Fall 2004 Midwest Economic Theory and Trade Conference |
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Summary of All Sessions |
| # | Date/Time | Location | Type | Title | Papers |
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| 1 | 5 November 14:00-16:00 | Eliot 314 | contributed | Matching Theory | 3 |
| 2 | 5 November 14:00-16:00 | Eliot 316 | contributed | Labor Markets and Contracts | 3 |
| 3 | 5 November 14:00-16:00 | Eliot 103 | contributed | Auction Theory | 3 |
| 4 | 5 November 16:15-17:45 | Eliot 314 | contributed | Urban General Equilibrium Theory | 3 |
| 5 | 5 November 16:15-17:45 | Eliot 316 | contributed | Matching and Segmentation | 3 |
| 6 | 5 November 16:15-17:45 | Eliot 318 | contributed | Monetary Theory | 2 |
| 7 | 6 November 8:45-10:45 | Eliot 314 | contributed | Output Growth and Fluctuations | 4 |
| 8 | 6 November 8:45-10:45 | Eliot 316 | contributed | Agency Model and Moral Hazard | 4 |
| 9 | 6 November 8:45-10:45 | Eliot 318 | contributed | I O Theory: Oligopoly | 4 |
| 10 | 6 November 11:00-12:30 | Eliot 314 | contributed | Networks | 3 |
| 11 | 6 November 11:00-12:30 | Eliot 316 | contributed | Signalling | 3 |
| 12 | 6 November 11:00-12:30 | Eliot 318 | contributed | I O Theory: Foreclosure and Pricing | 3 |
| 13 | 6 November 11:00-12:30 | Eliot 103 | contributed | Existence of Competitive Equlibrium | 3 |
| 14 | 6 November 14:15-15:45 | Eliot 213 | contributed | Bankruptcy | 3 |
| 15 | 6 November 14:15-15:45 | Eliot 216 | contributed | Non-Standard Preferences: Theory and Implications | 3 |
| 16 | 6 November 14:15-15:45 | Eliot 314 | contributed | IO Theory | 2 |
| 17 | 6 November 14:15-15:45 | Eliot 316 | contributed | Local Public Goods | 3 |
| 18 | 6 November 16:00-17:30 | Eliot 213 | contributed | Dynamics | 3 |
| 19 | 6 November 16:00-17:30 | Eliot 216 | contributed | Implementation and Mechanism Design | 2 |
| 20 | 6 November 16:00-17:30 | Eliot 316 | contributed | Reputation and Repeated Games | 3 |
| 21 | 6 November 16:00-17:30 | Eliot 318 | contributed | Political Economy | 3 |
| 22 | 7 November 9:00-10:30 | Eliot 216 | contributed | Information and Expectations | 3 |
| 23 | 7 November 9:00-10:30 | Eliot 314 | contributed | Evolutionary Game Theory | 3 |
| 24 | 7 November 9:00-10:30 | Eliot 316 | contributed | Managerial Incentives | 3 |
| 25 | 7 November 10:45-11:45 | Eliot 216 | contributed | Banking | 2 |
| 26 | 7 November 10:45-11:45 | Eliot 316 | contributed | (Interactive) Decision Theory | 2 |
| 27 | 7 November 10:45-11:45 | Eliot 318 | contributed | Litigation | 2 |
| 28 | 5 November 14:15-16:15 | Eliot 216 | invited | International Trade 1-A | 3 |
| 29 | 5 November 14:15-16:15 | Elot 102 | invited | International Trade 1-B | 3 |
| 30 | 5 November 16:40-18:00 | Eliot 216 | invited | International Trade 2-A | 2 |
| 31 | 5 November 16:40-18:00 | Eliot 102 | invited | International Trade 2-B | 2 |
| 32 | 6 November 8:30-9:30 | Eliot 102 | invited | International Trade 3-A | 3 |
| 33 | 6 November 8:30-9:30 | Eliot 213 | invited | International Trade 3-B | 3 |
| 34 | 6 November 8:30-9:30 | Eliot 216 | invited | International Trade 3-C | 3 |
| 35 | 6 November 10:00-11:00 | Eliot 102 | invited | International Trade 4-A | 3 |
| 36 | 6 November 10:00-11:00 | Eliot 213 | invited | International Trade 4-B | 3 |
| 37 | 6 November 10:00-11:00 | Eliot 216 | invited | International Trade 4-C | 3 |
| 38 | 6 November 11:30-12:30 | Eliot 102 | invited | International Trade 5-A | 3 |
| 39 | 6 November 11:30-12:30 | Eliot 213 | invited | International Trade 5-B | 2 |
| 40 | 6 November 11:30-12:30 | Eliot 216 | invited | International Trade 5-C | 3 |
| 41 | 6 November 14:15-15:45 | Eliot 102 | invited | International Trade-6 | 2 |
| 42 | 6 November 16:15-17:45 | Eliot 102 | invited | International Trade-7 | 2 |
| 43 | 7 November 8:30-10:15 | Eliot 102 | invited | International Trade 8-A | 3 |
| 44 | 7 November 8:30-10:15 | Eliot 213 | invited | International Trade 8-B | 3 |
| 45 | 7 November 10:45-11:55 | Eliot 102 | invited | International Trade 9-A | 2 |
| 46 | 7 November 10:45-11:55 | Eliot 213 | invited | International Trade 9-B | 1 |
46 sessions, 127 papers |
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Fall 2004 Midwest Economic Theory and Trade Conference |
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Complete List of All Sessions |
