National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER: Winter meeting, Dec. 6-7

Subject: Winter meeting, Dec. 6-7
From: Robert Feenstra (rcfeenstra@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 08 2002 - 16:45:16 EDT


Dear ITI group:

Listed below is the agenda for the Dec. 6-7 meeting in Palo Alto.
Please note that authors will have to re-send their papers to the
conference department prior to the meeting.

Authors and all other participants can expect to hear from the
conference department before too long.

                 Sincerely, Rob Feenstra

NBER International Trade and Investment
December 6-7, 2002

Friday, December 6
Morning:

Gordon Hanson, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Raymond Mataloni, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Matthew Slaughter, Dartmouth College and NBER
"Vertical Specialization in Multinational Firms"

Deborah Swenson, University of California, Davis and NBER
"Overseas Assembly and Country Sourcing Choices"

Afternoon:
Lee G. Branstetter, Columbia University and NBER
Raymond Fisman, Columbia University and NBER
Fritz Foley University of Michigan
"Will Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International
Technology Transfer?
Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Panel Data"

Mihir Desai, Harvard Business School and NBER
Fritz Foley, University of Michigan
James Hines, University of Michigan and NBER
"International Joint Ventures and the Boundaries of the Firm"

Zadia Feliciano, Queens College and NBER
Robert Lipsey, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY and NBER
"Foreign Entry into U.S. Manufacturing by Takeovers and the Creation of New
Firms"

Dinner on Friday evening

Saturday, December 7
Morning:
Kevin H. O'Rourke, Trinity College and NBER
Jeffrey Williamson, Harvard University and NBER
"From Malthus to Ohlin: Trade, Growth and Distribution Since 1500"

Brian Copeland, University of British Columbia
Scott Taylor, University of Wisconsin and NBER
  "Trade, Tragedy and the Commons"

Gilles Duranton, London School of Economics
Diego Puga, University of Toronto and NBER
  "Microfoundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies"

Adjourn with Lunch

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