Empirical Investigations in
International Trade 1995 - Program

Second Annual Conference on:

Empirical Investigations in International Trade

Purdue University

November 10-11, 1995



Session 1: Friday, 2pm-5:30pm

Chair: Jon Haveman

2:00-3:00

Spatial Comparisons of the Prices of Tradables and Nontradables
BETTINA ATEN, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Discussant: Jerry Thursby, Purdue University.

3:15-4:15

Imputing License Prices: Limitations of a Cost-Based Approach
KALA KRISHNA, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER.
LING HUI TAN, The International Monetary Fund.
Discussant: Usha Nair, Georgia Institute of Technology.

4:30-5:30

Shifts in Relative and Absolute Wages: The Role of Trade, Technology and Factor Endowments
ROBERT E. BALDWIN, University of Wisconsin.
Discussant: Pamela Lowry, Illinois Weslayan University.

Session 2: Saturday, 9am-12:30pm

Continental Breakfast: 8:30 - 9:00.
Chair: Janet Netz

9:00-10:00

echnology, Factor Supplies and International Specialization: Testing the Neoclassical Model
JAMES HARRIGAN, University of Pittsburgh.
Discussant: David Hummels, University of Chicago.

10:15-11:15

Imputing License Prices: Limitations of a Cost-Based Approach
JOHN S. CHIPMAN, University of Minnesota.
Discussant: Robert McDougall, Purdue University.

11:30-12:30

Determinants and Effectiveness of "Aggressively Unilateral" US trade actions
J. DAVID RICHARDSON, Syracuse University.
Discussant: Christopher Dumler, Yale University.
12:45-1:45 Lunch - by invitation. Speaker: Robert Baldwin

Session 3: Saturday, 2:00pm-5:30pm

Chair: Jim Dunleavy

2:00-3:00

Interregional and International Trade: Woody Allen was Right!
DAVID E. WEINSTEIN, Harvard University.
Discussant: Daniel Bernhofen, Clark University.

3:15-4:15

Immigration and Trade Creation: Econometric Evidence from Canada
KEITH HEAD, University of British Columbia.
Discussant: Jon Haveman, Purdue University.

4:30-5:30

On the General Validity of the Gravity Model (Incorrect title)
DAVID HUMMELS, University of Chicago.
JON HAVEMAN, Purdue University.
Discussant: Jeffrey Bergstrand, Notre Dame University.

Session 4: Saturday, 6pm - ....

6pm-8pm Drinks Chez Thursby

8pm Dinner at Heisei - Wonderful japanese cuisine.

Session 5: Sunday, 9am-11:30am

Continental Breakfast: 8:30 - 9:00.
Chair: Jon Haveman

9:00-10:00

Empirical Analysis of Intraindustry Trade: A Vertically Differentiated Approach
JOHN T. DURKIN, JR., Wayne State University.
Discussant: Bill Hutchinson, Miami University of Ohio.

10:15-11:15

International R&D Spillover and Intersectoral Trade Flows: Do They Match?
WOLFGANG KELLER, University of Wisconsin.
Discussant: Marie Thursby, Purdue University.

11:30-12:30

International Process Standards and Trade
RANDALL WIGLE, Wilfrid Laurier University.
Discussant: Janet Netz, Purdue University.

Jon Haveman (jon@haveman.org)