Session 1: Matching Theory |
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| Session Chair: Gaetano Antinolfi, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: Eliot 314 |
| A Random Matching Theory |
| Presented by: Daniela Puzzello, Purdue University |
| Networks, Matching, and Search |
| Presented by: Tilman Klumpp, Indiana University |
| Double-Holdups in a Matching Model with Search Frictions and Endogenous Heterogeneity |
| Presented by: Lucas Navarro, Georgetown University |
Session 2: Labor Markets and Contracts |
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| Session Chair: Hideo Owan, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: Eliot 316 |
| Dynamic Screening: A Role for Up-or-Out Contracts |
| Presented by: Braz Camargo, University of Western Ontario |
| Presented by: , |
| Rent seeking with scarce talent |
| Presented by: Sami Dakhlia, University of Alabama |
| Career Concerns and Optimal Disclosure Policy |
| Presented by: Arijit Mukherjee, Northwestern University |
Session 3: Auction Theory |
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| Session Chair: David Malueg, Tulane University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 14:00 - 16:00 |
| Location: Eliot 103 |
| Equilibrium in a Family of First-Price Common-Value Auctions with Differential Information |
| Presented by: David Malueg, Tulane University |
| Efficiency and Revenue in Large Multi-Unit Auctions with Bundling |
| Presented by: Indranil Chakraborty, University of Oklahoma |
| Bribery Between the Auctioneer and the Bidders in First-Price Sealed-Bid Auctions |
| Presented by: William Neilson, Texas A&M University |
Session 4: Urban General Equilibrium Theory |
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| Session Chair: Monique Florenzano, CNRS |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 16:15 - 17:45 |
| Location: Eliot 314 |
| The Indeterminacy of Equilibrium City Formation under Monopolistic Competition and Increasing Returns |
| Presented by: Fan-chin Kung, Academia Sinica |
| Endogenous City Formation with Production Externalities: Existence of Equilibrium |
| Presented by: Courtney LaFountain, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Equilibrium in an Exchange Economy with Indivisibilities |
| Presented by: Tomomi Tanaka, California Institute of Technology |
Session 5: Matching and Segmentation |
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| Session Chair: Alison Watts, Southern Illinois University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 16:15 - 17:45 |
| Location: Eliot 316 |
| Formation of Segregated and Integrated Groups |
| Presented by: Alison Watts, Southern Illinois University |
| On the Segmentation of Markets |
| Presented by: Nicolas Jacquet, University of Pennsylvania |
| "Price Dispersion in a Directed-Search Market" |
| Presented by: Cemil Selcuk, Purdue University |
Session 6: Monetary Theory |
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| Session Chair: Gaetano Antinolfi, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 16:15 - 17:45 |
| Location: Eliot 318 |
| Money and Risk Sharing |
| Presented by: Robert Reed, University of Kentucky |
| A Positive Theory of Government Debt |
| Presented by: Fernando Martin, University of Pennsylvania |
| Presented by: , |
Session 7: Output Growth and Fluctuations |
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| Session Chair: Gaetano Antinolfi, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 8:45 - 10:45 |
| Location: Eliot 314 |
| Ability-Hetreogenerity, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth |
| Presented by: Neville Jiang, Vanderbilt University |
| Technological Change, Training, and Labor Market Frictions in Real Business Cycles |
| Presented by: Jiaren Pang, Vanderbilt University |
| Real Estate Prices, Borrowing Constraints and Business Cycles-A Case Study of the Japanese Economy |
| Presented by: Suparna Chakraborty, University of Minnesota |
| Debreu’s Coefficient of Resource Utilization, the Solow Residual, and TFP |
| Presented by: Thijs ten Raa, Tilburg University |
Session 8: Agency Model and Moral Hazard |
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| Session Chair: Stephanie Lau, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 8:45 - 10:45 |
| Location: Eliot 316 |
| Monitoring an Information Gathering Agent |
