National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER: Dec. 1-2 meeting

Subject: Dec. 1-2 meeting
From: Robert Feenstra (rcfeenstra@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 09 2000 - 15:55:02 EDT


Dear ITI group:

Listed below is the agenda for the December 1-2 meeting in Palo Alto,
which will begin on Friday morning and conclude at Saturday lunch.
Authors should plan to send their papers directly to the Bureau well before
the meeting, as usual. Details on travel will be forthcoming in a mailing
from the Bureau.

Agenda for December 1-2, 2000 ITI meeting

December 1

James Anderson, Boston College and NBER
Eric van Wincoop, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
“Gravity with Gravitas: A Resolution of the Border Puzzle”

Peter Debaere, University of Texas
“Testing ‘New’ Trade Theory without Testing for Gravity: Re-interpreting
the Evidence”

Lunch

Donald Davis, Columbia University and NBER
David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
“A New Approach to Bilateral Trade Patterns and Balances”

Eckhard Janeba, University of Colorado, Boulder, and NBER
“Global Corporations and Local Politics: A Theory of Voter Backlash”

Theo Eicher, University of Washington, Seattle
Thomas Osang, Southern Methodist University
“Politics and Trade Policy: An Empirical Investigation”

Dinner for conference participants

December 2

James Levinsohn, University of Michigan and NBER
Wendy Petropoulos, University of Michigan
“A Tale of Two Industries: The U.S. Textile and Apparel Industries since 1972”

Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis and NBER
Gordon H. Hanson, University of Michigan and NBER
“Intermediaries in Entrepôt Trade: Hong Kong Re-Exports of Chinese Goods”

Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon and NBER
Ron Davies, University of Oregon
“The Effect of Bilateral Tax Treaties on US FDI Activity”

Adjourn with Lunch