Kresge Library > Events at OU > 2007 Gorlin Lecture

Oakland University's School of Business Administration presents "The Economics and Politics of Globalization" Matthew J. Slaughter President's Council of Economic Advisers and Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

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Please join Oakland University in welcoming Professor Matthew J. Slaughter to campus on Thursday, March 29 at 3:00 pm in 242 Elliott Hall (campus map). Professor Slughter will present the lecture "The Economics and Politics of Globalization." People with disabilities who need special accommodations to attend this program should contact Professor Addington Coppin, Chair, Department of Economics, Oakland University, at (248) 370-3541 or coppin@oakland.edu.

About the Speaker
Matthew J. Slaughter has served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers since 2005. He is currently on leave from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College , where he is an Associate Professor of Business Administration. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Economics, and a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations. In recent years he has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Board and the International Monetary Fund, and a Consultant at the World Bank and the U.S. Department of Labor. Slaughter holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA in economics from the University of Notre Dame.

Dr. Slaughter is a renowned expert in the field of international economics. His work has been supported by grants from organizations that include the National Science Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation. He has published numerous scholarly articles in prestigious academic journals such as the American Economic Review , The Economic Journal , The Review of Economics and Statistics , the American Journal of Political Science , and the European Economic Review . He recently coauthored the book Globalization and the Perceptions of American Workers with Kenneth Scheve. He has given many talks and presentations to both academic and non-academic audiences, and his work has been widely featured in the business media.

About the Gorlin Lecture
Alice Conner Gorlin was an esteemed Professor of Economics at Oakland University from 1972 until her death in 1987. She gained international recognition as a scholar of the Soviet economy. Her dedication to the role of human beings as citizens of the world led Gorlin's friends to establish this memorial lecture series to promote understanding of international issues and events.

 

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Consult Professor Slaughter's web page at Dartmouth College for more information. In addition, follow the links below to access some of Professor Slaughter's journal articles that are owned by Kresge Library.

Recent online articles by Professor Slaughter (available only to OU students, faculty and staff)

Hanson, Gordon H., Kenneth Scheve, and Matthew J. Slaughter. "Public Finance and Individual Preferences over Globalization Strategies." Economics & Politics ,9.1 (March 2007), 1-33.

Hanson, Gordon H., Raymond J. Mataloni, Jr., and Matthew J. Slaughter. "Vertical Production Networks in Multinational Firms." The Review of Economics and Statistics, 87.4 (November 2005), 664-678.

Budd, John W., Jozef Konings, and Matthew J. Slaughter. " Wages and International Rent Sharing in Multinational Firms." The Review of Economics and Statistics, 87.1 (2005), 73-84.

Scheve, Kenneth F. and Matthew J. Slaughter. "Economic Insecurity and the Globalization of Production." American Journal of Political Science, 48. 4 (2004), 662-674.

Budd, John W. and Matthew J. Slaughter. "Are Profits Shared Across Borders? Evidence on International Rent Sharing." Journal of Labor Economics, 22.3 (2004), 525-552.

Gandal, Neil A., Gordon H. Hanson, and Matthew J. Slaughter. "Technology, Trade, and Adjustment to Immigration in Israel." European Economic Review, 48.2 (April 2004), 403-428.