NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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CRIW Conference on International Service Flows |
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Marshall Reinsdorf and Matthew Slaughter, Organizers |
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April 28-29, 2006 |
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Hyatt Regency Bethesda |
One Bethesda Metro Center |
Bethesda, MD |
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PROGRAM |
FRIDAY, APRIL 28: |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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Session 1: |
Improving Our Measures
of Trade in Services |
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9:00 am |
MARIA BORGA, U.S. Bureau of
Economic Analysis |
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Discussant: EDWARD LEAMER, UC,
Los Angeles and NBER |
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9:45 am |
KELLEY KHATCHADOURIAN and |
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ALICE WIESNER, U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics |
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International Price
Programs (IPPs) Services Price Indexes |
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Discussant: KIM ZIESCHANG, International
Monetary Fund |
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10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 am |
ROBERT LIPSEY, Queens
College and NBER |
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Discussant: DAVID
RICHARDSON, Syracuse University and NBER |
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11:30 am |
PIERRE SICSIC, Bank of
France |
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Are there More and More Missing Imports
of Services in the French Balance of Payments? |
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Discussant: RALPH KOZLOW,
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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Session 2: |
Emerging Patterns of
Trade in Services: Drivers and Implications |
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1:00 pm |
GABRIEL MEDEIROS, ERICH
STRASSNER, and |
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ROBERT YUSKAVAGE, U.S.
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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Outsourcing and Imported
Services in BEAs Industry Accounts |
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Discussant: J. BRADFORD
JENSEN, IIE |
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1:45 pm |
HARRY GRUBERT, U.S.
Treasury Department |
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JACK MUTTI, Grinnell
College |
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New Developments in the Effect
of Taxes on Royalties and the Migration of Intangible Assets Abroad |
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Discussant: MIHIR DESAI,
Harvard University and NBER |
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2:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
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2:45 pm |
XAVIER REIF and DESIREE VAN
WELSUM, OECD |
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We Can Work It Out: The
Globalization of ICT-Enabled Services |
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Discussant: LORI KLETZER,
UC, Berkeley |
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3:30 pm |
CAROL CORRADO, PAUL
LENGERMANN, and |
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LARRY SLIFMAN, Federal
Reserve Board |
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The Contribution of MNCs
to U.S. Productivity Growth, 1977-2000 |
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Discussant: RAYMOND
MATALONI, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis SLIDES |
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4:15 pm |
MARY AMITI, IMF |
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SHANG-JIN WEI, IMF and NBER |
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Service Offshoring, Productivity,
and Employment: Evidence from the United States |
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Discussant: ROBERT
FEENSTRA, UC, Davis and NBER |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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6:30 pm |
Group Dinner |
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SATURDAY, APRIL 29: |
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8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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Session 3: |
International Flows of
Intellectual Property, R&D and Intangible Assets |
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9:00 am |
CAROL ROBBINS, U.S. Bureau
of Economic Analysis |
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Measuring Payments for
the Supply and Use of Intellectual Property |
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Discussant: FRITZ FOLEY,
Harvard University and NBER |
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9:45 am |
FRANCISCO MORIS, National
Science Foundation |
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U.S. International Trade
in R&D-Related Services and a Transactions-Based Profile of Business
R&D |
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Discussant: WOLFGANG
KELLER, University of Colorado and NBER |
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10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
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10:45 am |
LAWRENCE MCNEIL, U.S.
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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International Trade and Economic
Growth: A Methodology for Estimating
Cross-Border R&D Spillovers |
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Discussant: DANIEL SICHEL,
Federal Reserve Board |
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11:30 am |
GORDON HANSON, UC, San
Diego and NBER |
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CHONG XIANG, Purdue
University |
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Discussant: PHILLIP McCALMAN,
UC, |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
Panel Discussion - Trade in Services in a Globalized Economy: |
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Measurement Challenges and
Economic Implications |
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Panelists:
EDWARD LEAMER, UC, Los Angeles and
NBER |
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ROBERT FEENSTRA, UC, Davis
and NBER |
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MATTHEW SLAUGHTER, Dartmouth
College and NBER |
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RALPH KOZLOW, U.S. Bureau of
Economic Analysis |
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2:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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4/18/06 |
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