Deutsche Bundesbank/NBER Workshop
on Microdata-Based Research on FDI |
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Heinz Herrmann and Robert Lipsey, Organizers |
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March 29, 2007 |
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NBER |
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Program |
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8:15
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Shuttle
van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER |
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8:30
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Shuttle
van departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER |
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8:30
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Continental
Breakfast |
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9:00
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Offshoring and the Onshore
Composition of Occupations, Tasks and
Skills |
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Sascha Becker, |
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Karolina Ekholm,
Stockholm University and CESifo |
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Marc-Andreas Müendler,
UC, |
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Discussant: Deborah Swenson, UC, Davis and
NBER |
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10:00
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Volatile Multinationals? Evidence from the Labor Demand of
German Firms |
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Claudia Buch, |
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Alexander Lipponer,
Deutsche Bundesbank |
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Discussant: Robert Feenstra, UC, Davis and
NBER |
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11:00
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Break |
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11:15
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J. Bradford Jensen and
Catherine Mann, Peterson Institute for International
Economics |
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Discussant: Sascha Becker, |
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12:15
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The Q-Theory of Mergers: International and Cross-Border
Evidence |
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Peter Rousseau,
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Discussant: Marc-Andreas Müendler,
UC, San Diego and CESifo
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1:15
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Lunch |
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2:15
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Intercompany Loans and Profit
Shifting-Evidence from Company-Level
Data |
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Thiess Buettner,
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Georg Wamser, Ifo
Institute |
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Discussant: Harry |
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3:15
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Break |
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3:30
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What Determines the Use of
Holding Companies and Ownership Chains? |
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Alfons Weichenrieder,
Johann Wolfgang |
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Jack Mintz, University of
Toronto |
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Discussant: C. Fritz Foley, |
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4:30
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Adjourn |
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4:40
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Shuttle
van departs NBER for Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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6:30
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Group
Dinner |
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Dante
Restaurant at the Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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3/26/07 |
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