Session 1: Friday, November 13, 9 am-12:15

• 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.

10:00-11:00

• 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

11:15-12:15

• Exporting and Productivity
  • Andrew B. Bernard, Yale University
  • J. Bradford Jensen, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussant:
• Jon Haveman, Purdue University.

Session 2: Friday, November 13, 1:30 - 6:00pm

1:30 - 2:30

• 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.

2:30 - 3:30

• 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.

3:45 - 4:45

• One Size Fits All? Theory, Evidence and Implications of Cones of Diversification
  • Peter Schott, UCLA

Discussant:
• Peter Debaere, University of Texas - Austin.

5:00 - 6:00

• Product Differentiation, Scale Economies, and Foreign Trade
  • Wolfgang Keller, University of Texas

Discussant:
• David Hummels, University of Chicago.

Session 3: Saturday, November 14, 9 am-12:15

9:00-10:00

• 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.

10:00-11:00

• 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.

11:15-12:15

• 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.

Session 4: Saturday, November 14, 2-5:30pm

2:00-3:00

• Technology and Comparative Advantage
  • Jonathon Eaton, Boston University
  • Samuel Kortum, Boston University

Discussant:
• Andrew Bernard, Yale University.

3:15-4:15

• Is Free Trade Good for the Environment? PDF version (536k)
  • Werner Antweiler, University of British Columbia
  • Brian R. Copeland, University of British Columbia
  • Scott Taylor, University of Wisconsin

Discussant:
• Keith Maskus, University of Colorado, Boulder.

4:30-5:30

• 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

Discussant:
• Raymond Robertson, Syracuse University.

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

9:00-10:00

• Factor Quality and International Specialization
  • James Harrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

10:00-11:00

• Offshore Production and the Home Employees of Japanese Manufacturers (PDF 139k)
  • Keith Head, University of British Columbia
  • John Ries, University of British Columbia

Discussant:
• Simon Evenett, Rutgers University and World Bank.

11:15-12:15

• Sectoral Employment Effects of Trade and Trade-Induced Labor Saving in A Small Economy PDF (83k)
  • Filip Abraham, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  • Ellen Brock, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Discussant:
• William Hutchinson, Miami University of Ohio.

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