18 sessions, 48 papers

Spring 2011 Midwest International Trade Meeting
Complete List of All Sessions

  

Session 1: 1-A
Session Chair: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa
Session type: invited
Date: April 29, 2011
Time: 14:15 - 15:45
Location: MCOB 160
Multilateral Tariff Cooperation under Fairness and Reciprocity
By Costas Hadjiyiannis; University of Cyprus Doruk Iris; Universidade Nova de Lisboa Chrysostomos Tabakis; Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Presented by: Chrysostomos Tabakis, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
How Much Does Sectoral Heterogeneity Matter in Evaluating the Gains from Trade?
By Hakan Yilmazkuday; Temple University
Presented by: Hakan Yilmazkuday, Temple University
Capital Goods Trade and Economic Development
By Piyusha Mutreja; Syracuse University B. Ravikumar; University of Iowa Michael J. Sposi; University of Iowa
Presented by: Piyusha Mutreja, Syracuse University

  

Session 2: 1-B
Session Chair: Ian Wooton, Univ. of Strathclyde
Session type: invited
Date: April 29, 2011
Time: 14:15 - 15:45
Location: MCOB 162
The Border Effect Through the Rearview Mirror: Would the puzzle have existed if today's tools had been used?
By Daniel A Dias; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Presented by: Daniel Dias, UIUC - Economics & Cemapre
Is agglomeration a free lunch for new exporters? Evidence from Chile
By Youngho Kang; University of Colorado at Boulder
Presented by: Youngho Kang, University of Colorado at Boulder
Towards a Theory of Trade Finance
By Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr; University of Oxford
Presented by: Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, University of Oxford

  

Session 3: 2-A
Session Chair: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa
Session type: invited
Date: April 29, 2011
Time: 16:15 - 17:45
Location: MCOB 160
Outsourcing and the Division of Labour between Firms
By Anders Akerman; Stockholm University Loriane Py; Paris School of Economics
Presented by: Anders Akerman, Stockholm University
The Purification-Straw Theory of IPRs Protection
By Kim-Sau Chung; University of Minnesota Chia-Hui Lu; City University of Hong Kong
Presented by: CHIA-HUI LU, City University of Hong Kong
Foreign market entry under incomplete contracts
By Tobias Seidel; ETH Zurich
Presented by: Tobias Seidel, ETH Zurich

  

Session 4: 2-B
Session Chair: Ian Wooton, Univ. of Strathclyde
Session type: invited
Date: April 29, 2011
Time: 16:15 - 17:45
Location: MCOB 162
Shipping the good apples out under asymmetric information
By Anthony Creane;Michigan State University Thomas Jeitschko; Michigan State University and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Presented by: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University
Offshoring with Non-homothetic Preferences
By Martin Davies; Washington and Lee University
Presented by: Martin Davies, Washington and Lee University
Networks and Price Dispersion
By Michael Anderson; Washington and Lee University Martin Davies; Washington and Lee University Stephen Smith; Gordon College
Presented by: Michael Anderson, Washington and Lee University

  

Session 5: 3-A
Session Chair: Hylke Vandenbussche, Université Catholique de Louvain & National Bank of Belgium
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: MCOB 160
Many-cone World?
By Kozo Kiyota; Yokohama National University
Presented by: Kozo Kiyota, Yokohama National University
Why Do Similar Countries Choose Different Policies ? Endogenous Comparative Advantage and Welfare Gain
By Arpita Chatterjee (University of New South Wales)
Presented by: Arpita Chatterjee, Princeton University
Import Competition and Environmental Performance: Evidence from Mexican Plant-level and Satellite Imagery Data
By Kensuke Teshima; Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Méx
Presented by: Kensuke Teshima, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de Méx

  

Session 6: 3-B
Session Chair: Ben Ferrett, Loughborough University
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: MCOB 162
Estimating the Impact of Export Deterrents: An Analysis of US High-Technology Export Controls
By Asha Sundaram; University of Cape Town
Presented by: Asha Sundaram, University of Cape Town
Shipping and Shopping
By John Kennes; University of Aarhus Moritz Ritter; Temple University
Presented by: Moritz Ritter, Temple University
Trade Restrictions and Incentives to Tax Pollution Emissions
By Nori Tarui; University of Hawaii at Manoa Ying Yao; University of Hawaii at Manoa Morohiro Yomogida; Sophia University
Presented by: Ying Yao, University of Hawaii at Manoa

  

Session 7: 3-C
Session Chair: Frank Stahler, University of Würzburg
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: MCOB 134
Trade Liberalization and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from U.S. Consumer Expenditure Data
By Adina Ardelean; Santa Clara University
Presented by: Adina Ardelean, Santa Clara University
Trade, Reform, and Structural Transformation in South Korea
By Rahul Giri; Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Presented by: Rahul Giri, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Cost Linkages Transmit Volatility Across Markets
By Georg Schaur; The University of Tennessee
Presented by: Georg Schaur, The University of Tennessee

