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MID-WEST INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS MEETINGS

Fall 2001

Penn State University

State College, PA

October 19-21, 2001

Final Program



Session IA: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:15-5:45 - VANDERBILT

Chair: Raymond Riezman- raymond-riezman@uiowa.edu  (University of Iowa)

2:15-3:25

1. Neil Wallace neilw@psu.edu  (The Pennsylvania State University) and B. Ravikumar
"A Benefit of Uniform Currency"

2. Jaime Marquez jaime.marquez@frb.gov  (Federal Reserve Board)
"Productivity, Investment, and the Current Account: A Reassessment of the Linkages" Abstract

4:00-5:45

1. Stephen Yeaple snyeapl2@postoffice.ssc.upenn.edu  (University of Pennsylvania) and Stephen Golub
"International Productivity Differences and Infrastructure"

2. Michael Nicholson mnicholson@ftc.gov  (Federal Trade Commission)
"Trademark Infringement and Endogenous Innovation" Abstract


3. Daniel M. Bernhofen dbernhofen@clarku.edu  (Clark University) and John C. Brown
"General Equilibrium Estimates of the Gains from Trade Arising from Comparative Advantage: The Case of Japan, Part II" Abstract


Session IB: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:15-5:45 - WHITNEY

Chair: Theresa Greaney greaney@hawaii.edu  (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

2:15-3:25

1. James Tybout jxt32@psu.edu  (Pennsylvania State University) with Aart Kraay and Isidro Soloaga
"Product Quality, Productive Efficiency, and International Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Plant-Level Panel Data"

2. Eric Fisher fisher.244@osu.edu  (The Ohio State University) and David Bearce
"Economic Geography, Trade, and War" Abstract Paper

4:00-5:45

1. Michael Moore mom@gwu.edu  (George Washington University)
"VERs and Price Undertakings under the WTO"

2. Chad P. Bown cbown@brandeis.edu  (Brandeis University)
"On the Economic Success of GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement" Paper

3. Theresa Greaney greaney@hawaii.edu  (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
"Reverse Importing and Asymmetric Trade and FDI: A Networks Explanation" Abstract


 

Session IIA: Saturday, October 20, 2001 8:30-12:30 - REGENCY A

Chair: Jaime Marquez jaime.marquez@frb.gov  (Federal Reserve Board)

8:30-9:30

1. Janet Ceglowski jceglows@brynmawr.edu  (Bryn Mawr College)
"What Border? A Study of Price Convergence Across the 49th Parallel" Abstract

2. Patrick Conway patrick_conway@unc.edu  (University of North Carolina)
"Beggar My Neighbor? Exchange-Rate Depreciation as a Profit-Shifting Trade Strategy" Paper Abstract

10:00-11:00

1. Francisco Parodi fparodi@LearnLink.Emory.edu  (Emory University) and Caglar Ozden
"Customs Unions and Foreign Investment: Theory and Evidence from Mercosur's Auto Industry"

2. James Gaisford gaisford@ucalgary.ca  (University of Calgary) with Michael Benarroch and Eugene Beaulieu.
"Intra-Industry Trade Liberalization: Why Skilled Workers in Most Countries Resist Protectionism" Abstract

3. Robert Tatum rtatum@indiana.edu  (Indiana University)
"Sustaining Imperfectly Credible Trade Liberalization" Abstract


Session IIB: Saturday, October 20, 2001 8:30-12:30 - REGENCY B

Chair: Daniel M. Bernhofen dbernhofen@clarku.edu  (Clark University)

8:30-9:30

1. Fuat Sener senerm@union.edu  (Union College) and Selin Sayek
"Dynamic Effects of Outsourcing on Wage Inequality and Skill Formation" Abstract

2. Ting Gao gao@missouri.edu  (University of Missouri)
"FDI, Openness and Income" Abstract Paper

3. Meredith Crowley mcrowley@frbchi.org  (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)
"Opening and Closing Techonolgy Gaps Under Safeguard Treaties" Abstract

10:00-11:00

1. Pham Hoang Van pham@missouri.edu  (University of Missouri)
"Technological Change as a Series of Localized Technical Gains: Evidence from Korea and Taiwan" Abstract

2. Michael Ryan michael.ryan@wmich.edu  (Western Michigan University) and Andrzej Cieslik
"Determinants of Japanese Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe" Abstract

3. Eric Chiang chiangep@chip.cba.ufl.edu  (University of Florida)
"Intellectual Property Rights and Firm Actions towards Cross-Border Enforcement"

11:30-12:30

1. Morihiro Yomogida myom@troi.cc.rochester.edu  (University of Rochester)
"Competition, Technology and Trade in Oligopolistic Industries" Abstract

2. Thomas Gresik tgresik@nd.edu  (University of Notre Dame) and Petter Osmundsen
"Transfer Pricing With No Unrelated Parties" Paper

