NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

International Trade and Organizations Working Group Meeting

May 3, 2003

Gordon Hanson, Organizer

Royal Sonesta Hotel

University A

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2003:

9:00 AM Continental Breakfast

9:30 AM PATRICK LEGROS, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

ANDREW NEWMAN, University College London

Managerial Firms, Vertical Integration, and Competition Policy

10:45 AM Break

11:15 AM POL ANTRÀS, MIT and NBER

Incomplete Contracts and the Product Cycle

12:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM TAHIR ANDRABI, Pomona College

MAITREESH GHATAK, London School of Economics

ASIM IJAZ KHWAJA, Harvard University

Subcontractors for Tractors:

Theory and Evidence on Flexible Specialization, Supplier Selection, and Contracting

2:45 PM Break

3:15 PM DALIA MARIN, University of Munich

THIERRY VERDIER, DELTA, Paris

Globalization and the Empowerment of Talent

4:30 PM Adjourn

6:00 PM Dinner

Evoo

118 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA

4/28/03