| Presented by: Dongsoo Shin, Santa Clara University |
| Numerical Analysis of a Dynamic Model of Agency |
| Presented by: Jorge Aseff, DePaul University |
| Optimal Partnership Contracts with Uncertain Revenue |
| Presented by: Harrison Cheng, University of Southern California |
| Screening Ethics when Honest Agents Care about Fairness |
| Presented by: Ingela Alger, Boston College |
Session 9: I O Theory: Oligopoly |
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| Session Chair: Jiandong Ju, University of Oklahoma |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 8:45 - 10:45 |
| Location: Eliot 318 |
| Quality Disclosure and Competition |
| Presented by: Lixin Ye, The Ohio State University |
| Unions and information sharing agreements |
| Presented by: Anthony Creane, Michigan State University |
| Comparing the Welfare Effects of Cost Reductions between Bertrand and Cournot Competition |
| Presented by: X Wang, University of Missouri |
| Price Dispersion in a Model with Middlemen and Oligopolistic Market Makers: A Theory and an Application to the North American Natural Gas Market |
| Presented by: Jiandong Ju, University of Oklahoma |
Session 10: Networks |
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| Session Chair: Beth Allen, University of Minnesota |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Location: Eliot 314 |
| Social Network Formation with Consent |
| Presented by: Robert Gilles, Virginia Tech |
| The Role of Middlemen in Efficient and Strongly Pairwise Stable Networks |
| Presented by: Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University |
| Neighbors versus Strangers in a Spatial Interaction Model |
| Presented by: Virginie Masson, University of Pittsburgh |
Session 11: Signalling |
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| Session Chair: Wilhelm Neuefeind, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Location: Eliot 316 |
| Competition and Confidentiality: Signaling Quality in a Duopoly When There is Universal Private Information |
| Presented by: Andrew Daughety, Vanderbilt University |
| Regulating Language: market failure and competition in descriptive signals |
| Presented by: Andrew Stivers, Oregon State University |
| Dynamic Contributions to a Public Good with Private Information and Cheap-Talk |
| Presented by: Stefano Barbieri, Tulane University |
Session 12: I O Theory: Foreclosure and Pricing |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Gresik, University of Notre Dame |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Location: Eliot 318 |
| Transfer pricing in vertically integrated industries |
| Presented by: Thomas Gresik, University of Notre Dame |
| Vertical Foreclosure in High Technology Industries |
| Presented by: Hyunho Kim, SUNY - Stony Brook |
| Mathematical Miscalculations and Monopoly Pricing |
| Presented by: Bryan McCannon, Elmira College |
Session 13: Existence of Competitive Equlibrium |
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| Session Chair: Marcus Berliant, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Location: Eliot 103 |
| Existence of equilibria for economies with externalities and a measure space of consumers |
| Presented by: Bernard Cornet, University of Kansas |
| Existence of Nash Equilibrium in Competitive Nonlinear Pricing Games with Adverse Selection |
| Presented by: Frank Page, Jr., University of Alabama |
| The Organization of Production in a Competitive Economy |
| Presented by: Marco Castaneda, University of Kentucky |
Session 14: Bankruptcy |
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| Session Chair: Wilhelm Neuefeind, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 14:15 - 15:45 |
| Location: Eliot 213 |
| More Holidays for Central Bankers? |
| Presented by: Tokhir Mirzoev, Ohio State University |
| The TAL-family of rules for bankruptcy problems |
| Presented by: Juan D. Moreno-Ternero, Yale University |
| Bankruptcy as Insurance: a General Equilibrium Model with Adverse Selection |
| Presented by: Borys Grochulski, University of Minnesota |
Session 15: Non-Standard Preferences: Theory and Implications |
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| Session Chair: Sayan Chakraborty, Northwestern University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 14:15 - 15:45 |
| Location: Eliot 216 |