3. Josh Ederington ederington@miami.edu  (University of Miami) and Claustre Bajona
"Policy Linkage with Asymmetric Information"

Session IIC: Saturday, October 20, 2001 8:30-12:30 - VANDERBILT

Chair:  Ronald B. Davies rdavies@oregon.uoregon.edu  (University of Oregon)

8:30-9:30

1. Jeong-Joon Lee jjlee@towson.edu  (Towson University)
"An Empirical Puzzle in Sectoral Wage Differentials" Paper

2. Chul Chung chul.chung@econ.gatech.edu  (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Factor Content of Trade: Nonhomothetic Preferences and 'Missing Trade'" Abstract

3. Tibor Besedes besedes@economics.rutgers.edu  (Rutgers University)
"Ins, Outs, and Duration of Trade" Abstract Paper

10:00-11:00

1. Phillip Garner parawon@msn.com  (Brown University)
"The Role of Rival Nation-States in Long Run Growth" Abstract

2. Mario Marazzi mm162@cornell.edu  (Cornell University)
"Gains from Trade in a Spatial Model of Rent Shifting" Paper

3. Joy Mazumdar jmazumd@emory.edu  (Emory University) and Ujjayant Chakravorty
"Lobbying and Infrastructure Investment in an Open Economy" Abstract

11:30-12:30

1. Sudeshna Bandyopadhyay bandy@mail.wvu.edu  (West Virginia University)
"Trade and Child Labor: A General Equilibrium Analysis"

2. Ronald Leung rkhleung@econ.umn.edu  (University of Minnesota) and Michael Rolleigh
"Migration and the Welfare State"

3. Sucharita Ghosh sghosh@uakron.edu  (University of Akron) and Steven Yamarik
"A Sensitivity Analysis fo the Gravity Model"


Session III: Saturday, October 20, 2001, 2:15-5:45 - REGENCY A

Chair: Eric Bond- ewb1@psu.edu (Penn State)

2:15- 3:00 David Hummels hummelsd@mgmt.purdue.edu  (Purdue University) and Alexandre Skiba
"Shipping the Good Apples Out: An Empirical Confirmation of the Alchian-allen Conjecture" Abstract
Discussants: Christopher Magee-cmagee@bucknell.edu (Bucknell University)

3:00- 3:45 Yuka Ohno yuka@rice.edu  (Rice University)
"Strategic Policies to Facilitate Technology Transfer"
Discussants: Jacques Olivier- olivier@hec.fr (CEPR)

3:45-4:15 BREAK

4:15-5:00 Ronald B. Davies rdavies@oregon.uoregon.edu (University of Oregon) and Christopher Ellis
"Competition in Taxes and Performance Requirements for Foreign Direct Investment" Abstract
Discussants: Theresa Greaney- greaney@hawaii.edu (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

5:00-5:45 Elias Dinopoulos dinopoe@ufl.edu  (University of Florida) and Constantinos Syropoulos
"Does Bilateralism Undermine Global Free Trade? Implications of Endogenous Tariffs in the Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Model" Abstract
Discussants: Eric Bond-ewb1@psu.edu (Penn State), Daniel M. Bernhofen- dbernhofen@clarku.edu (Clark University)

Session IVA: Sunday, October 21, 2001, 9:00-11:40 - REGENCY A

Chair: Eric Bond ewb1@psu.edu  (Penn State)

9:00-10:10

1. Yutaka Suzuki yusuzuki@stanford.edu  (Stanford University)
"Dumping Behavior and Anti-Dumping Laws in an Infinite Horizon International Duopoly Model" Abstract Paper

2. Carsten Eckel carsten.eckel@uni-passau.de  (University of Passau)
"Market Integration and Market Concentration in Horizontally Differentiated Industries" Abstract

10:30-11:40

1. Kala Krishna kmk4@psu.edu  (Pennsylvania State University) and Cemile Yavas
"Trade in Indivisible Goods: Market, Transition and Developing Economies"

2. Jacques Olivier olivier@hec.fr  (CEPR) and Ai-Ting Goh
"Free Trade and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights: Can we have one without the other?" Abstract Paper


Session IVB: Sunday, October 21, 2001, 9:00-11:40 - VANDERBILT

Chair: Christopher Magee cmagee@bucknell.edu  (Bucknell University)

9:00-10:10

1. Bin Xu xub@dale.cba.ufl.edu  (University of Florida)
"Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality in Developing Countries: Results from Continuum Models"

2. Usha Nair-Reichert usha.nair@econ.gatech.edu  (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Joy Mazumdar
"Does Service Trade Help Goods Trade?" Abstract

10:30-11:40

1. Christopher Magee cmagee@bucknell.edu  (Bucknell University) with Carl Davidson and Steven J. Matusz
"Endogenous Preferential Trade Agreements: An Empirical Analysis" Abstract