Digital Commons @ IWU

March 29, 2013

UCD, Illinois Wesleyan University — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:34:58 PDT

April 24, 2013

UCD, Illinois Wesleyan University — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:33:36 PDT

February 13, 2013

UCD, Illinois Wesleyan University — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:25:28 PDT

October 26, 2012

UCD, Illinois Wesleyan University — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:48:53 PDT

Demographic Changes and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from Asia

Sijia Song — Tue, 14 May 2013 07:00:27 PDT

Asia has witnessed robust economic growth since the 1960s and the so-called “East Asian economic miracle”. Even till today when the world’s largest economies are suffering from debt and banking crises, emerging markets in Asia have managed to maintain rapid growth. In the meantime, significant demographic changes are taking place in Asian countries. Using an economic growth model, this article further examines the effects of demographic changes on economic growth in thirteen Asian countries during the period from 1965 to 2009. The results indicate negative effects of growth in the total population and the young population on economic growth while showing positive effects of growth in the working-age population and the working-age population ratio. These findings confirm that rapid economic growth in Asia can be attributed to the favorable demographic changes that took place there.

Biological Prospectors, Pirates, Pioneers, and Punks in the Andes Mountains: An examination of scientific practice in the Andean Community of Nations

Sarah Takushi — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:56:44 PDT

This paper compares and contrasts two models for conducting science: that of the patent-driven intellectual property rights regime, and that of the popular-interest driven civilian science regime. To frame this comparison in less abstract terms, the paper presents maca (Lepidium meyenii) as a case study of the struggles of different interest groups to patent scientific innovation or keep it in the public domain. I find that for reasons of finance, human resources, and infrastructure, Peru and the other member-states of the Andean Community of Nations are pulled towards a patent-driven intellectual property rights regime. However for reasons of avoiding regional competition, maintaining national sovereignty, and fostering national pride these nations might seek to further develop civilian science programs. Ultimately I conclude that neither model, as practiced in the Global North, is appropriate for the Andean Community of Nations. Rather a hybrid of these two scientific regimes is required to address the specific issues of scientific innovation in a biologically megadiverse developing nation.

President's Welcome

Richard F. Wilson — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:31:34 PDT

Closing Remarks

Richard F. Wilson — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:31:32 PDT

Trustee Greetings

George Vinyard — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:40:11 PDT

Commencement Address

Juan Salgado — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:40:11 PDT

Remarks of Class President

Theodore Delicath — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:40:10 PDT

Faculty Reflections

Meghan Burke — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:35:07 PDT

Inflation Targeting and Growth: The Role of the Tradable Sector

Luis Monroy Gómez Franco — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:41:48 PDT

This paper provides an analytical explanation to the empirical association between monetary policy conducted according to the inflation targeting (IT) framework and the appreciation of the exchange rate, relating it to the literature on the effects of the exchange rate on growth. A two sector small open economy model is developed in which the behavior of the non tradable inflation and the nominal exchange rate are analyzed. The results indicate that the response to inflation variance under the IT regime causes the appreciation trend. Since this trend is not reversed immediately, increasing returns in the tradable sector affect capital accumulation.

April 25, 2013

Assessment Committee, Illinois Wesleyan University — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:11:58 PDT