NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2000
International Trade and Investment
Edward Leamer and James Rauch, Organizers
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
August 7-10, 2000
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, AUGUST 7:
9:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
TRADE, TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTIVITY
9:30 AM JONATHAN EATON and SAMUEL KORTUM, Boston University and NBER
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM SULE OZLER and KAMIL YILMAZ, Koc University
Investment in Imported Machinery for Export Competitiveness
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM WOLFGANG KELLER, University of Texas and NBER
The Geography of the World's Technology Frontier
2:00 PM Break
2:30 PM MARC MELITZ, Harvard University
The Impact of Trade on Intra-Industry Reallocations and Aggregate
Industry Productivity
3:30 PM Adjourn
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8:
9:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
NONTRADITIONAL TRADE BARRIERS
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9:30 AM JOHANNES MOENIUS, Northwestern University
Information Versus Product Adaptation: The Role of Standards in Trade
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8: cont.
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM MICHAEL KNETTER, Dartmouth College and NBER
THOMAS PRUSA, Rutgers University and NBER
Macroeconomics Factors and Anti-Dumping Filings: Evidence for Four Countries
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM CAROLYN EVANS, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The Economic Significance of National Border Effects
2:00 PM Break
2:30 PM NATALIE CHEN, ECARE
The Behavior of Relative Prices in the European Union: A Sectoral Analysis
3:30 PM Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9:
9:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
9:30 AM IGNATIUS HORSTMANN, University of Western Ontario
JAMES MARKUSEN, University of Colorado and NBER
JACK ROBLES, University of Colorado
Multi-Issue Bargaining and Linked Games:
Ricardo Revisited or No Pain No Gain
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM CAGLAR OZDEN, Emory University
Coordination of Competition Policies:
Empirical Evidence from the European Union and the United States
12:00 N Lunch and Adjourn
HECKSCHER-OHLIN I
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1:00 PM ANTONIO ESTEVADEORDAL, Inter-American Development Bank
ALAN TAYLOR, UC, Davis and NBER
Global Factor Trade in Ohlin's Time
2:00 PM Break
2:30 PM PETER SCHOTT, Yale University
3:30 PM Adjourn
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10:
9:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
HECKSCHER-OHLIN II
9:30 AM ANDREW BERNARD, Dartmouth College and NBER
J. BRADFORD JENSEN, Carnegie-Mellon University
PETER SCHOTT, Yale University
Factor Price Insensitivity and the Economies of the U.S.
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM ALEJANDRO CUNAT, IGIER
Can International Trade Equalize Factor Prices?
12:00 N Lunch and Adjourn
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