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March 30 - 31, 2007

Programme

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Friday, March 30 Council Chamber


 

8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome address
  GEOFF WHITE (Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Otago
Chair: Frank Stähler (University of Otago)
9.15 - 10:15 Invited lecture
  PETER NEARY (University of Oxford) and Carsten Eckel
Multi-Product Firms and Flexible Manufacturing
in the Global Economy

Discussant: Ngo Van Long (McGill University)
   
10:15– 10:45 Coffee break
   

10:45– 12:15

 

 

 

PETER DEBAERE (Darden School of Business) and Shalah Mostashari
Do Tariffs Matter for the Extensive Margin of International Trade? An Empirical Analysis
Discussant: Tim Hazledine (University of Auckland)
  PETER ROBERTSON (University of New South Wales) and Arghya Ghosh
Law and Borders
Discussant: Niven Winchester (University of Otago)
   
12:15– 13:15 Lunch break
   
Chair: Gerald Willmann (University of Otago)

13.15 - 14.45

 

 

 

MARCO WAGNER (University of Bayreuth) and Bernhard Herz
Do the World Trade Organization and the Generalized System of Preferences foster bilateral trade?
Discussant: Alan Woodland (University of Sydney)
  DARIA TAGLIONI (European Central Bank) and Richard Baldwin
Gravity for Dummies and Dummies for Gravity Equations
Discussant: Peter Debaere (Darden School of Business)
   
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
   

15:15 - 16:45

 

NGO VAN LONG (McGill University)
Outsourcing under Monopolistic Competition: Winners and Losers
Discussant: Oliver Lorz (University of Aachen)
  JØRGEN ULFF-MØLLER NIELSEN (Aarhus School of Business) and Jørgen Drud Hansen
Dumping and Injury Margins on Markets with Horizontal as well as Vertical Product Differentiation – Country Size Does Matter
Discussant: Horst Raff (University of Kiel)
   
16.45 - 17.00 Break
   

17.00 - 17.45

 

 

HORST RAFF (University of Kiel) and Nicolas Schmitt
Buyer Power in International Trade
Discussant: Martin Richardson (Australian National University)
   
Saturday, March 31 St. David Theatre
   
Chair: Peter Neary (University of Oxford)
9.00 - 10.00 Invited Lecture
  ALAN WOODLAND (University of Sydney) and Pascalis Raimondos-Møller
Steepest Ascent Tariff Reforms
Discussant: Rod Falvey (University of Nottingham)
   
10.00 - 10.30 Coffee break
   

10.30 - 12.00

 

 

 

ROD FALVEY (University of Nottingham), David Greenaway and Joana Silva
Trade Liberalisation and Human Capital Adjustment
Discussant: Gerald Willmann (University of Otago)
  PARTHA CHATTERJEE (National University of Singapore) and Malik Shukayek
Convergence in a Stochastic Dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin Model
Discussant: Leopoldo Yanes (University of Queensland)
   
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch break
   
 Chair: Alan Woodland (University of Sydney)

13.00 - 14.30

 

 

MICHAEL RYAN (Western Michigan University),
Horst Raff and Frank Stähler
Whole versus Shared Ownership of Foreign Affiliates
Discussant: Daria Taglioni (European Central Bank)
  ROLAND HODLER (University of Melbourne)
Specialization and Welfare in the Presence of Imperfectly Integrated Capital Markets and Learning-by-Doing
Discussant: Partha Chetterjee (National University of Singapore)
   
14.30 - 15.00 Coffee break
   

15.00 - 16.30

 

 

 

OLIVER LORZ (University of Aachen),
Eberhard Feess and Michael Hoeck
International Technology Transfers and Competition
Discussant: Jørgen Ulff-Møller Nielsen (Aarhus School of Business)
  LEOPOLDO YANES (University of Queensland)
Endogenous Technological Capability and Cumulative Causation
Discussant: Roland Hodler (University of Melbourne)
   
16.30 - 16.45
Break
   

16.45 - 17.30

 

 

MARTIN RICHARDSON (Australian National University) and Frank Stähler
Fair Trade
Discussant: Peter Neary (University of Oxford)
   
19.30 Dinner at Plato Restaurant