NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2005

 

International Trade and Investment Workshop

 

Matthew Slaughter and David Weinstein, Organizers

 

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

August 1 to 4, 2005

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, AUGUST 1:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:30 am

MATILDE BOMBARDINI, MIT

 

Firm heterogeneity and lobby participation

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

JUAN CARLOS HALLAK, University of Michigan

 

PETER SCHOTT, Yale University

 

Estimating Cross-Country Differences in Product Quality

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

HIAU LOOI KEE and ALESSANDRO NICITA, The World Bank

 

MARCELO OLARREAGA, World Bank

 

Import Demand Elasticities and Trade Distortions

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

GUY MICHAELS, MIT

 

The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill--Evidence from the Interstate Highway System

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 PM

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

 

 

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:30 am

STEPHEN REDDING, London School of Economics

 

DANIEL STURM, University of Munich

 

The Costs of Remoteness: Evidence from the German Division and Re-unification

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

THOMAS CHANEY, MIT

 

Distorted Gravity: Heterogeneous Firms, Market Structure and the Geography of International Trade

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

CAGLAR OZDEN, World Bank

 

CAROLINE FREUND, The World Bank

 

Trade Policy and Loss Aversion

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

ANDRES RODRIGUEZ CLARE, University of Chicago

 

GIOVANNI MAGGI. Princeton University

 

A Political Economy Theory of Trade Agreements

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

9:30 am

DAVID KAPLAN, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

 

ERIC VERHOOGEN, Columbia University

 

Quality Upgrading and Establishment Wage Policies: Evidence from Mexican Employer-Employee Data

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

DEAN YANG. University of Michigan

 

Coping With Disaster: The Impact of Hurricanes on International Financial Flows, 1970-2001

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

KEI-MU YI, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

 

Vertical Specialization and the Border Effect

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

THIERRY MAYER, University of Paris, sud

 

PHILIPPE MARTIN, University of Paris I

 

MATHIAS THOENIG, CEPR

 

Make Trade not War?

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:30 am

RODNEY LUDEMA, and ANA MARIA MAYDA, Georgetown University

 

Do Countries Free Ride on MFN?

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

AHMED MUSHFIQ MOBARAK and DENNI PUSPA PURBASARI,

 

University of Colorado at Boulder

 

Political Trade Protection in Developing Countries: Firm Level Evidence on Political Connections and Import Licenses in Indonesia

 

 

12:00 n

Adjourn