NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008

 

International Trade and Investment Workshop

 

July 28-31, 2008

 

John McLaren and Peter Schott, Organizers

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, JULY 28:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

Firm-Level Analysis of Exports

 

 

 9:30 am

BEATA JAVORCIK, University of Oxford

 

Shipping Good Tequila Out: Investment, Domestic Unit Values and Entry of Multi-product Plants into Export Markets

 

 

 

Discussant:  BRADFORD JENSEN, Georgetown University and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

ERIC VERHOOGEN, Columbia University and NBER

 

The Quality-Complementarity Hypothesis: Theory and New Evidence from Colombia

 

 

 

Discussant:  JAMES TYBOUT, Pennsylvania State University and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

JUAN CARLOS HALLAK, Universidad de San Andrés and NBER

 

Productivity, Quality and Exporting Behavior under Minimum Quality Requirements

 

 

 

Discussant:  DAVID HUMMELS, Purdue University and NBER

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

ROC ARMENTER, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 

A Balls-and-Bins Model of Trade

 

 

 

Discussant:  ANDREW BERNARD, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:00 pm

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

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 29:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

Globalization, Development, and Income Distribution

 

 

 9:30 am

MARY AMITI, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

 

Trade, Firms, and Wages: Theory and Evidence

 

 

 

Discussant:  NINA PAVCNIK, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

JOHN ROMALIS, University of Chicago and NBER

 

Inequality and Prices:  Does China Benefit the Poor in America?

 

 

 

Discussant:  IRENE BRAMBILLA, Yale University and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

EMILY BLANCHARD, University of Virginia

 

Trade, Education, and the Shrinking Middle Class

 

 

 

Discussant:  ANDRES RODRIGUEZ-CLARE, Pennsylvania State University

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

KATHERYN RUSS, UC, Davis and NBER

 

FDI in the Banking Sector: Why borrowing costs fall while spread proxies increase

 

 

 

Discussant:  JOSHUA AIZENMAN, UC, Santa Cruz and NBER

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

Political Economy and Trade

 

 

 9:30 am

RALPH OSSA, University of Chicago

 

A New Trade Theory of GATT/WTO Negotiations

 

 

 

Discussant:  PRAVIN KRISHNA, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

NINO SITCHINAVA, University of Oregon

 

Trade, Technology, and Wage Inequality:  Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing, 1989-2004

 

 

 

Discussant:  ROBERT FEENSTRA, UC, Davis and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

 1:00 pm

EDWIN LAI, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

 

Parallel Imports and Price Controls

 

 

 

Discussant:  JAMES MARKUSEN, University of Colorado and NBER

 

 

 2:00 pm

Break

 

 

 2:30 pm

REUVEN GLICK, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

 

Collateral Damage:  Trade Disruption and the Economic Impact of War

 

 

 

Discussant:  DOUGLAS IRWIN, Dartmouth College and NBER

 

 

 3:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

THURSDAY, JULY 31:

 

 

 9:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 

New Trade Theories

 

 

 9:30 am

JONATHAN EATON, New York University and NBER

 

A Search and Learning Model of Export Dynamics

 

 

 

Discussant:  MARC MELITZ, Princeton University and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

ARNAUD COSTINOT, UC, San Diego

 

Matching and Inequality in the World Economy

 

 

 

Discussant:  POL ANTRAS, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch and Adjourn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5/7/08