NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2004

 

International Trade and Investment Workshop

 

Andrew Bernard and Matthew Slaughter, Organizers

 

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

August 2 to 5, 2004

 

PRELIMINARY  PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 2:

 

 

 9:00 a.m.

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

Trade Agreements

 

 

 9:30 a.m.

KYLE BAGWELL, Columbia University and NBER

 

ROBERT STAIGER, University of Wisconsin and NBER

 

Subsidy Agreements

 

 

10:30 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:00 a.m.

PHILIPPE AGHION, POL ANTRAS and ELHANAN HELPMAN,

 

Harvard University and NBER

 

Negotiating Free Trade

 

 

12:00 N

Lunch

 

 

 

Multinationals

 

 

 1:00 p.m.

JAMES MARKUSEN, University of Colorado, Boulder and NBER

 

ANTHONY VENEBLES, London School of Economics

 

A Multi-Country Model with Multi-Stage Production and Country-Specific Trade Costs: A Generalization of Factor-Proportions Trade Theory

 

 

 

2:00 p.m.

Break

 

 

 2:30 p.m.

KATHERYN RUSS, UC, Davis

 

The Endogeneity of the Exchange Rate as a Determinant of FDI:

 

A Model of Money, Entry, and Multinational Firms

 

 

 3:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3:

 

 

 9:00 a.m.

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

Determinants of Trade Patterns

 

 

 9:30 a.m.

ELHANAN HELPMAN and MARC MELITZ, Harvard University and NBER

 

YONA RUBINSTEIN, Tel Aviv University

 

Who Trades? And How Much?

 

 

10:30 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:00 a.m.

CHAD BOWN, Brandeis University

 

MEREDITH CROWLEY, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

 

Trade Deflection and Trade Depression

 

 

12:00 N

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 p.m.

JUAN CARLOS HALLAK, University of Michigan

 

Product Quality, Linder, and the Direction of Trade

 

 

 2:00 p.m.

Break

 

 

 2:30 p.m.

LUIGI GUISO, University of Sassari        

 

PAOLA SAPIENZA, Northwestern University

 

LUIGI ZINGALES, University Chicago and NBER

 

Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange

 

 

 3:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 p.m.

Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

 

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4:

 

 

 9:00 a.m.

Coffee and Doughnuts

 

 

 

Topics in International Trade and Investment

 

 

 9:30 a.m.

ROBERT FEENSTRA, UC, Davis and NBER

 

ALAN HESTON, University of Pennsylvania

 

MARCEL TIMMER, University of Groningen

 

HAIYAN DENG, Conference Board

 

Estimat/ng Real Production and Expenditures Across Nations:

 

A Proposal for Improving Existing Practice

 

 

10:30 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:00 a.m.

JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER

 

ANTHONY VENEBLES, London School of Economics

 

Timeliness, Trade, and Agglomeration

 

 

12:00 N

Lunch

 

 

1:00 p.m.

GARTH FRAZER, University of Toronto

 

Used Clothing Donations and Apparel Production in Africa

 

 

 2:00 p.m.

Break

 

 

 2:30 p.m.

IRENE BRAMBILLA, Yale University

 

A Customs Union with Multinational Firms: 

 

The Automobile market in Argentina and Brazil

 

 

 3:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5:

 

 

 9:00 a.m.

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

9:30 a.m.

MALCOLM BAKER, Harvard University and NBER

 

C. FRITZ FOLEY, Harvard University

 

JEFFREY WURGLER, New York University and NBER

 

Stock Market and Investement: Evidence from FDI Flows

 

 

10:30 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:00 a.m.

JUDITH DEAN, International Trade Commission

 

MARY LOVELY, Syracuse University

 

HUA WANG, The World Bank

 

Are Foreign Investors Attracted to Weak Environmental Regulations?

 

Evaluating the Evidence from China

 

 

12:00 N

Lunch and Adjourn

 

 

7/8/04