Regionalism and Permanent Diversion

Caroline Freund, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Discussant:

Usha Nair, Georgia Institute of Technology.

Economic Geography and Regional Production Structure: An Empirical Investigation

David Weinstein, University of Michigan and NBER.

Donald Davis, Harvard University and NBER.

Discussant:

James Harrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and Labour Market Adjustment in Canada

Eugene Beaulieu, University of Calgary.

Discussant:

Raymond Robertson, Syracuse University.

Subcontracting from Foreign Partners as a Source of Technology Transfer: Evidence from Czech Firms

Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan.

Simeon Djankov, World Bank and University of Michigan.

Discussant:

Jon Haveman, Council of Economic Advisors and Purdue University.

Trade and Environment: Bargaining Outcomes from Linked Negotiations

Randall Wigle, Wilfrid Laurier University.

Lisandro Abrego, University of Warwick.

Carlo Perroni, University of Warwick.

John Whalley, Universities of Warwick and Western Ontario.

Discussant:

Thomas Hertel, Purdue University.

Overseas Investment and Firm Exports

Keith Head, University of British Columbia.

David E. Weinstein, Harvard University.

Discussant:

Janet Netz, Purdue University.

Intra-Industry Trade and the Single Market: An Empirical Assessment Based on Trade Types

Lionel Fontagne, University of Paris I and CEPII.

Michael Freudenberg, CEPII.

Nicolas Peridy, University of Nantes.

Discussant:

Simon Evenett, Rutgers University.

Oligopolistic Competition and Intra-Industry Trade: Evidence form the OECD

Daniel Bernhofen, Clark University.

Discussant:

Michael Freudenberg, CEPII.

11:15-12:15

The Role of Distance in International Trade

David Hummels, University of Chicago.

Discussant:

James Harrigan, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Firm-level Evidence on Productivity Differentials, Turnover, and Exports in Taiwanese Manufacturing

Bee Yan Aw Roberts,The Pennsylvania State University.

Mark Roberts, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER.

Discussant:

J. David Richardson, Syracuse University and IIE.

Goods Variety and Growth in South Korea and Taiwan

Dorsati Madani, World Bank.

Robert Feenstra, Too many to list.

Chi-Yuan Liang, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica.

Discussant:

Simon Evenett, Rutgers University.

Education, Development and Trade: Should All Countries Educate?

Peter Schott, UCLA.

Gordon Hanson, University of Texas - Austin.

Discussant:

Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan

Exceptional Exporter Performance: Cause, Effect, or Both?

Brad Jensen, Carnegie Mellon University.

Andrew Bernard, Yale University.

Discussant:

Bee Yan Aw Roberts, The Pennsylvania State University.

In Search of Substitution Between Foreign Production and Exports

Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon.

Discussant:

William Hutchinson, Miami University of Ohio.

Global Markets and Wage Disparities in North and South America

Peter Robertson, University of New South Wales.

Richard Harris, Simon Fraser University.

Discussant:

Randall Wigle, Wilfrid Laurier University.