14, 2009
    Leading Matters in New York with John Shoven.

    Beijing Forum SCID/FSI  

  • December, 2009
    Abramovitz Lecture with Joel Mokyr.  

  • January 2010
    Garth Saloner ImageGarth Saloner, Dean, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University



  • January, 2010
    Lawrence Lau Conference.  

  • February 2010
    Mohamed El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO, PIMCO



  • March, 2010
    Jamie Dimon Lawrence Summers Jean-Claude Trichet Image
    SIEPR Economic Summit featuring Jamie Dimon, CEO and Chairman, JP Morgan, Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Jean-Claude Trichet, President, European Central Bank.

  • May, 2010
    IEA/SCID/FSI International Conference.  

  • June, 2010
    India Mirror Conference SCID.  

  • October, 2010
    China Mirror Conference SCID.  

News & Views

Caroline HoxbyNo Child Left Behind: New evidence that charter schools help even kids in other schools. Cites research by Caroline Hoxby, professor of economics and Hoover Institution and SIEPR senior fellow. Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2009

Roger NollSIEPR senior fellow Roger Noll talked about stadiums and how they don't always benefit the merchants in the area.  WNYC, October 28, 2009

Gavin Wright Image2009-10-29 80 Years since 'Black Tuesday'. SIEPR senior fellow Gavin Wright provides an interview on CRIENGLISH.com, October 29, 2009

Ron McKinnon[Opinion] Raise Interest Rates to Increase Lending. By Ronald McKinnon, professor emeritus of economics and SIEPR senior fellow. Financial Times, October 29, 2009

Caroline Hoxby ImageCompetitiveness Reconsidered. Cites a study on college admissions by professor of economics and Hoover and SIEPR senior fellow Caroline Hoxby. Inside Higher Ed, October 27, 2009

Caroline Hoxby Image Letter to the Editor -- Are charter schools the future of Chicago? Cites study on charter schools by Hoxby. Chicago Tribune, October 27, 2009

Bruce OwenBruce Owen runs the Public Policy program at SIEPR and is an expert on telecom issues. Saving Mt. Wilson - and Increasing Spectrum Efficiency.

Caroline Hoxby Image Op/Ed: Obama Seems To Be Delivering On Education Reform. Cites Professor of economics and Hoover and SIEPR senior fellow Caroline Hoxby. San Jose Mercury News, October 24, 2009

John TaylorThe Science of Spending Stimulus Money Wisely. Quotes John Taylor, professor of economics and SIEPR and Hoover Institution senior fellow. Mentions research work of SLAC and quotes Persis Drell, director of SLAC and professor of particle physics and astrophysics. New York Times, October 17, 2009

Caroline HoxbyEditorial-- Charter Success Story. Research of Caroline Hoxby, professor of economics and senior fellow at SIEPR and the Hoover Institution. Chicago Tribune, October 15, 2009

SIEPR Highlights

Policy Brief November 2009Ronald McKinnon is the author for November's SIEPR Policy Brief:
U.S. Exit Strategies and Zero Interest Rates
Open Policy Brief as a PDF

Raffi Mardirosian was born and raised in San Rafael, California. He is a senior majoring in Public Policy and Economics. Raffi is learning Arabic, and studied in Doha and Dubai on a Stanford Overseas Seminar entitled "Project Finance, Urban Development, and Construction in the Middle East." He attended Stanford in Washington last spring and worked in financial intelligence at the U.S. Treasury.    More

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Charles I. Plosser, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's president and CEO, William Poole, retired president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in 2008, and moderator Thomas R. Keene, editor-at-large for Bloomberg News spoke to SIEPR Associates in October.

Plosser Video
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Poole Video
(22 mins--23mb)

Q&A Video
(75 mins--79mb)

 Fed's Plosser: Moral Hazard Genie is Out of Bottle. Cites Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser's speech at Stanford, sponsored by SIEPR. Reuters, 10/20/09

Plosser also cited in: Fed's Yellen: No tightening in next several months. Reuters, 10/21/09

Fed Should Hold Only Treasuries Among Securities, Plosser Says. Bloomberg, 10/21/09