8th Annual Conference
November 9-11, 2001
Purdue University
Krannert Building, Room G-20
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Session 1: Friday, November 9, 8:30am-12:15
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast
Chair: Marie Thursby
9:00-10:00
NAFTA's Impact on North American TradeDiscussant: Russell Hillberry, Purdue University and US International Trade Commission
10:00-11:00
Tariff and FDI Liberalization: What to Expect from China's Entry to WTOSebastian Claro, UCLADiscussant: William Hutchinson, Vanderbilt University
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15
Exit Versus Upgrade? Product-Level U.S. Export Response to Poor Country Competition, 1989-1999Discussant: Peter DeBaere, University of Texas
Lunch
Session 2: Friday, November 9, 2:00-5:30pm
Chair: David Hummels
2:00-3:00
Campaign Contributions and Trade Policy: New Tests of Stolper-SamuelsonEugene Beaulieu, The University of Calgary
Christopher Magee, Bucknell UniversityDiscussant: Peter Schott, Yale University
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:15
Searching for the (Dark) Forces Behind ProtectionHadi Salehi Esfahani, The University of IllinoisDiscussant: Ravi Yatawara, University of Delaware
4:30-5:30
The Endogenous Choice of Tariffs and SubsidiesJosh Ederington, The University of Miami
Jenny Minier, The University of MiamiDiscussant: Marie Thursby, Purdue University
Session 3: Saturday, November 10, 8:30am-12:15
Chair: Jon Haveman
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00
"Trade frictions and welfare in the gravity model: How much of the iceberg melts?"Russell Hillberry, Purdue University and US International Trade Commission
Ed Balistreri, U.S. International Trade CommissionDiscussant: John Romalis, University of Chicago
10:00-11:00
International Diffusion and Intellectual Property Rights: An Empirical AnalysisDiscussant: Christine McDaniel, U.S. International Trade Commission
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15
>Pollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment: Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?Beata Smarzynska, The World Bank
Shang-Jin Wei, Brookings Institution, Harvard University Center for International Development and the NBERDiscussant: Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College
Lunch – By Invitation Only 12:30-2:00
Speaker: James Harrigan, New York Federal Reserve Bank
“What Have We Learned from Ten Years of Empirical Trade”
Session 4: Saturday, November 10, 2:15-5:30pm
Chair: Russell Hillberry
2:15-3:15
Trade and Turnover: Theory and EvidenceDiscussant: James Harrigan, New York Federal Reserve Bank
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30
Learning from Multinationals: Foreign Direct Investment and Technology TransferDiscussant: Jon Haveman, Public Policy Institute of California
04:30-05:30
Does Globalization Increase Child Labor? Evidence from VietnamDiscussant: Susan Zhu, Michigan State University
7:00 p.m. – Dinner at Heisei Japanese Restaurant
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Session 5: Sunday, November 11, 8:30am-12:15
Chair: Jerry Thursby
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00
Gains from trade in a neoclassical economy: the case of Japan, Part IIDan Bernhofen, Clark University
John Brown, Clark UniversityDiscussant: James Dunlevy, Miami University of Ohio
10:00-11:00
Picking Winners During Transition: Teasing Out The Effects of FDI on Czech FirmsSimon Evenett, The World Bank
Alex Voicu, IGA, BerlinDiscussant: Stephen Redding, London School of Economics
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:15
Does Trade Theory Explain a Country's Terms TradePeter DeBaere, University of Texas at Austin
Hongshik Lee, University of Texas at AustinDiscussant: David Hummels, Purdue University
Adjourn
Participants:
Ed Balistreni, U.S. Int’l Trade Commission
Eugene Beaulieu, The University of Calgary
Dan Bernhofen, Clark University
Garrick Blalock, Berkeley
John Brown, Clark University
Sebastian Claro, UCLA
Joze Damijan, University of Ljubljana
Carl Davidson, Michigan State University
Peter DeBaere, University of Texas at Austin
James Dunlevy, University of Miami of Ohio
Josh Ederington, University of Miami
Hadi Salehi Esfahani, University of Illinois
Simon Evenett, The World Bank
James Harrigan, New York Federal Reserve Bank
Jon Haveman, Public Policy Institute of California
Russell Hillberry, Purdue University
David Hummels, Purdue University
William Hutchinson, Vanderbilt University
Crt Kostevc, University of Ljubljana
Hongshik Lee, University of Texas at Austin
Christopher Magee, Bucknell University
Steve Matusz, Michigan State University
Philip McCalman, University of
California SC
Christine McDaniel, U.S. Int’l Trade Commission
Jenny Minier, University of Miami
Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College
Stephen Redding, London School of Economics
J. David Richardson, Syracuse University
John Romalis, The University of Chicago
Peter Schott, Yale University
Beata Smarzynska, The World Bank
Marie Thursby, Purdue University
Yatawara Ravi, University of Delaware
Susan Zhu, Michigan State University
Address correspondence to:
Keith Maskus
Department of Economics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0256
Phone: (303) 492-7588
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