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Workshop Program

A .pdf version of the program is available here.

Day 1 (Friday, 11 March 2011)

8:45-9:00

INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME

 

 

9:00-10:20

SESSION 1. TRADE POLICY: THEORY I

Chair: Martin Richardson (ANU)

 

9:00-9:40

 

Trade Policy-Making in a Model of Legislative Bargaining

Presenter: Bilgehan Karabay (University of Auckland)

 

Discussant: Gerald Willmann (Catholic University of Leuven)

 

9:40-10:20

Reciprocity, World Prices, and Welfare

Presenter: Pascalis Raimondos-Møller (Copenhagen Business School)

 

Discussant: Horst Raff (Kiel University)

 

10:20-10:50

TEA BREAK

 

 

10:50-12:10

SESSION 2. TRADE POLICY: THEORY II

Chair: Horst Raff (Kiel University)

 

10:50-11:30

 

On the Relationship between Preferential and Multilateral Trade Liberalization: The Case of Customs Unions

Presenter: Alan Woodland (UNSW)

 

Discussant: Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University)

 

11:30-12:10

Preferential Trade Agreements, Technology Adoption and the Speed of Attaining Free Trade

Presenter: Hiroshi Mukunoki (Gakushuin University)

 

Discussant: Pascalis Raimondos-Møller (Copenhagen Business School)

 

12:10-1:10

LUNCH

 

 

1:10-2:10

INVITED LECTURE

Firm heterogeneity and Costly Trade: A New Estimation Strategy and Policy Experiments

Kala Krishna (Pennsylvania State University)

Chair: Kym Anderson (University of Adelaide)

 

 

2:10-2:30

TEA BREAK

2:30-3:50

SESSION 3.  TRADE POLICY: EMPIRICS

Chair: Peter Robertson (UWA)

 

2:30-3:10

 

What Triggers an Anti-Dumping Petition? Finding the Devil in the Detail

Presenter: Russell Hillberry (University of Melbourne)

 

Discussant: Arpita Chatterjee (UNSW)

 

3:10-3:50

The Impact of Border Carbon Adjustments under Alternative Producer Reponses

Presenter: Niven Winchester (MIT and University of Otago)

 

Discussant: Laura Puzzello (Monash University)

 

3:50-4:10

TEA BREAK

 

 

4:10-5:30

SESSION 4.  CROSS-COUNTRY EMPIRICAL STUDIES

Chair: Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University)

 

4:10-4:50

 

A Symmetry Hypothesis and Measurement Biases in the Factor Content of Trade

Presenter: Laura Puzzello (Monash University)

 

Discussant: Ivan Cherkashin (ANU)

 

4:50-5:30

Trade Liberalization, Development and Conflict

Presenter: Peter Robertson (UWA)

 

Discussant: Markus Brueckner (University of Adelaide)

 

7:00

DINNER

Bistro Dom

24 Waymouth Street

Day 2 (12 March 2011)

9:00-10:00

SESSION 5. PhD STUDENTS PRESENTATIONS

Chair: Tatyana Chesnokova (University of Adelaide)

 

9:00-9:30

 

On the Relationship between Bargaining and Tariffs

Presenter: Tomohiro Ara (UNSW)

 

Discussant: Hiroshi Mukunoki (Gakushuin University)

 

9:30-10:00

Is New Economic Geography Right? Evidence from Price Data

Presenter:  Jessie Handbury (Columbia University)

 

Discussant: Russell Hillberry (University of Melbourne)

 

10:00-10:30

TEA BREAK

 

 

10:30-12:30

SESSION 6. FIRMS: THEORY AND EMPIRICS

Chair: Russell Hillberry (University of Melbourne)

 

10:30-11:10

 

Manufacturers and Retailers in the Global Economy

Presenter: Horst Raff (Kiel University)

 

Discussant:  Alan Woodland (UNSW)

 

11:10-11:50

International Rent-shifting under Foreign Entry through R&D and Licensing

Presenter: Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi University)

 

Discussant: Frank Stahler (University of Wurzburg)

 

11:50-12:30

Multi-Product Firms and Exchange Rate Fluctuations

Presenter: Arpita Chatterjee (UNSW)

 

Discussant: Jessie Handbury (Columbia University)

 

12:30-1:30

LUNCH

 

 

1:30-2:30

INVITED LECTURE

 

Openness, Conflicts and State Capacity Builiding: A Political Economy Perspective

Thierry Verdier (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques)

Chair: Frank Stahler (University of Wurzburg)

 

 

2:30-3:00

TEA BREAK

 

 

3:00-5:00

SESSION 7. EDUCATION AND LABOR MARKET

Chair: Alan Woodland (UNSW)

 

3:00-3:40

 

Trade, Education, and the Shrinking Middle Class

Presenter: Gerald Willmann (Catholic University of Leuven)

 

Discussant: Bilgehan Karabay (University of Auckland)

 

3:40-4:20

 

A Simple Theory of Unemployment and Trade in General Equilibrium

Presenter: Frank Stahler (University of Wurzburg)

 

Discussant: Tatyana Chesnokova (University of Adelaide)

 

4:20-5:00

 

The Great Russian Devaluation and Labor Demand

Presenter: Ivan Cherkashin (ANU)

 

Discussant: Niven Winchester (MIT and University of Otago)

 

5:00

CLOSING