M E M O R A N D U M

TO:       International Trade and Investment Program Member and Invitees
 
FROM:     Lita Kimble 

DATE:     January 23, 2001

RE:       Program Meeting, March 16-17, 2001 

     Enclosed please find the preliminary agenda for the Spring International Trade and Investment
Program Meeting, which is being organized by James Harrigan. 
The meeting is scheduled for March 16-17 at the Bureau's Cambridge offices, 1050 Massachusetts
Avenue, (617) 868-3900. All of the papers on the agenda are critical literature reviews of an area of
empirical international trade, to be published in The Handbook of International Trade, forthcoming from
Basil Blackwell and edited by James Harrigan.

     Everyone is invited to the group dinner to be held on the evening of March 16 at a location to
be arranged in Cambridge, at 6:30 PM.
  
     Out of town participants will be housed, as requested, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel.  The NBER
will cover the cost of your room and tax for up to TWO NIGHTS  depending on your point of origin. 
If you wish to stay additional nights the rate is $159.00 per night, single or double occupancy, plus
12.45% tax.  The NBER will also cover travel expenses in accordance with the enclosed travel
regulations.  Please read these regulations carefully because there are limitations to what the Bureau
can reimburse. 

     Travel expense reports will be made available at the conference.  Please return the completed
and signed form along with your original receipts to the Conference Department.

     Please fill out the enclosed reply form and return it in the envelope provided at your earliest
convenience.  You may fax your reply to us at 617/864-1825.  In order to guarantee space at the hotel
we need to receive your reply by FEBRUARY 15, 2001.

     AUTHORS PLEASE NOTE:  A copy of your paper must be in the NBER Conference Department
by MARCH 2 in order to be included in the mailing to all conference participants. You can e-mail your
paper to the Conference Department at confer@nber.org.  Please use WordPerfect/PDF or MS Word.

     If you have any questions, or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me
or Carl Beck, at 617/868-3900 phone, 617/864-1825 fax, or e-mail to confer@nber.org.

I look forward to seeing you in March.