Midwest International Economics --- Fall 2008 |
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Summary of All Sessions |
| # | Date/Time | Location | Type | Title | Papers |
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| 1 | October 3, 2008 14:15-15:45 | Pfahl 230 | invited | 1-A | 3 |
| 2 | October 3, 2008 14:15-15:45 | Pfahl 240 | invited | 1-B | 3 |
| 3 | October 3, 2008 16:15-17:45 | Pfahl 230 | invited | 2-A | 3 |
| 4 | October 3, 2008 16:15-17:45 | Pfahl 240 | invited | 2-B | 3 |
| 5 | October 4, 2008 9:00-10:30 | Scott Lab 054 | invited | 3-A | 3 |
| 6 | October 4, 2008 9:00-10:30 | Scott Lab 056 | invited | 3-B | 3 |
| 7 | October 4, 2008 9:00-10:30 | Scott Lab 105 | invited | 3-C | 3 |
| 8 | October 4, 2008 11:00-12:30 | Scott Lab 054 | invited | 4-A | 3 |
| 9 | October 4, 2008 11:00-12:30 | Scott Lab 056 | invited | 4-B | 3 |
| 10 | October 4, 2008 11:00-12:30 | Scott Lab 105 | invited | 4-C | 3 |
| 11 | October 4, 2008 14:15-15:45 | Pfahl 202 | invited | 5 | 3 |
| 12 | October 4, 2008 16:15-17:45 | Pfahl 202 | invited | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | October 5, 2008 9:00-10:30 | Scott Lab 048 | invited | 7-A | 3 |
| 14 | October 5, 2008 9:00-10:30 | Scott Lab 050 | invited | 7-B | 3 |
| 15 | October 5, 2008 11:00-12:30 | Scott Lab 048 | invited | 8-A | 3 |
| 16 | October 5, 2008 11:00-12:30 | Scott Lab 050 | invited | 8-B | 3 |
16 sessions, 48 papers |
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Midwest International Economics --- Fall 2008 |
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Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: 1-A |
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| Session Chair: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 3, 2008 |
| Time: 14:15 - 15:45 |
| Location: Pfahl 230 |
| Protection and Skills: Does Trade Policy Favor Low-skill Workers? |
| JEL codes: F13, F16 |
| By Scott Bradford Brigham Young University |
| Presented by: Scott Bradford, Brigham Young University |
| Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence from Commitment via International Trade Agreements |
| By Nuno Limao, University of Maryland Patricia Tovar, Brandeis University |
| Presented by: Patricia Tovar, Brandeis University |
| Trade negotiations when market access matters |
| By Monika Mrazova, University of Oxford |
| Presented by: Monika Mrazova, University of Oxford |
Session 2: 1-B |
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| Session Chair: James Hartigan, University of Oklahoma |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 3, 2008 |
| Time: 14:15 - 15:45 |
| Location: Pfahl 240 |
| Trade and Wages Revisited: The Effect of the China’s MFN Status on the Skill Premium in U.S. Manufacturing |
| JEL codes: F16; J31 |
| By Ivan T. Kandilov, North Carolina State University |
| Presented by: Ivan Kandilov, North Carolina State University |
| Intellectual property rights, southern innovation and foreign direct investment |
| By Anuj Joshua Mathew, School of Economics, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain and School of Economics, University of Nottingham,UK Arijit Mukherjee GEP, University of Nottingham, School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK |
| Presented by: ANUJ MATHEW, UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA |
| The Impact of Foreign Production Activities: Firm-Level Evidence from Taiwan’s Multinationals |
| By Yen-Heng (Henry) Chen, Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder. |
| Presented by: Yen-Heng Chen, University of Colorado |
Session 3: 2-A |
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| Session Chair: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 3, 2008 |
| Time: 16:15 - 17:45 |
| Location: Pfahl 230 |
| Have Growth in Export Demand and Import Supply Increased the Skill Premium in the United States? |
| By John Francis, Louisiana Tech Univerity Yuqing Zheng, Cornell University |
| Presented by: John Francis, Louisiana Tech University |
| Trade, Wages, and Unemployment with Endogenous Firm Scope |
| By Nicholas Sly, Michigan State University |
| Presented by: Nicholas Sly, Michigan State University |
| Decentralization and Foreign Direct Investment: Empirical Evidence from the OECD Countries |
| By Margarita M. Kalamova Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin Germany |
| Presented by: Margarita Kalamova, Social Science Research Center Berlin |
Session 4: 2-B |
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| Session Chair: James Hartigan, University of Oklahoma |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 3, 2008 |
| Time: 16:15 - 17:45 |
| Location: Pfahl 240 |
| Information, Incentives and Multinational Firms |
| JEL codes: D21; D23; F23; |
| By CHENG CHEN Graduate School of Economics Hitotsubashi University |
| Presented by: Chen Cheng, Hitotsubashi Univeristy |
| Multinationals and the Shutdown of State-Owned Enterprises |
| By Gregory Pac University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Presented by: Grzegorz Pac, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Apparent (Non)Retaliation and the Diffusion of Antidumping Laws |
| By James C. Hartigan University of Oklahoma Hylke Vandenbussche Catholic University of Louvain |
| Presented by: James Hartigan, University of Oklahoma |
Session 5: 3-A |
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| Session Chair: Nan Li, Ohio State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 4, 2008 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 054 |
