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

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.
  
  

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

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.
  • John Ries, University of British Columbia.
  
  
  Discussant:
  • Janet Netz, Purdue University.
  
  

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

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.
  • Michael Freudenberg, 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.
  • Zahid Hafeez, Clark University.
  
  
  Discussant:
  • Michael Freudenberg, CEPII.
  
  

  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.
  
  

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

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?"
  • Peter Schott, UCLA.
  
  
  Discussant:
  • Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan.
  
  

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

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.
  
  

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