Transcending borders for policy research and innovation
Overview
The International Policy Center (IPC) was established
at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy in the fall
of 2005. IPC is devoted to interdisciplinary research
and education that advances the learning of Michigan
faculty and students and informs policy makers on
policy issues arising from an increasingly globalized
world. In particular, the goal of IPC’s work is to
demonstrate how in an interdependent world welldesigned policies of governments and international
institutions can improve the welfare of people,
especially those in developing nations.
Faculty Associates and Advisory Board
IPC is supported by 36 faculty associates who examine a variety of policy issues including: regulation and
operation of financial and labor markets, migration and remittances to underdeveloped countries, constraints on
entrepreneurship and firm performance, the nature of and approaches to terrorism, and outcomes of international
trade negotiations. Our faculty associates are:
Robert Axelrod, Public Policy and Political Science
Deborah Burand, Law
Anusha Chari, Economics, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill
John Ciorciari, Public Policy
Alan Deardorff, Public Policy and Economics
Kathryn Dominguez, Public Policy and Economics
Scott Greer, Public Health
Juan Carlos Hallak, Economics, Universidad
de San Andres
Sioban Harlow, Public Health
John Jackson, Political Science
Vikramaditya Khanna, Law
E. Han Kim, Business Administration
Margaret Kruk, Public Health
David Lam, Economics and Population Studies Center
James Levinsohn, Public Policy and Economics
Melvyn Levitsky, Public Policy
Ann Lin, Public Policy and Political Science
Sharon Maccini, Public Policy
Albert Park, Economics, Oxford University
Shobita Parthasarathy, Public Policy
Paolo Pasquariello, Business Administration
Phil Potter, Public Policy and Political Science
Jagadeesh Sivadasan, Business Administration
Rachel Snow, Public Health and Population
Studies Center
Howard Stein, Public Health and Afro-American
and African Studies
Robert Stern, Public Policy and Economics
Jan Svejnar, Public Policy, Business Administration,
and Economics
Katherine Terrell, Public Policy and Business
Administration
Linda Tesar, Economics
Rebecca Thornton, Economics
Susan Waltz, Public Policy
Marina Whitman, Public Policy and Business
Administration
Dean Yang, Public Policy and Economics
Kathy Yuan, Finance, University of Michigan
and London School of Economics
Jing Zhang, Economics
Minyuan Zhao, Multinational Strategy
IPC has an Advisory Board comprised of:
William Adams, Economics
Robert Axelrod, Public Policy and Political Science
Alan Deardorff, Public Policy and Economics
John Jackson, Political Science
James Levinsohn, Public Policy and Economics
Kenneth Lieberthal, Brookings Institution
and formerly Political Science
Mark Tessler, Political Science
Marina Whitman, Public Policy and Business
Administration
Research
The main theme of IPC’s research is how nations
grapple with globalization. In this context, IPC
researchers are engaged in three large, multi-phase
research programs dealing with the Global Financial
System and Capital Flows, Globalization and Firm
Performance, and Labor Issues in Developing and
Transition Economies. The first program examines the
capital market reforms and the resultant patterns of
capital flows. The second examines policies toward
foreign investment and trade, and assesses the effects
of foreign investment on the productivity of domestic
firms. The third focuses on policies that improve
the functioning of labor markets in transition and
developing economies.
Publications
The findings of the individual and team research projects
carried out by IPC faculty associates and external
collaborators result in two types of IPC sponsored
publications that are circulated among academics and
policy makers around the world. The Working Papers
Series is an electronic database that disseminates
work-in-progress that reflects the broad range of IPC’s
research activities. All of the Working Papers may be
found at http://ipc.umich.edu/workingpapers.php. In
addition, IPC issues Policy Briefs on a variety of topics
related to globalization. All of the Briefs may be found
at http://ipc.umich.edu/policybriefs.php.
Markets in Developing and Transition Economies:
Emerging Policy and Analytical Issues,” “Firms in the
Global Economy,” and “Female Entrepreneurship:
Constraints and Opportunities.” In 2008, IPC launched
the Global Policy Perspectives Symposia (GPPS)
series that brings together distinguished visitors and
Michigan faculty for a two-hour discussion of current
issues in international policy. Two student associations
(see more on IPSA and EMC under Student Activities)
co-sponsor the symposia and furnish student chairs
and moderators for the events.
Visitors and Fellows
IPC hosts academic visitors and fellows who reside
at IPC for periods ranging from one week to an entire
academic year. In addition to conducting IPC-related
research and/or delivering lectures, the visitors
interact with faculty and students throughout their
time in Ann Arbor.
Events
IPC sponsors lectures, seminar series, symposia and
conferences. Through the distinguished lecture
series, IPC has hosted Kemal Dervis (United
Nations Development Program Administrator),
Danny Leipziger (Senior Vice President of the World
Bank), Jean Lemierre (President of the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development), Paul
Krugman (Princeton University professor and The
New York Times op-ed columnist), and Senator Chuck
Hagel. IPC also administers the weekly Economic
Development and Transition Seminar (EDTS)
co-sponsored with the Economics Department and
the Business Economics and Public Policy Group. EDTS
serves as a forum to discuss the work of academics
at the University and around the world. IPC’s annual
international conferences have dealt with “Labor
Student Activities
IPC provides funding for a number of student
internships and the International Economic
Development Program (IEDP) of the International
Policy Student Association (IPSA) every academic
year. In addition, the Integrated Policy Exercise (IPE),
a requirement of all Ford School master’s students is
coordinated by one of the IPC faculty associates every
other year. IPC also collaborates with the Emerging
Markets Club and the Asian Business Association of
the Ross School of Business, and the International Law
Society of the University of Michigan Law School.
Contact Us
International Policy Center
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, Suite 3310
735 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
USA
Phone: + 1 734 647 3429
Fax: + 1 734 615 9673
Email: ipc-info@umich.edu
www.ipc.umich.edu
Director
Jan Svejnar
Everett E. Berg Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Economics and Professor of Public Policy
University of Michigan
Program Administrator/Project Coordinator
Zana Kwaiser
Regents of the University of Michigan
Julia Donovan Darlow, Ann Arbor
Laurence B. Deitch, Bingham Farms
Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms
Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich
Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor
Andrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe Park
S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms
Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor
Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio
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