| Short-term planning and the life-cycle consumption puzzle |
| Presented by: Frank Caliendo, Northern Arizona University |
| Temptation, Welfare and Revealed Preference |
| Presented by: Jawwad Noor, University of Rochester |
| Prospect Theory, Trading Behavior and Asymmetric Price Patterns |
| Presented by: Sayan Chakraborty, Northwestern University |
Session 16: IO Theory |
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| Session Chair: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 14:15 - 15:45 |
| Location: Eliot 314 |
| Cartels with Stochastic Types |
| Presented by: Jin Kim, KIPF |
| Product customization |
| Presented by: Konstantinos Serfes, Drexel University |
Session 17: Local Public Goods |
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| Session Chair: Marcus Berliant, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 14:15 - 15:45 |
| Location: Eliot 316 |
| On the Public Economics of Casinos |
| Presented by: Ping Wang, Vanderbilt University & NBER |
| Social Insurance and Cash Welfare Competition Between Jurisdictions |
| Presented by: James Marton, University of Kentucky |
| Producing the Right Pond: Colleges as Network Creators |
| Presented by: Christopher Makler, University of Pennsylvania |
Session 18: Dynamics |
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| Session Chair: Michael Kaganovich, Indiana University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 16:00 - 17:30 |
| Location: Eliot 213 |
| New Phenomena Identified in a Stochastic Dynamic Macroeconometric Model: A Bifurcation Perspective |
| Presented by: Susan He, Washington State University |
| Irreversible Investment in Stochastically Cyclical Markets |
| Presented by: Jianjun Wu, Northwestern University |
| Transitional Dynamics and Stability in a Multi-sector Economy with Sector-Specific Externalities and Social Constant Returns |
| Presented by: Michael Kaganovich, Indiana University |
Session 19: Implementation and Mechanism Design |
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| Session Chair: Stephanie Lau, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 16:00 - 17:30 |
| Location: Eliot 216 |
| Ex-Post Implementation and Multi-Dimensional Information |
| Presented by: Sergio Parreiras, University of North Carolina |
| Efficiency and Consistency in Multiple Location Problem |
| Presented by: Biung-Ghi Ju, University of Kansas |
Session 20: Reputation and Repeated Games |
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| Session Chair: Sangwon Park, Korea Institute of Public Finance |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 16:00 - 17:30 |
| Location: Eliot 316 |
| The Fragmentation of Reputation |
| Presented by: Gautam Bose, University of New South Wales |
| Reputation and Timing in Perturbed Repeated Games |
| Presented by: Eduardo Faingold, University of Pennsylvania |
| A Folk Theorem in Radom Matching Games |
| Presented by: Sangwon Park, Korea Institute of Public Finance |
Session 21: Political Economy |
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| Session Chair: Johanna Goertz, Ohio State University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 16:00 - 17:30 |
| Location: Eliot 318 |
| A Political Economy Model of Public Budget Allocation Across Education Stages |
| Presented by: Xuejuan Su, The University of Alabama |
| Electoral Competition Under Uncertain Commitment |
| Presented by: David Yi, University of Illinois |
| Legislative Bargaining over Two Dimensions under the Demand Bargaining Approach |
| Presented by: Johanna Goertz, Ohio State University |
Session 22: Information and Expectations |
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| Session Chair: Jun Zhang, Vanderbilt University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Eliot 216 |
| Expectation Formation and Endogenous Fluctuations in Aggregate Demand |
| Presented by: Maciej Dudek, National Bank of Poland and Main School of Commerce |
| Information Quality and Equity Premium in a Production Economy |
| Presented by: Hengjie Ai, University of Minnesota |
| Asset Pricing with Bayesian Learning and Signal Distortion |
| Presented by: Jun Zhang, Vanderbilt University |
Session 23: Evolutionary Game Theory |
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| Session Chair: Amanda Friedenberg, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Eliot 314 |