  

Session 8: 4-A
Session Chair: Hylke Vandenbussche, Université Catholique de Louvain & National Bank of Belgium
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: MCOB 160
Exchange Rate Regimes, Trade, and the Wage Comovements
JEL codes: F1,F3
By Yoshinori Kurokawa; University of Tsukuba Jiaren Pang; State University of New York at Buffalo Yao Tang; Bowdoin College
Presented by: Yao Tang, Bowdoin College
Multimarket entry in exporting
By Nicholas Sheard; Stockholm University
Presented by: Nicholas Sheard, Stockholm University
Choosing Global Markets
By Xiaopeng Yin; University of International Business and Economics
Presented by: Xiaopeng Yin, University of International Business and Economics

  

Session 9: 4-B
Session Chair: Ben Ferrett, Loughborough University
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: MCOB 162
Financial Frictions and Export Dynamics
By David Kohn; New York University Fernando Leibovici; New York University Michal Szkup; New York University
Presented by: Fernando Leibovici, New York University
Productivity, trade and the R&D content of intermediate inputs
By Shuichiro Nishioka; West Virginia University Marla Ripoll; University of Pittsburgh
Presented by: Shuichiro Nishioka, West Virginia University
Fiscal competition for FDI when governments must choose which firm to target
By Ben Ferrett; Loughborough University Ian Wooton; University of Strathclyde
Presented by: Ben Ferrett, Loughborough University

  

Session 10: 4-C
Session Chair: Frank Stahler, University of Würzburg
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: MCOB 134
Intra-National Regional Heterogeneity in International Trade
By Yushi Yoshida; Kyushu Sangyo University Kyoko Hirose; Kyushu Sangyo University
Presented by: Yushi Yoshida, Kyushu Sangyo University
Offshoring And The Skill-Premium: Evidence From Individual Workers' Data
By Tommaso Tempesti; Vanderbilt University
Presented by: Tommaso Tempesti, Vanderbilt University
A Race to the Bottom? Employment Protection and Foreign Direct Investment
By William Olney; Williams College
Presented by: William Olney, Williams College

  

Session 11: Lunch
Lunch will be provided in the MCOB Atrium from 12:00-14:00
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Location: MCOB Atrium

  

Session 12: 5
Session Chair: Tobias Seidel, ETH Zurich
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 14:15 - 15:45
Location: MCOB 162
Institutions and Export Dynamics
By Luis Araujo; Michigan State University Giordano Mion; LSE Emanuel Ornelas; London School of Economics
Presented by: Emanuel Ornelas, London School of Economics
Quality Differentiation and Trade Intermediation
By Heiwai Tang; Tufts University
Presented by: Heiwai Tang, Tufts University
Globalization and Imperfect Labor Market Sorting
By Carl Davidson; Michigan State University Fredrik Heyman; The Research Institute of Industrial Economics Steven J. Matusz; Michigan State University Frekrik Sjoholm; The Research Institute of Industrial Economics Susan Zhu; Michigan State University
Presented by: Steven Matusz, Michigan State University

  

Session 13: 6
Session Chair: Tobias Seidel, ETH Zurich
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 16:15 - 17:45
Location: MCOB 162
A Race beyond the Bottom: The Nature of Bidding for a Firm
By Taiji Furusawa; Hitotsubashi University Kazumi Hori; Ritsumeikan University Ian Wooton; University of Strathclyde
Presented by: Ian Wooton, Univ. of Strathclyde
What Determines BITs?
By Jeffrey Bergstrand; University of Notre Dame
Presented by: Jeffrey Bergstrand, University of Notre Dame
Verti-Zontal Differentiation in Monopolistic Competition
By Francesco dicomite; IRES, Universite Catholique de Louvain Jacques Thisse; CORE, University of Luxemburg Hylke Vandenbussche; Université Catholique de Louvain
Presented by: Hylke Vandenbussche, Université Catholique de Louvain & National Bank of Belgium

  

Session 14: Reception
There will be a reception at the Morris Inn (on campus) from 18:15-20:00
Session type: invited
Date: April 30, 2011
Time: 18:15 - 20:00
Location: Morris Inn

  

