Carroll Round

10th Annual Carroll Round 4 Participants of the Carroll Round Converse Ariell Zimran, Chair '10, Chatting with Dr. Lant Pritchett Dr. Philip Levy Answers Participant Questions Amanda Delp, Chair '11, and Dean Mitch Kaneda Critique a Presentation Daniel Lim, 9th Steering Committee, Reflects on a Fellow Participant's Presentation Rebecca Heide, Chair '09, Inaugurates the Conference over Lunch Dr. Robert Merton, Nobel Laureate, Presents to the Carroll Round Nobel Prize Winner Joseph Stiglitz addressed the 10th Carroll Round Amanda Delp, Chair '11, and Nancy Lee observe a presentation. Attendees discuss following a participant presentation. Dimiti Avramov presents his paper at the Tenth Carroll Round Participants gather in Dahlgren Quad during the 10th Annual Carroll Round Conference Gustavo Camilo presents his paper at the 10th Carroll Round Participants socialize at the 10th Carroll Round Dinner
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Welcome to the Carroll Round!

About the Carroll Round

The Carroll Round, an annual international economics conference at Georgetown University, provides a unique forum for research and discussion among the world’s top undergraduates. The goal of the Carroll Round is to foster the exchange of ideas among the leading undergraduate international economics and political economy students by encouraging and supporting the pursuit of scholarly innovation in the field...

From the Chair

 Welcome,

Thank you for taking an interest in the Carroll Round. Now in its twelfth year, the Carroll Round has served the very unique and important mission of providing a forum for global undergraduate economic research. The Carroll Round Steering Committee and I are honored to take part in such a meaningful endeavor and look forward to furthering the mission of the Carroll Round each year.

 

Carroll Round Profiles

Dr. John Brian Taylor

2013 Keynote Speaker

Dr. John B. Taylor is the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution. He is Director of the Stanford Introductory Economics Center. He formerly served as director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, where he is now a senior fellow.

Carroll Round Research

Can Credit Default Swaps Predict Financial Crises?

Hekuran Neziri

Quiet and humble in person, Hekuran Neziri delivered a timely message with the presentation of his paper, entitled “Can Credit Default Swaps Predict Financial Crises?”

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