NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
International Trade and Investment Program Meeting
Robert Feenstra, Organizer
December 5 - 6, 2003
NBER
30 Alta Road
Stanford, CA
PROGRAM
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:15 AM JAMES ANDERSON, Boston College and NBER
ERIC VAN WINCOOP, University of Virginia and NBER
10:15 AM Break
10:45 AM CHRISTIAN BRODA, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
DAVID WEINSTEIN, Columbia University and NBER
Globalization and the Gains from Variety
11:45 AM Lunch
1:00 PM VOLKER NOCKE, University of Pennsylvania
STEPHEN YEAPLE, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Mergers and the Composition of International Commerce
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM DEVASHISH MITRA, Syracuse University and NBER
VITOR TRINDADE, Syracuse University
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM ECKHARD JANEBA , University of Colorado, Boulder and NBER
International Trade and Cultural Identity
4:30 PM Adjourn
6:30 PM Dinner
Zibibbo Restaurant
430 Kipling Street
Palo Alto, CA
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM FABIO GHIRONI, Boston College
MARC MELITZ, Harvard University and NBER
International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics with Heterogeneous Firms
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM PAUL BERGIN, UC, Davis and NBER
REUVEN GLICK, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
ALAN TAYLOR, UC, Davis and NBER
Productivity, Tradability, and The Great Divergence
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM WOLFGANG KELLER, University of Texas and NBER
CAROL SHIUE, University of Texas
The Origins of Spatial Interaction
12:30 PM Lunch and Adjourn
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