| Evolution, Bargaining, and Time Prefrences |
| Presented by: Jack Robles, Victoria University Wellington |
| Conventions When Payoffs are Changing |
| Presented by: Hikmet Gunay, University of Manitoba |
| The Evolutionary Stability of Perfectly Competitive Behavior |
| Presented by: Ana Ania, Boston University |
Session 24: Managerial Incentives |
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| Session Chair: Hideo Owan, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Location: Eliot 316 |
| The Effect of Asymmetric Payoff and Information Cost on the Truthfulness, Strategic Imitation and Deviation in the Forecasting Announcement Game |
| Presented by: Young-ro Yoon, Cornell University |
| Management of R&D Pipelines with Co-Specialized Investments and Technology Market |
| Presented by: Hideo Owan, Washington University |
| Uncertainty, Managerial Discretion and Incentives |
| Presented by: Gaoquan Liu, University of Pennsylvania |
Session 25: Banking |
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| Session Chair: Ronel Elul, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 10:45 - 11:45 |
| Location: Eliot 216 |
| Competition, Bank Runs and Deposit Insurance |
| Presented by: Orkhan Hasanaliyev, The University of Iowa |
| Bankruptcy: is it enough to forgive or must we also forget? |
| Presented by: Ronel Elul, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
Session 26: (Interactive) Decision Theory |
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| Session Chair: Amanda Friedenberg, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 10:45 - 11:45 |
| Location: Eliot 316 |
| Unawareness |
| Presented by: Jing Li, University of Pennsylvania |
| Subjective Probability over a Subjective Decision Tree |
| Presented by: Norio Takeoka, University of Rochester |
Session 27: Litigation |
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| Session Chair: Wilhelm Neuefeind, Washington University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 10:45 - 11:45 |
| Location: Eliot 318 |
| Settlement Choice in Litigation: A Rent-Seeking Approach |
| Presented by: Qiang Fu, Indiana University |
| Private Information and Nonbinding Arbitration: A Proposal for Reducing the Costs of Litigation |
| Presented by: Ram Orzach, Tulane University |
Session 28: International Trade 1-A |
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| Session Chair: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:15 |
| Location: Eliot 216 |
| Production, Trade and Exchange Rates in Large Experimental Economies |
| Presented by: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa |
| The Architecture of Globalization: Network Approach to International Economic Integration |
| Presented by: Javier Reyes, University of Arkansas |
| FDI in Space |
| Presented by: Ronald Davies, University of Oregon |
Session 29: International Trade 1-B |
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| Session Chair: Sajal Lahiri, Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 14:15 - 16:15 |
| Location: Elot 102 |
| Globalization and Environment in the Presence of Cross-border Pollution |
| Presented by: Sajal Lahiri, Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Compliance Institutions in Treaties |
| Presented by: James Hartigan, University of Oklahoma |
| Fragmented Trade and Manufacturing Services - Examples for a Non-convex General Equilibrium |
| Presented by: Henry Wan, Jr., Cornell University |
Session 30: International Trade 2-A |
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| Session Chair: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:00 |
| Location: Eliot 216 |
| What Matters for Economic Development? Institutions, Geography or Trade: A Panel Data Study |
| Presented by: Thomas Osang, SMU |
| Estimating The Effects of Exchange Rates on China's Trade |
| Presented by: Jaime Marquez, Federal Reserve Board |
Session 31: International Trade 2-B |
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| Session Chair: Sajal Lahiri, Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 5, 2004 |
| Time: 16:40 - 18:00 |
| Location: Eliot 102 |
| A Search Cost Persp ecti ve on Durati on of Trade |
| Presented by: Tibor Besedes, Louisiana State University |
| Stock Market Returns, Return Volatility, and Interest Groups |
