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Fourth 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.
John Ries, University of British Columbia.

Discussant:

Janet Netz, Purdue University.

[Adjourn]

Session 3: Saturday, November 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.
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.

[Lunch]

[12:30-2:00: Speaker: Brad Jensen, Carnegie Mellon University]

Session 4: Saturday, November 1, 2 pm-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?"

Peter Schott, UCLA.

Discussant:

Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan.

[Adjourn]

Session 5: Sunday, November 2, 9 am-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.

[Adjourn]

Participants:

Bee Yan Aw Roberts, The Pennsylvania State University.
Eugene Beaulieu, University of Calgary.
Daniel Bernhofen, Clark University.
Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon.
Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan.
Simon Evenett, Rutgers University.
Michael Freudenberg, CEPII.
Caroline Freund, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
James Harrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Jon Haveman, Council of Economic Advisors and Purdue University.
Keith Head, University of British Columbia.
Thomas Hertel, Purdue University.
David Hummels, University of Chicago.
William Hutchinson, Miami University of Ohio.
Brad Jensen, Carnegie Mellon University.
Dorsati Madani, World Bank.
Usha Nair, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Janet Netz, Purdue University.
J. David Richardson, Syracuse University and IIE.
Peter Robertson, University of New South Wales.
Raymond Robertson, Syracuse University.
Peter Schott, UCLA.
Marie Thursby, Purdue University.
David Weinstein, University of Michigan and NBER.
Randall Wigle, Wilfrid Laurier University.

Address correspondence to: Jon Haveman
426 Krannert Building
Department of Economics
Krannert School of Management
Purdue University
W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1310

Phone: (765) 494-6156
Fax: (765) 494-9658

* Sponsored by the Purdue Center for International Business Education and Research and the Krannert School of Management.

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