主题：The volatility of consumption and output with increasing industralization 主讲人：赵炎 博士 主持人：经济与工商管理学院副院长 杨澄宇教授 时间：2011年2月28号下午2点--3点 地点：北师大后主楼1722 Abstract Consumption is more volatile than output in developing countries while it is less volatile than output in developed economies. This paper investigates whether this difference is caused by the relatively large home sector in developing economies. The main conclusions are the following. Firstly, the driving force for this difference is technology: the less advanced the market sector, the more volatile will be market consumption. Secondly, underdeveloped international financial markets also lead to greater volatility in consumption, although the effect is quantitatively limited. Thirdly, the effect of preferences on the volatility of market consumption is ambiguous. Introduction of the presenter Yan is a Ph.D candidate in Economics at Concordia University, Canada.He got his BA inLanzhou University and MBA in Otaru University of Commerce (Japan). During his studies, he has been awarded numerous fellowships and scholarships. He has been teaching various courses including Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Econometrics since 2007. Yan’s research field is open economy macroeconomics and international finance. He presented his papers in several conferences and universities, including Canadian Economic Association, Concordia University, McGill University, University of Montreal and University of Rochester. |
