Empirical Investigations in
International Trade 1997 - Program

Third Annual Conference on:

Empirical Investigations in International Trade

Purdue University

October 31 - Nov. 2, 1997



Session 1: Friday, October 31, 9 am-12:15

108 Krannert Center
Chair: Jon Haveman, Purdue University

9:00-10:00

Regionalism and Permanent Diversion
Caroline Freund, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Discussant:
Usha Nair, Georgia Institute of Technology.

10:00-11:00

Economic Geography and Regional Production Structure: An Empirical Investigation
David Weinstein, University of Michigan and NBER.
Donald Davis, Harvard University and NBER.
Discussant:
James Harrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

11:15-12:15

The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and Labour Market Adjustment in Canada
Eugene Beaulieu, University of Calgary.
Discussant:
Raymond Robertson, Syracuse University.

Lunch

Session 2: Friday, Nov 15, 2pm-5:30pm

108 Krannert Center
Chair: Pamela Lowry, Illinois Wesleyan University

2:00-3:00

Subcontracting from Foreign Partners as a Source of Technology Transfer: Evidence from Czech Firms
Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan.
Simeon Djankov, World Bank and University of Michigan.
Discussant:
Jon Haveman, Council of Economic Advisors and Purdue University.

3:15-4:15

Trade and Environment: Bargaining Outcomes from Linked Negotiations
Randall Wigle, Wilfrid Laurier University.
Lisandro Abrego, University of Warwick.
Carlo Perroni, University of Warwick.
John Whalley, Universities of Warwick and Western Ontario.
Discussant:
Thomas Hertel, Purdue University.

4:30-5:30

Overseas Investment and Firm Exports
Keith Head, University of British Columbia.
David E. Weinstein, Harvard University.
Discussant:
Janet Netz, Purdue University.

Adjourn

Session 3: Saturday, Nov 1, 9 am-12:15

108 Krannert Center
Chair: J. David Richardson, Syracuse University

9:00-10:00

Intra-Industry Trade and the Single Market: An Empirical Assessment Based on Trade Types
Lionel Fontagne, University of Paris I and CEPII.
Nicolas Peridy, University of Nantes.
Discussant:
Simon Evenett, Rutgers University.

10:00-11:00

Oligopolistic Competition and Intra-Industry Trade: Evidence form the OECD
Daniel Bernhofen, Clark University.
Discussant:

11:15-12:15

The Role of Distance in International Trade
David Hummels, University of Chicago.
Discussant:
James Harrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Lunch

12:30-2:00

Speaker: Brad Jensen, Carnegie Mellon University

Session 4: Saturday, Nov 1, 2pm-5:30pm

108 Krannert Center
Chair: William Hutchinson, Miami of Ohio University

2:00-3:00

Firm-level Evidence on Productivity Differentials, Turnover, and Exports in Taiwanese Manufacturing
Bee Yan Aw Roberts,The Pennsylvania State University.
Mark Roberts, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER.
Discussant:
J. David Richardson, Syracuse University and IIE.

3:15-4:15

Goods Variety and Growth in South Korea and Taiwan
Dorsati Madani, World Bank.
Robert Feenstra, Too many to list.
Chi-Yuan Liang, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica.
Discussant:
Simon Evenett, Rutgers University.

4:30-5:30

Education, Development and Trade: Should All Countries Educate?
Gordon Hanson, University of Texas - Austin.
Discussant:
Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan

Adjourn

Session 5: Sunday, Nov 2, 9am-12:15

108 Krannert Center
Chair: Simon Evenett, Rutgers University

9:00-10:00

Exceptional Exporter Performance: Cause, Effect, or Both?
Brad Jensen, Carnegie Mellon University.
Andrew Bernard, Yale University.
Discussant:
Bee Yan Aw Roberts, The Pennsylvania State University.

10:00-11:00

In Search of Substitution Between Foreign Production and Exports
Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon.
Discussant:
William Hutchinson, Miami University of Ohio.

11:15-12:15

Global Markets and Wage Disparities in North and South America
Peter Robertson, University of New South Wales.
Richard Harris, Simon Fraser University.
Discussant:
Randall Wigle, Wilfrid Laurier University.

Jon Haveman (jon@haveman.org)