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Bartzokas, Anthony
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Research: World Food Crisis and the Fertilizer Industry
Tufts University, Global Development and Environment Institute, Medford, MA, c/o Dr. Timothy A. Wise
July 2009 - September 2009

Batchaev, Magomet
Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, Analysis and Audit, Karachay-Cherkessia State University, Karachaevsk, Russia
Research: Taxes and Economic Growth in Countries With Market Economies: U.S. Experience and Its Applicability to Russia
Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, International Studies Program, Atlanta, GA, c/o Dr. Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
September 2009 - May 2010

Bissembayev, Alibek
Project Manager, Department of Macroeconomy Analysis, National Analytical Center Under the Government and National Bank of Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan
Research: The Management of Economic Growth in the Oil Countries
University of California--Berkeley, Institute of International Studies, Berkeley, CA, c/o Dr. Bradford Delong
February 2010 - November 2010

Blam, Inna
Research Fellow, Russian Academy of Sciences-Siberian Branch, Novosibirsk, Russia
Research: Environmental Conditions and the Quality of Life
University of California--Berkeley, Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Berkeley, CA, c/o Dr. Jeffrey Pennington
February 2010 - May 2010

Botobaeva, Gulnara
Manager, The Delegation of the European Commission to the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishek, Kyrgyz Republic
Research: Educational and Economic Instruments for the Sustainable Development
Arizona State University, School of Sustainability, Tempe, AZ, c/o Dr. Rimjhim Aggarwal
September 2009 - May 2010

Chelala, Santiago
Editor, Department of Economics, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: The Financial Crisis and Its Impact in Latin America
Columbia University, Institute of Latin American Studies, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Thomas Trebat
September 2009 - December 2009

Cu, Loi
Director, Institute for the Studies of the Americas, Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
Research: U.S. Market and the Expansion of Private Sector in Vietnam
University of California--San Diego, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, International Relations/Pacific Studies, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Edmund J. Malesky
January 2010 - June 2010

Dean, James
Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Research: What Canada and the United States can Learn From Each Other: Welfare-Enhancement via Regulatroy and Policy Reform
American University, Center for North American Studies, Washington, DC, c/o Dr. Anthony Quainton
January 2010 - June 2010

Domadenik, Polona
Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Research: Climate Change and Its Influence on the Predominant Paradigm in Economic Sciences: The Case of Investment in Ecological Capital
University of California--Davis, John Muir Institute of the Environment, Davis, CA, c/o Dr. Deb Niemeier
September 2009 - April 2010

Gerardo Weisz, Vilma
Teacher, School of Education, Ibero-American University, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Research: Schooling Immigrant Dominican Youth: The Efficacy of Newcomer Schools in New York City
Columbia University, Teacher's College, Department of International and Transnational Studies, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Lesley Bartlett
April 2010 - July 2010

Gonzalez Eiras, Martin
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of San Andres, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: Quantitative Analysis of the Intergenerational Risk Sharing Effects of Social Security Reform
Columbia University, Columbia Business School, The Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Veronica Rappoport
October 2009 - January 2010

Habib, Shah Md
Associate Professor, Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research: Responsibilities of Banks in Environmental Protection in the U.S. Economy: Lessons for Bangladesh Banking Sector
Syracuse University, College of Arts and Sciences, South Asia Center, Syracuse, NY, c/o Dr. Susan Wadley
February 2010 - July 2010

Huh, Hyeon Seung
Associate Professor, School of Economics, Yonsei University, Korea
Research: A Structural Econometric Model to Assess the Impact of Foreign and Domestic Shocks on the Korean Economy
University of Washington, Department of Economics, Seattle, WA, c/o Dr. Robert Halvorsen
January 2010 - January 2011

Jiang, Dianchun
Vice Director, Institute of International Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Research: Why U.S. Foreign Direct Investment Into China is So Small: A Synthesized Index Approach
Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Department of Economics, Syracuse, NY, c/o Dr. Mary E. Lovely
September 2009 - June 2010

