Spring 2008 meeting

From: Robert Feenstra <rcfeenstra_at_ucdavis.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:24:18 -0800

Dear ITI group:
 
Listed below is the agenda for the spring meeting in Cambridge, March 28-29, 2008. You will be receiving an invitation from the NBER before long.
 
Sincerely,
Rob
 

Spring 2008 NBER Meeting, International Trade and Investment

 

Friday, March 28, 2008

 

1. Offshoring and Outsourcing

 

Nathan Nunn, Harvard University, Daniel Trefler, University of Toronto

 

The Boundaries of the Multinational Firm: An Empirical Analysis

 

Ann Harrison, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, Margaret McMillan, Tufts University and NBER

 

Offshoring Jobs? Multinationals and U.S. Manufacturing Employment

 

2. Productivity and Trade

 

Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis and NBER, Marshall B. Reinsdorf, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Matthew J. Slaughter, Dartmouth University and NBER

 

Effects of Terms of Trade Gains and Tariff Changes on the Measurement of U.S. Productivity Growth

 

Susana Iranzo, Universitat Rovira Virgili, Giovanni Peri, University of California, Davis and NBER

 

Migration and Trade in a World of Technological Differences: Theory with an Application to East-West European Integration

 

Ram C. Acharya, Industry Canada, Wolfgang Keller, University of Colorado, Boulder and NBER

 

Technology Transfer Through Imports

Saturday, March 29, 2008

 

3. Political Economy

 

Gerard Padró i Miquel, London School of Economics and NBER, Pol Antràs, Harvard University and NBER

 

A Theory of Foreign Influence

 

Susumu Imai, Queens University, Hajime Katayama, University of Sydney, Kala Krishna, Pennsylvania State University and NBER

 

A Quantile-based Test of the Protection for Sale Model

 

Adjourn with Lunch
Received on Mon Feb 11 2008 - 15:24:18 EST