NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC.
Universities Research Conference
Firms and the
Evolving Structure of Global Economic Activity
May 19 and 20, 2006
Andrew Bernard and Marc Melitz, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Ballroom A
PRELIMINARY
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, MAY 19:
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am JENS ARNOLD, BEATA JAVORCIK and
AADITYA MATTOO, The World Bank
The
Productivity Effects of Services Liberalization
Evidence from the Czech Republic
Discussant: BRUCE BLONIGEN,
10:15 am Break
10:30 am REBECCA
HELLLERSTEIN, Federal Reserve Bank of
SOFIA VILLAS-BOAS, UC,
Berkeley
Arm’s Length
Transactions as a Source of Incomplete Cross-Border Transmission:
Discussant: GITA GOPINATH,
11:45 pm Lunch
1:00 pm JOSH EDERINGTON,
PHILLIP MCCALMAN. UC,
Shaking
All Over? International Trade and
Industrial Dynamics
Discussant: ANDRES RODRIGUEZ-CLARE,
2:15 pm Break
2:30 pm PATRICK CONWAY,
Import
Price Pressure on Firm Productivity and Employment:
Discussant: JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of
3:45 pm Break
4:00 pm ALBERT PARK,
DEAN YANG,
XINZHENG SHI,
YUAN JIANG, National
Bureau of
Exporting
and Firm Performance:
Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis
Discussant: ROBERTO RIGOBON, MIT and NBER
5:15 pm Adjourn
6:00 pm Group Dinner
Royal
Sonesta Hotel
SATURDAY, MAY 20:
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am NICK BLOOM,
RAFFAELLA SADUN and
JOHN VAN REENAN,
It
Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do I.T.
Investigating the Productivity Miracle Using Multinationals
Discussant: STEPHEN YEAPLE,
10:15 am Break
10:30 am MARC-ANDREAS
MUENDLER, UC,
SASCHA BECKER,
Margins
of Multinational Labor Substitution
Discussant: STEPHEN REDDING, Princeton University
11:45 am HUIYA
CHEN, UC, Davis
DEBORAH SWENSON, UC, Davis
and NBER
Multinational
Firms and New Chinese Export Transactions
Discussant: JUAN CARLOS HALLAK,
1:00 pm Adjourn
5/11/06