2018 Yearbook - Universidad ORT Uruguay

152 2018 Yearbook Dr. Lorenzo Caliendo (United States) Professor of Economics at Yale University. He delivered the lecture “Effects of the Trade War,” August 16. Dr. Arturo Porzecanski (United States) Professor of International and Latin American Economics at American University. He delivered the lecture “Argentina: Lessons for Today from the 2002–2016 Default,” November 22. Dr. Andrew Atkeson (United States) Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He delivered the lecture “Declining firm entry rates and aggregate productivity growth: what is the connection?” at the Workshop on Trade and Firm Dynamics/Growth and Development in Macroeconomics organized by The Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE) at the School of Management and Social Sciences, December 12–14. CONFERENCES AND ACADEMIC VISITS 2018 Dr. Arturo Porzecanski Dr. Andrew Atkeson