| Exchange Rates, Exports and FDI: A Microeconometric Analysis |
| JEL codes: F23, F31, F36 |
| By David Greenaway GEP, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Richard Kneller GEP, School of Economics, University of Nottingham Xufei Zhang GEP, School of Economics, University of Nottingham |
| Presented by: Xufei Zhang, GEP |
| Skill Upgrading and the Real Exchange Rate |
| By Roberto Alvarez, Central Bank of Chile Ricardo A. Lopez, Indiana University |
| Presented by: Ricardo Lopez, Indiana University |
| A Model of International Cities: Implications for Trade and Real Exchange Rates |
| By Mario Crucini, Vanderbilt University Hakan Yilmazkuday, Vanderbilt University |
| Presented by: Mario Crucini, Vanderbilt University |
Session 6: 3-B |
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| Session Chair: Richard Chisik, Florida International University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 4, 2008 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 056 |
| Applying the gravity approach to sector trade: Who bears the trade costs? |
| JEL codes: F11, F12 |
| By Angela Cheptea (INRA, UMR1302, F-35000 Rennes, France) Alexandre Gohin (INRA, UMR1302, F-35000 Rennes, France) Marilyne Huchet Bourdon (Agrocampus Rennes, UMR1302, F-35000 Rennes, France) |
| Presented by: Angela Cheptea, INRA |
| Transit Time Predicts Relative Import Flexibility |
| By Georg Schaur The University of Tennessee |
| Presented by: Georg Schaur, The University of Tennessee |
| Expansion of Firms and Human Capital Accumulation by Training: A Growth Model for the Not-So-Growing |
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| By Gilad D. Aahronovitz, Assistant Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University |
| Presented by: Gilad Aharonovitz, Washington State University |
Session 7: 3-C |
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| Session Chair: Jiandong Ju, International Monetary Fund and University of Oklahoma |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 4, 2008 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 105 |
| Institutions and Multinational Ownership Strategy |
| JEL codes: F23, F12 |
| By Ari Van Assche, HEC Montreal and CIRANO Galina Schwartz, University of California-Berkeley |
| Presented by: Ari Van Assche, |
| Tariff Jumping with Heterogeneous Firms |
| By Matthew T. Cole |
| Presented by: Matthew Cole, University of Oregon |
| Outsourcing and Productivity: Evidence from Korean Data |
| By Songhua Lin, Denison University Alyson C. Ma, University of San Diego |
| Presented by: Alyson Ma, University of San Diego |
Session 8: 4-A |
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| Session Chair: Nan Li, Ohio State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 4, 2008 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 054 |
| Estimating a Model of Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization |
| JEL codes: F13, F5, K4 |
| By Mostafa Beshkar |
| Presented by: Mostafa Beshkar, Vanderbilt University |
| Is the Armington Elasticity Really Constant across Importers? |
| By Hakan Yilmazkuday, Vanderbilt University |
| Presented by: HAKAN YILMAZKUDAY, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY |
| The Role of Exports in Growth Miracles |
| By Ufuk Demiroglu CBO |
| Presented by: Ufuk Demiroglu, Congressional Budget Office |
Session 9: 4-B |
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| Session Chair: Richard Chisik, Florida International University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 4, 2008 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 056 |
| WTO Subsidy Rules and Tariff Liberalization: Evidence from Accession of China |
| JEL codes: F13; F14; F53 |
| By Colgate University |
| Presented by: Piyush Chandra, Colgate University |
| Labor Unions, Globalization and Endogenous Growth |
| By Wolf-Heimo Grieben, University of Konstanz, Germany; Fuat Sener, Union College, Schenectady, NY, USA |
| Presented by: Wolf-Heimo Grieben, University of Konstanz |
| Trade Disputes, Quality Choice, and Economic Integration |
| By Richard Chisik, Florida International University |
| Presented by: Richard Chisik, Florida International University |
Session 10: 4-C |
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| Session Chair: Jiandong Ju, International Monetary Fund and University of Oklahoma |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 4, 2008 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 105 |
| Modes of acquisition of technological innovations and international trade: Evidence from Bangladesh |
| By Natalia Trofimenko Kiel Institute for the World Economy |
| Presented by: Natalia Trofimenko, Kiel Institute for the World Economy |
| Horizontal multinational firms, vertical multinational firms and domestic investment |
| By Julian EMAMI NAMINI, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Enrico PENNINGS, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Presented by: Julian Emami Namini, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| Financial Development and Production Structures |
| By Jiandong Ju, University of Oklahoma Susan Zhu, Michigan State University Kevin Grier, University and Oklahoma |
| Presented by: Jiandong Ju, International Monetary Fund and University of Oklahoma |
Session 11: 5 |
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| Session Chair: Sucharita Ghosh, The University of Akron |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 4, 2008 |
