Productivity Performance and International Competitiveness: A New Test of an Old Theory

Ehsan U. Choudri, Carleton University

Lawrence L. Schembri, Carleton University

Discussant:

John Ries, University of British Columbia.

Estimating the Knowledge-Capital Model of the Multinational Enterprise (PDF 312k)

David L. Carr, University of Colorado

James Markusen, University of Colorado

Keith Maskus, University of Colorado

Discussant:

Peter Schott, UCLA.

Exporting and Productivity

Andrew B. Bernard, Yale University

J. Bradford Jensen, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:

Jon Haveman, Purdue University.

Trade Barriers and the Volatility of Comparative Advantage (PDF 94k)

Johannes Moenius, University of California, San Diego

David Riker, University of California, San Diego

Discussant:

Lawrence L. Schembri, Carleton University.

Patterns in US RCA Indexes Across Time and Sector and Trading Partner, Chaos or Coherence?

J. David Richardson, Syracuse University

Chi Zhang, Stanford

Discussant:

Aileen Thompson, Carleton University.

One Size Fits All? Theory, Evidence and Implications of Cones of Diversification

Peter Schott, UCLA

Discussant:

Peter Debaere, University of Texas - Austin.

Product Differentiation, Scale Economies, and Foreign Trade

Wolfgang Keller, University of Texas

Discussant:

David Hummels, University of Chicago.

Relative Wages and Relative Prices: Can the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem Explain Relative Wage Movements? Evidence from Mexico

Raymond Robertson, Syracuse University

Discussant:

Matthew Slaughter, Dartmouth College.

Does Border Enforcement Protect U.S. Workers from Illegal Immigration?

Gordon H. Hanson, University of Michigan

Raymond Robertson, Syracuse University

Antonio Spilembergo, IMF

Discussant:

James Harrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Trade Disputes and the Implementation of Protection Under the GATT: An Empirical Assessment PDF (391k)

Chad P. Bown, University of Wisconsin

Discussant:

Marie Thursby, Purdue University.

Technology and Comparative Advantage

Jonathon Eaton, Boston University

Samuel Kortum, Boston University

Discussant:

Andrew Bernard, Yale University.

Is Free Trade Good for the Environment? PDF version (536k)

Werner Antweiler, University of British Columbia.

Brian R. Copeland, University of British Columbia

Brian R. Copeland, University of British Columbia.

Discussant:

Keith Maskus, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Factor-Price Insensitivity to Immigration and the Rybczynski Theorem: Evidence from Israel and U.S. States

Neil Gandal, Tel Aviv University

Gordon H. Hanson, University of Michigan

Matthew Slaughter, Dartmouth College