| Presented by: Bonnie Wilson, St. Louis University |
Session 32: International Trade 3-A |
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| Session Chair: Sucharita Ghosh, The University of Akron |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 8:30 - 9:30 |
| Location: Eliot 102 |
| Product Innovation and Parallel Trade |
| Presented by: Jack Robles, Victoria University Wellington |
| International Trade, Flexible Manufacturing and Outsourcing |
| Presented by: Carsten Eckel, University of Goettingen |
| Foreign Investment and Environment in a North-South Model with Cross-border Pollution |
| Presented by: Valerica Vlad, Southern Illinois University |
Session 33: International Trade 3-B |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Osang, SMU |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 8:30 - 9:30 |
| Location: Eliot 213 |
| The Role of International Blocs on Trade: A comparison Across Gravity Models |
| Presented by: Yener Kandogan, University of Michigan-Flint |
| "Borders and Price Dispersion: New Evidence on Persistent Arbitrage Failure" |
| Presented by: Stephen Smith, Gordon College |
| International Medical R&D Spillovers |
| Presented by: Marios Zachariadis, Louisiana State University |
Session 34: International Trade 3-C |
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| Session Chair: Jiandong Ju, University of Oklahoma |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 8:30 - 9:30 |
| Location: Eliot 216 |
| PPP Rules, Macroeconomic (In)stability and Learning |
| Presented by: Luis-Felipe Zanna, Federal Reserve Board |
| Liberalization of Import Restrictions on Capital Goods and the Balance of Payments |
| Presented by: Robert Tatum, University of North Carolina - Asheville |
| Terms of Trade Shocks in a Small Open Economy with Nominal Rigidities |
| Presented by: Wai Mun Chia, Nanyang Technological University |
Session 35: International Trade 4-A |
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| Session Chair: Sucharita Ghosh, The University of Akron |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 10:00 - 11:00 |
| Location: Eliot 102 |
| Do International Labor Movements Affect Firm Relocation? |
| Presented by: Alexandre (Sasha) Skiba, University of Kansas |
| Endogenous R&D and the Mode of Foreign Expansion |
| Presented by: Ruttaya Tongrut, University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Article XXIV of the GATT: Good, Bad, or Both? |
| Presented by: Halis Yildiz, Ryerson University |
Session 36: International Trade 4-B |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Osang, SMU |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 10:00 - 11:00 |
| Location: Eliot 213 |
| Prospects of South Asian free trade: Gravity model analysis |
| Presented by: Seekkuwa Wasam Hirantha, University of Nottingham |
| Capital Flows Across U.S. states: determinants and persistance |
| Presented by: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, University of Houston |
| Product Innovation, Marketing and the Pattern of International Trade |
| Presented by: Arne Melchior, Norw. Inst. of International Affairs |
Session 37: International Trade 4-C |
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| Session Chair: Jiandong Ju, University of Oklahoma |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 10:00 - 11:00 |
| Location: Eliot 216 |
| International Differences in the level of CEO compensation |
| Presented by: Sayantani Ghose, University of Rochester |
| Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Income Inequality? |
| Presented by: Bornali Bhandari, University of Oregon |
| International trade, foreign direct investment and convergence: An empirical investigation for developing countries |
| Presented by: Jacek Suda, Washington University |
Session 38: International Trade 5-A |
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| Session Chair: Sucharita Ghosh, The University of Akron |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:30 |
| Location: Eliot 102 |
| Trade Protection, Investment and Technology |
| Presented by: Vasilios Kosteas, Cleveland State University |
| When are Romer’s Variety Gains from Trade Important? Domestic Innovation and the Cost of Protectionism |
| Presented by: Volodymyr Lugovskyy, University of Memphis |
| Are Regional Trading Arrangements Harmful to the Environment? An Empirical Investigation. |
