2008 UC San Diego Economics Roundtable Lecture Series
The
UCSD Economics Roundtable is organized by the UCSD Department of
Economics in coordination with UCSD Extended Studies and Public
Programs. The purpose of the Roundtable is to provide top business
professionals and community leaders in the San Diego region with
the opportunity to share the views and opinions of renowned experts
in the fields of economics, finance, business and public policy.
Members of the Roundtable will share insights with their counterparts
in the business community and with members of the UCSD faculty.
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Schedule of Events
 Wednesday,
February 13, 2008
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM (Continental Breakfast)
UCSD Faculty Club
Gordon Hanson
Director of the Center on Pacific Economics & Professor of Economics
University of California, San Diego
“Why Does Immigration Divide America?”
Gordon Hanson is the Director of the Center on Pacific Economies and Professor of Economics at UCSD,
where he holds faculty positions in the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
and the Department of Economics. Professor Hanson is also a Research Associate at the National
Bureau of Economic Research and co-editor of the Journal of Developmental Economics.
His current research examines the international migration of high skilled labor, the causes of Mexican
migration to the United States, the consequences of immigration on labor-market outcomes for African
Americans, the relationship between business cycles and global outsourcing, and the implications of
China's growth for the export performance of Mexico and other developing countries. His most recent
book is “Why Does Immigration Divide America? Public Finance and Political Opposition to Open
Borders.”
Dr. Hanson obtained his BA in Economics from Occidental College in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Economics
from MIT in 1992.
 Tuesday, April 22, 2008
7:30 - 9:00 AM (Continental Breakfast)
UCSD Faculty Club
Peter Hooper
Managing Director & Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
“Digesting the Credit Crunch”
Peter Hooper oversees a team of economists that analyze and forecast developments in the US economy and
financial markets. Dr. Hooper joined Deutsche Bank Securities in the fall of 1999 as Chief US Economist, and
was appointed Chief Economist in 2006. Dr. Hooper comments frequently on U.S. and global economic and
financial developments in the national news media.
Prior to joining the firm, Dr. Hooper enjoyed a distinguished 26-year career at the Federal Reserve Board in
Washington, D.C. He held numerous positions at the Fed, including as an economist on the Federal Open
Market Committee and as a Deputy Director of the Division of International Finance. In doing so, he
developed an informed view of the Fed’s policy-making process.
Dr. Hooper earned a B.A. in Economics from Princeton University and an MA and Ph.D. in Economics from
the University of Michigan. He has published numerous books, journals articles, and reviews on economics
and policy issues.
 Monday, July 7, 2008
7:30-9:00 AM (Continental Breakfast)
UCSD Faculty Club
Janet Yellen
President, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
“Prospects for the U.S. Economy and Monetary Policy
Implications”
Janet Yellen took office on June 14, 2004 as president and chief executive officer of the Twelfth District
Federal Reserve Bank, at San Francisco.
Dr. Yellen is professor emeritus at UC Berkeley where she was the Eugene E. and the Catherine M.
Trefethen Professor of Business and Professor of Economics and has been a faculty member since 1980.
Dr. Yellen has served as a member of the of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserves System, the
chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, and chair of the Economic Policy Committee of the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. She is a member of the Council of Foreign
Relations, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and she is an associate of the National
Bureau of Economic Research and a member of the board of directors of the Pacific Council on
International Policy.
Dr. Yellen graduated summa cum laude from Brown University, and received her Ph.D. in Economics
from Yale University in 1971.
Dr. Yellen has written on a wide variety of macroeconomic issues, while specializing in the causes,
mechanisms and implications of unemployment.
 Tuesday, October 14, 2008
7:30-9:00 AM (Continental Breakfast)
UCSD Faculty Club
Frank A. Wolak
Professor of Commodity Price Studies, Stanford University
"Balancing California's Energy Needs with its Environmental Goals"
Frank A. Wolak is the Holbrook Working Professor of Commodity Price Studies in the Department of Economics at Stanford University. His current research includes methods for introducing competition into infrastructure industries including telecommunications, electricity, water delivery and postal delivery services --- and on accessing the impacts of these competition policies on consumer and producer welfare. His studies also include research of the U.S. trade policies on anti-dumping and countervailing duty law.
Dr. Wolak is chairman of the Market Surveillance Committee of the California Independent System Operator for the electricity supply industry in California, a visiting scholar at the University of California Energy Institute, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Dr. Wolak received his B.A. from Rice University and his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
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