Session 15: 7-A
Session Chair: Jeffrey Bergstrand, University of Notre Dame
Session type: invited
Date: May 1, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: MCOB 160
Export Growth and Credit Constraints
By Tibor Besedes; Georgia Tech Byung-Cheol Kim; Georgia Tech Volodymyr Lugovskyy; Georgia Tech
Presented by: Byungcheol Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology
Asset Liquidity and Home Bias
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By Athanasios Geromichalos; University of California - Davis Ina Simonovska; University of California - Davis
Presented by: Ina Simonovska, University of California - Davis
Industrial Dynamics, International Trade and Economic Growth
By Jiandong Ju; University of Oklahoma Yong Wang; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and World bank
Presented by: Yong Wang, Dept. of Economics

  

Session 16: 7-B
Session Chair: Steven Matusz, Michigan State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 1, 2011
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: MCOB 162
Monitoring, Endogeneous Comparative Advantage, and Immigration
By Dhimitri Qirjo; The University of British Columbia
Presented by: Dhimitri Qirjo, The University of British Columbia
Relaxing CAFE: Foreign Direct Investment, NAFTA, and Fuel Economy Standards
By Phillip McCalman; University of California - Santa Cruz Alan Spearot; University of California - Santa Cruz
Presented by: Alan Spearot, University of California - Santa Cruz
Preferential trade agreements as building or stumbling blocs? The importance of commitment
By James Lake; Johns Hopkins University
Presented by: James Lake, Johns Hopkins University

  

Session 17: 8-A
Session Chair: Jeffrey Bergstrand, University of Notre Dame
Session type: invited
Date: May 1, 2011
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: MCOB 160
Estimating Trade and Investment Flows: Partners and Volumes
By Alessandro Barattieri; Boston College
Presented by: Alessandro Barattieri, Boston College
The rise of the maquiladoras: Labor market consequences of offshoring in developing countries
By Alejandro Riano; GEP, University of Nottingham
Presented by: Alejandro Riano, GEP, University of Nottingham
Multiproduct firms and the endogenous choice of varieties
By Tuan Anh Luong; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Presented by: Tuan Anh Luong, Princeton University

   Index of Participants

Legend: C=chair, P=Presenter, D=Disscussant

Session 18: 8-B
Session Chair: Steven Matusz, Michigan State University
Session type: invited
Date: May 1, 2011
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: MCOB 162
U.S. Banking Integration and State-Level Exports
JEL codes: F10 F15 G21 G28
By Tomasz Michalski; HEC Paris Evren Ors
Presented by: Tomasz Michalski, HEC Paris
A Simple Theory of Trade and Unemployment in General Equilibrium
By Ian King; University of Melbourne Frank Stähler; University of Würzburg and CESifo
Presented by: Frank Stahler, University of Würzburg
Partial Collusion and Foreign Direct Investment
By David Collie; Cardiff University George Norman; Tufts University
Presented by: David Collie, Cardiff University

#	Participant	Roles in Conference
1	Akerman, Anders	P3
2	Anderson, Michael	P4
3	Ardelean, Adina	P7
4	Barattieri, Alessandro	P17
5	Bergstrand, Jeffrey	P13, C15, C17
6	Chatterjee, Arpita	P5
7	Collie, David	P18
8	Creane, Anthony	P4
9	Davies, Martin	P4
10	Dias, Daniel	P2
11	Ferrett, Ben	C6, C9, P9
12	Giri, Rahul	P7
13	Kang, Youngho	P2
14	Kim, Byungcheol	P15
15	Kiyota, Kozo	P5
16	Lake, James	P16
17	Leibovici, Fernando	P9
18	LU, CHIA-HUI	P3
19	Luong, Tuan Anh	P17
20	Matusz, Steven	P12, C16, C18
21	Michalski, Tomasz	P18
22	Mutreja, Piyusha	P1
23	Nishioka, Shuichiro	P9
24	Olney, William	P10
25	Ornelas, Emanuel	P12
26	Qirjo, Dhimitri	P16
27	Riano, Alejandro	P17
28	Riezman, Raymond	C1, C3
29	Ritter, Moritz	P6
30	Schaur, Georg	P7
31	Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Tim	P2
32	Seidel, Tobias	P3, C12, C13
33	Sheard, Nicholas	P8
34	Simonovska, Ina	P15
35	Spearot, Alan	P16
36	Stahler, Frank	C7, C10, P18
37	Sundaram, Asha	P6
38	Tabakis, Chrysostomos	P1
39	Tang, Yao	P8
40	Tang, Heiwai	P12
41	Tempesti, Tommaso	P10
42	Teshima, Kensuke	P5
43	Vandenbussche, Hylke	C5, C8, P13
44	Wang, Yong	P15
45	Wooton, Ian	C2, C4, P13
46	Yao, Ying	P6
47	Yilmazkuday, Hakan	P1
48	Yin, Xiaopeng	P8
49	Yoshida, Yushi	P10

This program was last updated on 2011-04-22 13:47:40 EDT