Kejak, Michal
Associate Professor, Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research: Optimal Tax Policy in Heterogeneous Agents Economies
New York University, College of Arts and Science, Department of Economics, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Gianluca Violante
January 2010 - June 2010

Kim, Bonghan
Professor, Department of International Economics, Kongju National University, Kongju, Korea
Research: The United States External Imbalance
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor, Ross School of Business, Mitsui Life Financial Research Center, Ann Arbor, MI, c/o Dr. E. Han Kim
September 2009 - August 2010

Ku, Yungchang
Associate Technical Specialist, Academic Affairs, Central Police University, Taipei, Taiwan
Research: Criminal Linguistics Profiling via Text Messages Collected From Crime Scenes
University of Arizona, Department of Management Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Tucson, AZ, c/o Ms. Hsinchun Chen
August 2009 - May 2010

Le, Hoi
Deputy Chief Editor and Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Research: The Linkages Between Economic Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Vietnam
Johns Hopkins University--School of Advanced International Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, International Economics, Washington, DC, c/o Prof. James Riedel
January 2010 - May 2010

Leandros, Nikolaos
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece
Research: Changing Newspaper Business Models From Mass Circulation to Digitization
Boston University, Department of Journalism, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Lou Ureneck
October 2009 - February 2010

Lee, Chul In
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Research: Human Capital, Endogenous Time Discount Rate and Economic Growth
Michigan State University, School of Economics, East Lansing, MI, c/o Dr. Gary Solon
June 2009 - February 2010

Li, Anyong
Associate Professor, Social Science Department, School of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Research: Monetary Policy and Asset Price Volatility
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, Finance, Champaign, IL, c/o Prof. Neil Pearson
September 2009 - August 2010

Lingappan, Venkatachalam
Associate Professor, Madras Institute for Development Studies, Chennai, India
Research: Market-Based Instruments for Water Allocation: Experience in the United States and Lessons for India
University of California--Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Berkeley, CA, c/o Dr. Michael Hanemann
August 2009 - April 2010

Matshe, Innocent
Chair, Department of Economics, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Research: Developing a Postgraduate Program in Social Economic Policy and Health
Brandeis University, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Waltham, MA, c/o Prof. Donald Shepard
July 2010 - November 2010

Mazurencu Marinescu, Miruna
Professor, Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Research: Innovative Econometric Model for the Early Sign Insolvency Detection of the Information and Communication Technologies and Research and Development Based Companies
University of Akron, College of Business Administration, Akron, OH, c/o Prof. Raj Aggarwal
September 2009 - February 2010

Mohanty, Pitabas
Professor, Deparment of Finance, School of Business and Human Resources, Xavier Labor Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, India
Research: Motives for Mergers and Acquisitions in India and the United States
New York University, Stern School of Business, Department of Finance, New York, NY, c/o Prof. Aswath Damodaran
September 2009 - April 2010

Mungila Hillemane, Bala
Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Research: INTERNET NEW VENTURES IN THE USA: WINNING VENTURE CAPITAL SUPPORT AND GOING PUBLIC [1995-2006]
University of California--Davis, Department of Human and Community Development, Davis, CA, c/o Prof. Martin Kenney
September 2009 - April 2010

Njong, Aloysius
Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon
Lecturing: Export and Import Strategies
Huston-Tillotson University, School of Business and Technology, Austin, TX, c/o Dr. Steven Edmond
August 2009 - May 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Oruzbaev, Bolotbek
Country Director, Winrock International, Incorporated, Farmer-to-Farmer Program, Independent Scholar/Unaffiliated, Kyrgyz Republic
Research: Adapting Lessons of Successful Agricultural Extension to Kyrgyzstan
Tuskegee University, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tuskegee, AL, c/o Dr. Ntam Baharanyi
September 2009 - June 2010

Padula, Mario
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University CaFoscari of Venice, Venice, Italy
Research: How Individuals are Preparing for Retirement
Stanford University, Department of Economics, Stanford, CA, c/o Prof. Luigi Pistaferri
November 2009 - May 2010

