NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2007

 

International Trade and Investment Workshop

 

Donald Davis and Peter Schott, Organizers

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

July 30 to August 2, 2007

 

PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, JULY 30:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:30 am

DENNIS NOVY, University of Warwick

 

Gravity Redux: Measuring International Trade Costs with Panel Data

 

 

 

Discussant:  PETER NEARY, Oxford University

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

JAMES ANDERSON, Boston College and NBER

 

Gravity, Productivity and the Pattern of Production and Trade

 

 

 

Discussant:  CHRISTIAN BRODA, University of Chicago and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

GUY MICHAELS, London School of Economics

 

The Long Term Consequences of Resource Based Specialization

 

 

 

Discussant:  JUAN CARLOS HALLAK, Universidad de San Andrés and NBER

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

BERNARDO BLUM, University of Toronto

 

SEBASTIAN CLARO, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile

 

IGNATIUS HORSTMANN, University of Toronto

 

Why do Firms Export? Dumping Marginal Costs and the Gains from Trade

 

 

 

Discussant:  THOMAS CHANEY, University of Chicago and NBER

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 31:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:30 am

LAURA ALFARO, Harvard University

 

ANDREW CHARLTON, London School of Economics

 

Intra-Industry FDI

 

 

 

Discussant:  MATTHEW SLAUGHTER, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

AMIT KHANDELWAL, Yale University

 

The Long and Short of Quality Ladders

 

 

 

Discussant:  DAVID HUMMELS, Purdue University and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

MARC MUENDLER, UC, San Diego

 

Labor Re-Allocation in Response to Trade Reform

 

 

 

Discussant:  NINA PAVCNIK, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

HALE UTAR, University of Colorado at Boulder

 

Import Competition and Employment Dynamics

 

 

 

Discussant:  JOHN MCLAREN, University of Virginia and NBER

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:30 am

COSTAS ARKOLAKIS, University of Minnesota

 

Market Access Costs and the New Consumers Margin in International Trade

 

 

 

Discussant:  MARC MELITZ, Princeton University and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

NATALIA RAMONDO, University of Texas at Austin

 

Size, Geography and Multinational Production

 

 

 

Discussant:  JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER

 

 

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

HOLGER BREINLICH, University of Essex

 

Trade Liberalization and Industrial Restructuring through Mergers and Acquisitions

 

 

 

Discussant:  STEPHEN YEAPLE, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

PAULA BUSTOS, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 

Multilateral Trade Liberalization, Exports and Technology Upgrading: Evidence on the Impact of Mercosur on Argentinian Firms

 

 

 

Discussant:  ERIC VERHOOGEN, Columbia University

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 pm

Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:30 am

DOUGLAS IRWIN, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

Trade Restrictiveness and Deadweight Losses from U.S. Tariffs, 1859-1961

 

 

 

Discussant:  BRUCE BLONIGEN, University of Oregon and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

GIOVANI PERI, UC, Davis and NBER

 

CHAD SPARBER, Colgate University

 

Comparative Advantages and Gains from Immigration

 

 

 

Discussant:  GORDON HANSON, UC, San Diego and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch and Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/25/07