NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
International
Trade and Organizations Working Group Meeting
April
1, 2006
Gordon
Hanson, Organizer
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge,
Massachusetts
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, MARCH 31:
6:30 pm Group Dinner joint with ITI group
Royal Sonesta Hotel -
University Room
SATURDAY, APRIL 1:
8:15 am Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta
Hotel for 1050 Massachusetts Avenue
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am ROBERT FEENSTRA, UC, Davis and NBER
BARBARA SPENCER, University of British Columbia and NBER
Contractual versus
Generic Outsourcing: The Role of Proximity
10:15 am Break
10:45 am DALIA MARIN, University of Munich
THIERRY VERDIER, Centre for Economic Policy Research
Corporate
Hierarchies and International Trade: Theory and Evidence
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm VOLKER NOCKE, University of Pennsylvania
STEPHEN YEAPLE, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Endogenizing Firm
Scope: Trade Liberalization and the Size Distribution of Multiproduct Firms
2:15 pm Adjourn
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