Ruminski, Robert
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management and Economics of Services, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
Research: The Financial Cooperation Between Small Enterprises and Commercial Banks in the United States With Special Emphasis on Bank Relationship in Cash Crunch Situations
Loyola Marymount University, College of Business Administration, Department of Entrepreneurship, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Dr. Fred Kiesner
October 2009 - July 2010

Shen, Yue
Professor, Department of Finance, School of Economics and Finance, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xian, China
Research: A Study of Capital Account Liberalization and Financial Safety: Based on the Experience of the United States
University of California--Santa Cruz, Department of Economics, Santa Cruz, CA, c/o Dr. Michael Hutchison
September 2009 - September 2010

Sohn, Ki Youn
Professor, Department of International Trade, University of Incheon, Incheon, Korea
Research: U.S. Trade Policy-Making System: Korea's Perspective
George Washington University, Law School, International and Comparative Legal Studies Program, Washington, DC, c/o Prof. Susan Karamanian
September 2009 - August 2010

Suetens, Sigrid
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
Research: The (Limited) Rationality of Cooperation Motivated by Self-Interest
Columbia University, Columbia Business School, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Ernesto Reuben
October 2009 - March 2010

Tang, Hao
Associate Professor, School of Politics and Administration, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
Lecturing: Analysis on the Economic Relationship Between China and the World
Randolph-Macon College, International Studies Program, Ashland, VA, c/o Dr. Thomas J. Badey
August 2009 - June 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Tatibekov, Bolat
Head of Department, Ministry of Education and Science, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Research: The Improvement of Migration Policy in the Age of Globalization
Oklahoma State University--Stillwater, Department of Geography, Stillwater, OK, c/o Dr. Reuel Hanks
December 2009 - September 2010

Tleppayev, Arsen
Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Business, Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Research: A General Equilibrium Dynamic Model of the Kazakh Economy
University of Kansas, Economics Department, Lawrence, KS, c/o Dr. Mohamed El-Hodiri
September 2009 - May 2010

Tojerow, Ilan
Teaching Assistant, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Research: Wage Structure Effects of International Trade: Evidence From Firm Panel Data
University of California--Berkeley, Center for Labor Economics, Department of Economics, Berkeley, CA, c/o Dr. David Card
Princeton University, Department of Economics, Princeton, NJ, c/o Dr. Orley C. Ashenfelter
September 2009 - July 2010

Urinbaev, Komiljon
Chief Financial Officer, Finance Department, ABN AMRO, National Bank of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Research: Prospective Role and Input of Islamic Banking Industry in Steering Through Financial Crisis: Comparative Analysis and Practical Implementation in Financial Market of Uzbekistan
University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Finance Department, Philadelphia, PA, c/o Prof. Nihat Bulent Gultekin
September 2009 - August 2010

Vu, Quang
Director of Masters of Business Administration and International Program, Hanoi School of Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Research: Promoting Social Entrepreneurship: Foundations, the U.S. Experience and Recommendations to Vietnam
Seattle University, Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle, WA, c/o Dr. Quan Le
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Fiona E. Murray
September 2009 - August 2010

Wang, Weihan
Associate Professor, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
Research: Strategic Energy Policy Choices for the United States and China: Cooperation and Coordination
Rice University, James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy, Baker Institute, Houston, TX, c/o Dr. Amy Jaffe
September 2009 - May 2010

Zhang, Xu
Assistant Dean, School of Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
Lecturing: Learning and Experiencing Business Education
Benedictine University, College of Business, Lisle, IL, c/o Dean Sandra L. Gill
August 2009 - August 2010
(Scholar-in-Residence Program)

Zhu, Caihua
Associate Professor, School of International Economics, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China
Research: Prospects for China's Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: Theory and Practice
Barnard College, Department of Economics, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Mariana Colacelli
September 2009 - July 2010