| Time: 14:15 - 15:45 |
| Location: Pfahl 202 |
| Quality Selection, Chinese Exports and Theories of Heterogeneous Firm Trade |
| JEL codes: F1 , F12 |
| By Richard Kneller, GEP, University of Nottingham Zhihong Yu , GEP, University of Nottingham |
| Presented by: Zhihong Yu, Nottingham University |
| Liquidity Constraints and Linkages with Multinationals |
| By Beata Javorcik, University of Oxford and CEPR Mariana Spatareanu, Rutgers University |
| Presented by: Mariana Spatareanu, Rutgers University |
| Decomposing Firm Level Sales Variation |
| By Daniel Nguyen, University of Copenhagen Jakob Munch, University of Copenhagen |
| Presented by: Daniel Nguyen, Purdue University |
Session 12: 6 |
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| Session Chair: Sucharita Ghosh, The University of Akron |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 4, 2008 |
| Time: 16:15 - 17:45 |
| Location: Pfahl 202 |
| Inequality and Prices: Does china Benefit the Poor in America? |
| By Christian Broda, University of Chicago GSB and NBER John Romalis, University of Chicago GSB and NBER |
| Presented by: John Romalis, University of Chicago |
| Trade Liberalization and Organizational Change |
| By Paola Conconi ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR Patrick Legros ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR Andrew Newman Boston University and CEPR |
| Presented by: Paola Conconi, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ECARES) and CEPR |
| Southern Innovation and Backward Knowledge Spillovers to the North: an Endogenous FDI Model |
| By Yin He, University of Colorado at Boulder Keith E. Maskus, University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Presented by: Keith Maskus, University of Colorado at Boulder |
Session 13: 7-A |
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| Session Chair: Frank Stähler, University of Otago |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 5, 2008 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 048 |
| Trade Liberalization, Economic Growth, and Income Distribution in A Multiple-cone Neoclassical Growth Model |
| JEL codes: F1, O41 |
| By Kozo Kiyota Yokohama National University |
| Presented by: Kozo Kiyota, Yokohama National University |
| Welfare Impact of Trade Liberalization |
| By Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho, School of Economics, University of New South Wales Julian P. Diaz, Department of Economics, Bowdoin College |
| Presented by: Julian Diaz, Bowdoin College |
| Borders and Distance in Knowledge Spillovers: Dying over Time or Dying with Age? -- Evidence from Patent Citations |
| By Yao Li, Department of Economics, The University of Western Ontario |
| Presented by: Yao Li, The University of Western Ontario |
Session 14: 7-B |
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| Session Chair: Laurel Adams, Northern Illinois University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 5, 2008 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 050 |
| The Extensive and Intensive Margins of Exports: the Role of Innovation |
| By Wei-Chih Chen, Michigan State University |
| Presented by: Wei-Chih Chen, Michigan State University |
| Multi-Product Exporters: Diversification and Micro-Level Dynamics |
| By Leonardo Iacovone, University of Sussex and World Bank Beata S. Javorcik, University of Oxford and CEPR |
| Presented by: Leonardo Iacovone, University of Sussex and World Bank |
| Entry in Foreign Markets when Information is Costly |
| By Laurel Adams Northern Illinois University |
| Presented by: Laurel Adams, Northern Illinois University |
Session 15: 8-A |
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| Session Chair: Frank Stähler, University of Otago |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 5, 2008 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 048 |
| The Margins of Multinational Production and the Role of Intrafirm Trade |
| JEL codes: F10 |
| By Alfonso Irarrazabal, University of Oslo Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo Luca David Opromolla, Banco de Portugal |
| Presented by: Luca David Opromolla, Banco de Portugal |
| The Changing Incidence of Geography |
| By James E. Anderson, Boston College Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University |
| Presented by: Yoto Yotov, Drexel University |
| A Contest Model of Liberalizing Government Procurements |
| By Ngo Van Long, McGill University Frank Stähler, University of Otago |
| Presented by: Frank Stähler, University of Otago |
Session 16: 8-B |
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| Session Chair: Laurel Adams, Northern Illinois University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: October 5, 2008 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Location: Scott Lab 050 |
| Vertical FDI versus Outsourcing: The Role of Technological Complexity and Absorptive Capacity |
| JEL codes: D23, F12, F23 |
| By Delhi School of Economics Princeton University |
| Presented by: Arti Grover, Delhi School of Economics |
| Exporting to New Markets: An Empirical Investigation |
| By Ben Shepherd, World Bank |
| Presented by: Ben Shepherd, Princeton University |
| How Does Nationality Affect Plant Divestitures and Acquisitions? |
| By John Baldwin, Statistics Canada Robert Gibson, Statistics Canada Yanling Wang, Carleton University |
| Presented by: Yanling Wang, Carleton University |
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