8th Annual Conference

November 9-11, 2001

Purdue University

Krannert Building, Room G-20

 

Organizers:

David Hummels, Purdue University

Marie Thursby, Purdue University

 

Sponsored by:


Program

 

Session 1: Friday, November 9, 8:30am-12:15

Chair:  Marie Thursby

 

8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00-10:00

NAFTA's Impact on North American Trade

 

·        John Romalis, The University of Chicago

 

Discussant: Russell Hillberry, Purdue University and US International Trade Commission

 

 

10:00-11:00

Tariff and FDI Liberalization: What to Expect from China's Entry to WTO

 

 

·        Sebastian Claro, UCLA

 

Discussant:  William Hutchinson, Vanderbilt University

 

 

11:00-11:15

Break


 

11:15-12:15

Exit Versus Upgrade? Product-Level U.S. Export Response to Poor Country Competition, 1989-1999

 

 

·        Peter Schott, Yale University

 

Discussant: Peter DeBaere, University of Texas

 

Lunch

 

Session 2: Friday, November 9, 2:00-5:30pm

Chair:  David Hummels

 

2:00-3:00

Campaign Contributions and Trade Policy: New Tests of Stolper-Samuelson

 

·        Eugene Beaulieu, The University of Calgary

·        Christopher Magee, Bucknell University

 

Discussant:  Peter Schott, Yale University

 

3:00-3:15

Break

 

3:15-4:15

Searching for the (Dark) Forces Behind Protection

 

·        Hadi Salehi Esfahani, The University of Illinois

 

Discussant: Ravi Yatawara, University of Delaware

 

4:00-4:15

Break

 

4:30-5:30

The Endogenous Choice of Tariffs and Subsidies

 

·        Josh Ederington, The University of Miami

·        Jenny Minier, The University of Miami

 

Discussant:  Marie Thursby, Purdue University

Adjourn

 

 

Session 3: Saturday, November 10, 8:30am-12:15

Chair:  Jon Haveman

 

8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00-10:00

"Trade frictions and welfare in the gravity model:  How much of the iceberg melts?"

 

·        Russell Hillberry, Purdue University and US International Trade Commission

·        Ed Balistreri, U.S. International Trade Commission

 

Discussant: John Romalis, University of Chicago

 

10:00-11:00

International Diffusion and Intellectual Property Rights: An Empirical Analysis

 

·        Phillip McCalman, University of California at Santa Cruz

 

Discussant:  Christine McDaniel, U.S. International Trade Commission

 

11:00-11:15

Break

 

11:15-12:15

Pollution Havens and Foreign Direct Investment: Dirty Secret or Popular Myth?

 

·        Beata Smarzynska, The World Bank

·        Shang-Jin Wei, Brookings Institution, Harvard University Center for International Development and the NBER

 

Discussant:  Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College

 

Lunch – By Invitation Only

12:30-2:00

Purdue Memorial Union – East Faculty Lounge

 

FEATURED SPEAKER:

James Harrigan, New York Federal Reserve Bank

“What Have We Learned from Ten Years of Empirical Trade”

 

 

Session 4: Saturday, November 10, 2:15-5:30pm

Chair:  Russell Hillberry

 

2:15-3:15

Trade and Turnover: Theory and Evidence

 

·        Steve Matusz, Michigan State University

·        Carl Davidson, Michigan State University

 

Discussant:  James Harrigan, New York Federal Reserve Bank

 

3:15-3:30

Break

 

3:30-4:30

Learning from Multinationals:  Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer

 

·        Garrick Blalock, University of California, Berkeley

 

Discussant: Jon Haveman, Public Policy Institute of California

 

4:30-5:30

Does Globalization Increase Child Labor? Evidence from Vietnam

 

·        Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College

 

Discussant:  Susan Zhu, Michigan State University

 

Adjourn

 

7:00 p.m. – Dinner at Heisei Japanese Restaurant

1048 Sagamore Pkwy W. – W. Lafayette

463-1682


 

Session 5: Sunday, November 11, 8:30am-12:15

Chair:  Jerry Thursby

 

8:30-9:00

Continental Breakfast

 

9:00-10:00

Gains from trade in a neoclassical economy: the case of Japan, Part II

 

·        Dan Bernhofen, Clark University

·        John Brown, Clark University

 

Discussant:  James Dunlevy, Miami University of Ohio

 

10:00-11:00

Picking Winners During Transition: Teasing Out The Effects of FDI on Czech Firms

 

·        Simon Evenett, The World Bank

·        Alex Voicu, IGA, Berlin

 

Discussant:  Stephen Redding, London School of Economics

 

11:00-11:15

Break

 

11:15-12:15

Does Trade Theory Explain a Country's Terms Trade

 

·        Peter DeBaere, University of Texas at Austin

·        Hongshik Lee, University of Texas at Austin

 

Discussant: David Hummels, Purdue University

 

Adjourn

 


Participants:

Ed Balistreni, U.S. Int’l Trade Commission                            William Hutchinson, Vanderbilt University

Eugene Beaulieu, The University of Calgary                        Crt Kostevc, University of Ljubljana

Dan Bernhofen, Clark University                                            Hongshik Lee, University of Texas at Austin

Garrick Blalock, Berkeley                                                          Christopher Magee, Bucknell University

John Brown, Clark University                                                  Steve Matusz, Michigan State University

Sebastian Claro, UCLA                                                             Philip McCalman, University of California SC

Joze Damijan, University of Ljubljana                                    Christine McDaniel, U.S. Int’l Trade Commission

Carl Davidson, Michigan State University                            Jenny Minier, University of Miami

Peter DeBaere, University of Texas at Austin                       Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College

James Dunlevy, University of Miami of Ohio                       Stephen Redding, London School of Economics

Josh Ederington, University of Miami                                    J. David Richardson, Syracuse University

Hadi Salehi Esfahani, University of Illinois                           John Romalis, The University of Chicago

Simon Evenett, The World Bank                                             Peter Schott, Yale University

James Harrigan, New York Federal Reserve Bank                Beata Smarzynska, The World Bank

Jon Haveman, Public Policy Institute of California              Marie Thursby, Purdue University

Russell Hillberry, Purdue University                                      Yatawara Ravi, University of Delaware

David Hummels, Purdue University                                        Susan Zhu, Michigan State University

 


Address correspondence to:

David Hummels

 

Department of Economics
Purdue University
W.Lafayette, IN 47907-1310
Phone: (765)-494-4495

EIIT2001@mgmt.purdue.edu

 


Programs from previous "Empirical Investigations" conferences: