INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Robert Feenstra, Organizer

December 7 - 8, 2001

NBER

Palo Alto, CA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:15 AM DONALD DAVIS, Columbia University and NBER

DAVID WEINSTEIN, Columbia University and NBER

Bones Bombs and Break Points: The Geography of Economic Activity

10:15 AM Break

10:45 AM CAROLYN EVANS, Federal Research Bank of New York

JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Research Bank of New York and NBER

Distance, Time and Specialization

11:45 PM Lunch

1:00 PM JAMES RAUCH, UC, San Diego and NBER

JOEL WATSON, UC, San Diego

Entrepreneurship in International Trade

2:00 PM Break

2:15 PM BRUCE BLONIGEN, University of Oregon and NBER

JEE-HYEONG PARK, Wayne State University

Dynamic Pricing in the Presence of Anti-Dumping Policy:

Theory and Evidence

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM ERIC EDMONDS, Dartmouth College

NINA PAVCNIK, Dartmouth College and NBER

Does Globalization Increase Child Labor?

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4:30 PM Adjourn

6:30 PM Dinner - Zibibbo

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM JONATHAN EATON, Boston University and NBER

SAM KORTUM, Boston University and NBER

FRANCIS KRAMARZ, CREST-INSEE and CEPR

An Anatomy of International Trade:

Evidence from French Firms

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM TOM PRUSA, Rutgers University and NBER

Survival of the Largest:

Examining and Duration of U.S. Import Suppliers

11:15 AM Break

11:30 PM PETER DEBAERE, University of Texas at Austin

Does International Trade Theory Explain a Country's Terms of Trade?

12:30 PM Lunch and Adjourn

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