NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

International Trade and Investment Program Meeting

Robert Feenstra, Organizer

December 6 - 7, 2002

NBER

30 Alta Road

Stanford, CA

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6:

9:00 AM Continental Breakfast

10:00 AM GORDON HANSON, UC, San Diego and NBER

RAYMOND MATALONI, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

MATTHEW SLAUGHTER, Dartmouth College and NBER

Vertical Specialization in Multinational Firms

11:00 AM Break

11:15 AM DEBORAH SWENSON, UC, Davis and NBER

Overseas Assembly and Country Sourcing Choices

12:15 PM Lunch

1:15 PM LEE G. BRANSTETTER, Columbia University and NBER

RAYMOND FISMAN, Columbia University and NBER

FRITZ FOLEY, University of Michigan

Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Increase International Technology Transfer? Empirical Evidence from U.S. Firm-Level Panel Data

2:15 PM 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

3:15 PM Break

4:30 PM 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

5:30 PM Adjourn

7:00 PM Zibibbo - 430 Kipling St., Palo Alto, CA

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM KEVIN H. O'ROURKE, Trinity College and NBER

JEFFREY WILLIAMSON, Harvard University and NBER

From Malthus to Ohlin: Trade, Growth and Distribution Since 1500

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM BRIAN COPELAND, University of British Columbia

SCOTT TAYLOR, University of Wisconsin and NBER

Trade, Tragedy and the Commons

11:15 AM Break

11:30 PM GILLES DURANTON, London School of Economics

DIEGO PUGA, University of Toronto and NBER

Microfoundations of Urban Agglomeration Economies

12:30 PM Lunch and Adjourn

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