| Presented by: Sucharita Ghosh, The University of Akron |
Session 39: International Trade 5-B |
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| Session Chair: Thomas Osang, SMU |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:30 |
| Location: Eliot 213 |
| How Import Competition Affects Displaced U.S. Workers |
| Presented by: Ivan Kandilov, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| Some Business Cycle Consequences of Signing NAFTA |
| Presented by: Maria Bejan, European University Institute |
Session 40: International Trade 5-C |
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| Session Chair: Jiandong Ju, University of Oklahoma |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 11:30 - 12:30 |
| Location: Eliot 216 |
| FDI with Reverse Imports and Hollowing Out |
| Presented by: Kiyoshi Matsubara, Nagoya City University |
| One Industry at a Time: Evidence of Induced Localized Technical Gains in the East Asian Countries |
| Presented by: Pham Van, University of Missouri |
| Human Capital, Financial Development, and Capital Flow |
| Presented by: Jiandong Ju, University of Oklahoma |
Session 41: International Trade-6 |
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| Session Chair: Jaime Marquez, Federal Reserve Board |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 14:15 - 15:45 |
| Location: Eliot 102 |
| Self-Selection into the Export Markets: A Conscious Decision? |
| Presented by: Ricardo Lopez, Indiana University |
| Do Countries Free Ride on MFN? |
| Presented by: Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University |
Session 42: International Trade-7 |
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| Session Chair: Jaime Marquez, Federal Reserve Board |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 6, 2004 |
| Time: 16:15 - 17:45 |
| Location: Eliot 102 |
| Arbitrage and Harmonization of Patent Lives |
| Presented by: Eric Bond, Vanderbilt University |
| International Technology Transfer: Who Gains and Who Loses |
| Presented by: Ronald Jones, University of Rochester |
Session 43: International Trade 8-A |
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| Session Chair: Alain Delacroix, Purdue University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 8:30 - 10:15 |
| Location: Eliot 102 |
| International Trade, Labour Turnover, and the Wage Premium: Testing the Bhagwati-Dehejia Hypothesis for Canada |
| Presented by: Eugene Beaulieu, public |
| Innocent or not-so-innocent bystanders: evidence from the gravity model about the effects of UN sanctions on neighbor countries |
| Presented by: Slavi Slavov, Pomona College |
| Will Tunisia Gain From Telecommunications Liberalization? Foreign Entry with Imperfect Competition |
| Presented by: Ari Van Assche, University of California, Davis |
Session 44: International Trade 8-B |
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| Session Chair: Eric Fisher, The Ohio State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 8:30 - 10:15 |
| Location: Eliot 213 |
| The Clash of Liberalizations: Preferential vs. Multilateral Trade Liberalization in the European Union |
| Presented by: Nuno Limao, University of Maryland |
| Trust-Based Trade |
| Presented by: Emanuel Ornelas, University of Georgia |
| Effects of Institutional Change on Economic Growth: Time Series Evidence from Natural Experiments |
| Presented by: Till Schreiber, University of Washington, Seattle |
Session 45: International Trade 9-A |
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| Session Chair: Alain Delacroix, Purdue University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 10:45 - 11:55 |
| Location: Eliot 102 |
| Do Labor Issues Matter in the Determination of US Trade Policy? An Empirical Reevaluation |
| Presented by: Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut |
| Trade and the (Dis)Incentive to Reform Labor Markets: The Case of Reform in the European Union |
| Presented by: Alain Delacroix, Purdue University |
Session 46: International Trade 9-B |
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| Session Chair: Eric Fisher, The Ohio State University |
| Session type: invited |
| Date: November 7, 2004 |
| Time: 10:45 - 11:55 |
| Location: Eliot 213 |
| The Macroeconomics of Missing Trade |
| Presented by: Eric Fisher, The Ohio State University |