NATIONAL BUREAU OF
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Pre-Conference on |
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Robert Feenstra and
Shang-Jin Wei, Organizers |
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October 14, 2006 |
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NBER |
2nd Floor Conference
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PROGRAM |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13: |
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7:00
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Group
Dinner |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel Skyline Room |
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Speaker: JOHN TAYLOR, Stanford University and NBER |
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Exchange Rate Diplomacy: The Case of China and the World Economy |
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14: |
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8:15
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Shuttle
van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER |
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8:30
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Continental
Breakfast |
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9:00
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Welcome
and Introduction to the Project |
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9:15
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ROBERT
FEENSTRA, UC, Davis and NBER |
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CHANG
HONG, IMF |
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The Spread of Export
Sophistication across China: |
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The
Role of Processing Trade, Multinational Firms, and Government Policies |
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ZHI
WANG, ITC |
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SHANG-JIN
WEI, IMF and NBER |
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MARY
AMITI, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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CAROLINE
FREUND, IMF |
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JAMES
HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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HAIYAN
DENG, The Conference Board |
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10:35
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Coffee
Break |
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11:00
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Effects of Chinas
Growth on Exports of other Asian Countries and Latin America |
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GORDON
HANSON, UC, |
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RAYMOND
ROBERTSON, |
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Facts and Fallacies about U.S. FDI in
China |
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(with
apologies to Rob Feenstra) |
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LEE
BRANSTETTER, |
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C.
FRITZ FOLEY, |
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Export-Platform FDI in
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BRUCE
BLONIGEN, |
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ALYSON
MA, |
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Chinas Outward
FDI: Patterns and Underlying
Determinants |
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LEONARD
CHENG, |
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ZIHUI
MA, |
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12:20
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Lunch |
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1:30
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Inflation,
Deflation, and the Measurement of Japanese Prices |
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DAVID
WEINSTEIN, |
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CHRISTIAN
BRODA, |
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Chinas WTO Entry: Antidumping,
Safeguards, and Dispute Settlement |
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Chinas Experience
Under the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA) and the Agreement on Textile and
Clothing (ATC) |
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PETER
SCHOTT and IRENE BRAMBILLA, |
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AMIT
KHANDELWAL, Yale University |
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2:30
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Coffee
Break |
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2:45
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The Evolution of
Agricultural Distortions in |
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JIKUN
HUANG, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy |
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WILL
MARTIN, World Bank |
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SCOTT
ROZELLE, UC, Davis |
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Is Fragmented Trade
Good for Chinas Environment? |
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JUDITH
DEAN, ITC |
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MARY
LOVELY, |
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Chinas Current
Account and Exchange Rate |
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YIN-WONG
CHEUNG, UC, Santa Cruz |
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MENZIE
CHINN, |
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EIJI
FUJII, University of Tsukuba |
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3:45
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Closing
Remarks |
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4:00
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Adjourn |
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Format:
20 minutes per paper, including discussion
10/10/06