NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

International Trade and Investment Program Meeting

Robert Feenstra, Organizer

December 3 - 4, 2004

NBER

30 Alta Road

Stanford, CA

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:15 AM POL ANTRAS, Harvard University and NBER

LUIS GARICANO, University of Chicago

ESTEBAN ROSSI-HANSBERG, Stanford University

Outsourcing in a Knowledge Economy

10:15 AM Break

10:45 AM VOLKER NOCKE, University of Pennsylvania

STEPHEN YEAPLE, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

An Assignment Theory of Foreign Direct Investment

11:45 AM Lunch

1:00 PM CHIARA CRISCUOLO, University College London

JONATHAN HASKEL, University of London

MATTHEW SLAUGHTER, Dartmouth College and NBER

Why Are Some Firms More Innovative?

Knowledge Inputs, Knowledge Flows, and the Role of Global Engagement

2:00 PM Break

2:15 PM DEBORAH SWENSON, UC, Davis and NBER

The Effects of Competition and Market Characteristics on the Pricing of

Production Sharing Imports

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM BRUCE BLONIGEN, University of Oregon and NBER

RONALD DAVIES, HELEN NAUGHTON and GLEN WADDELL, University of Oregon

FDI in Space: Spatial Autoregressive Relationships in Foreign Direct Investment

4:30 PM Adjourn

6:30 PM Dinner at Zibibbo Restaurant

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4:

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM JAMES RAUCH, UC, San Diego and NBER

VITOR TRINDADE, Syracuse University

Neckties in the Tropics: A Model of International Trade and Cultural Diversity

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM TATIANA TCHESNOKOVA, Pennsylvania State University

KALA KRISHNA, Pennsylvania State University and NBER

Skill Acquisition, Credit Constraints, and Trade

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM JAMES ANDERSON, Boston College and NBER

J. PETER NEARY, University College Dublin

Welfare versus Market Access: The Implications of Tariff Structure for Tariff Reform

12:30 PM Lunch and Adjourn

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