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15-18 June, 2006 - Joint Vienna Institute
The conference is co-organized with the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Participation is by invitation only.
Thursday, June 15
11:45 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 The GATT/WTO as an Endogenously Incomplete Contract
*Henrik Horn, IIES, Stockholm University and CEPR
Giovanni Maggi, Princeton University and CEPR
Robert Staiger, University of Wisconsin
14:00 - 15:00 Is Bitter Medicine Good for You? Economic Consequences of WTO/GATT Accessions
*Man-Keung Tang, International Monetary Fund
Shang-Jin Wei, International Monetary Fund and CEPR
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee
15:15 - 16:15 The Productivity Effects of Services Liberalization: Evidence from the Czech Republic
Jens Arnold, The World Bank
*Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, The World Bank and CEPR
Aaditya Mattoo, The World Bank
16:15 - 17:15 Optimal Tariffs: The Evidence
Christian Broada, TBC
*Nuno Limao, University of Maryland and CEPR
David Weinstein, University of Michigan
17:15 - 18:15 Trade Integration, Firm Selection and the Costs of Non Europe
Massimo Del Gatto, CRENoS, Universita di Cagliari
Giordano Mion, CORE, Universite Catholique de Louvain
*Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano, Universita di Bologna and CEPR
Friday, June 16
9:00 - 10:00 Corporate Hierarchies and International Trade: Theory and Evidence
*Dalia Marin, Universität München and CEPR
Thierry Verdier, Paris Shool of Economics and CEPR
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee
10:30 - 11:30 Transfer Pricing by U.S.-Based Multinational Firms
*Andrew Bernard, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
Bradford Jensen, TBC
Peter K. Schot, TBC
11:30 - 12:30 How Does the International Distribution of Firm Ownership Affect the Intensity of Tax Competition?
Ben Ferrett, University of Nottingham
*Ian Wooton, University of Strathclyde and CEPR
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 Collaborative Research Time; RTN Young Researcher Meeting
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee
16:00 - 17:00 Multi-Product Firms and Flexible Manufacturing in the Global Economy
Carsten Eckel, University of Goettingen
*J Peter Neary, University College Dublin and CEPR
17:00 - 18:00 Comparative Advantage, Demand for External Finance, and Financial Development
Quy-Toan Do, The World Bank
*Andrei A. Levchenko, International Monetary Fund
Saturday, June 17
9:00 - 10:00 Volatility, Labor Market Flexibility, and the Pattern of Comparative Advantage
*Alejandro Cunat, University of Essex and CEPR
Marc J. Melitz, Harvard University and CEPR
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee
10:30 - 11:30 Shaking All Over? International Trade and Industrial Dynamics
*Philip McCalman, University of California
11:30 - 12:30 Firm Heterogeneity and the Labor Market Effects of Trade Liberalization
*Hartmut Egger, University of Zurich
Udo Kreickemeier, University of Nottingham
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:30 Collaborative Research Time
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee
16:00 - 17:00 Immigration vs. Offshoring under Firm Heterogeneity
Giuseppe Bertola, Universita degli Studi di Torino and CEPR
*Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, Universita degli Studi di Milano
Alessandro Sembenelli, CERIS-CNR
17:00 - 18:00 Individual Attitudes towards Immigrants: Welfare-State Determinants Across Countries
Giovanni Facchini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
*Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University and CEPR
Sunday, June 18
9:00 - 10:00 The Dynamics of Trade and Competition
*Natalie Chen University of Warwick and CEPR
Jean Imbs, HEC, Lausanne and CEPR
Andrew Scott, London Business School
10:00 - 11:00 Firms Behaving Badly: International Regulation of Anticompetitive Behavior
*Joseph Francois, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute and CEPR
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee
11:15 - 12:15 Will a Regional Bloc Enlarge?
*Giorgia Albertin, International Monetary Fund
12:15 - 13:15 Hub-and-Spoke Free Trade Areas
*Klaus Desmet, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR
Giovanni Facchini, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
13:15- 14:15 Lunch
*denotes speaker
Organizers:
Riccardi Faini, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata and CEPR
Joseph Francois, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Tinbergen Institute and CEPR
Clinton R. Shiells, Joint Vienna Institute
Thierry Vedier, Paris School of Economics and CEPR
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