2012 West Coast Trade Workshop
Saturday, March 3
8:30am: Breakfast and Welcome
GAINS FROM TRADE
Chair: Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon
9:00am – 10:00am:
Different Trade Models, Different Trade Elasticities?
Ina Simonovska, UC Davis (with Michael Waugh)
10:00am – 11:00am:
Increasing Returns and Economic Prosperity: How Can Size Not Matter?
Andres Rodriguez-Clare, UC Berkeley (with Natalia Ramondo and Milagro Saborio-Rodriguez)
11:00am – 11:15am: Coffee Break
11:15am – 12:15pm:
Estimating the Gains from Liberalizing Services Trade: The Case of Passenger Aviation
Anca Cristea, University of Oregon (with David Hummels)
12:15pm – 2:00pm: Lunch
TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTICIPATION
Chair: Jennifer Poole, University of California, Santa Cruz
2:00pm – 3:00pm:
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions with Heterogeneous Firms: Technology vs. Market Motives
Donghyun Lee, University of Oregon – Winner: West Coast Trade Graduate Student Award
3:00pm – 4:00pm:
Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters
Heiwai Tang, Tufts and MIT Sloan (with Yua Ma and Yifan Zhang)
4:00pm – 4:15pm: Coffee Break
4:15pm – 5:15pm:
Processing vs. Ordinary Trade
Kalina Manova, Stanford University (with Zhihong Yu)
Sunday, March 4
8:30am: Breakfast
GLOBALIZATION AND INSTITUTIONS
Chair: Nicholas Sly, University of Oregon
9:00am – 10:00am:
The Impacts of Post-TRIPS Patent Reforms on the Structure of Exports
Keith Maskus, University of Colorado (with Lei Yang)
10:00am – 11:00am:
Offshoring, Unemployment, and Wages: The Role of Labor Market Institutions
Priya Ranjan, UC Irvine
11:00am – 11:15am: Coffee Break
TRADE COSTS
Chair: Alan Spearot, University of California, Santa Cruz
11:15am – 12:15pm:
Understanding Markups in the Open Economy under Bertrand Competition
Katheryn Russ, UC Davis (with Beatriz de Blas)
12:15pm – 1:15pm:
How Geography Affects Quality
Alexandre Skiba, Univeristy of Wyoming (with Volodymyr Lugovskyy)
1:15pm: Adjourn.
8:30am: Breakfast and Welcome
GAINS FROM TRADE
Chair: Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon
9:00am – 10:00am:
Different Trade Models, Different Trade Elasticities?
Ina Simonovska, UC Davis (with Michael Waugh)
10:00am – 11:00am:
Increasing Returns and Economic Prosperity: How Can Size Not Matter?
Andres Rodriguez-Clare, UC Berkeley (with Natalia Ramondo and Milagro Saborio-Rodriguez)
11:00am – 11:15am: Coffee Break
11:15am – 12:15pm:
Estimating the Gains from Liberalizing Services Trade: The Case of Passenger Aviation
Anca Cristea, University of Oregon (with David Hummels)
12:15pm – 2:00pm: Lunch
TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTICIPATION
Chair: Jennifer Poole, University of California, Santa Cruz
2:00pm – 3:00pm:
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions with Heterogeneous Firms: Technology vs. Market Motives
Donghyun Lee, University of Oregon – Winner: West Coast Trade Graduate Student Award
3:00pm – 4:00pm:
Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters
Heiwai Tang, Tufts and MIT Sloan (with Yua Ma and Yifan Zhang)
4:00pm – 4:15pm: Coffee Break
4:15pm – 5:15pm:
Processing vs. Ordinary Trade
Kalina Manova, Stanford University (with Zhihong Yu)
Sunday, March 4
8:30am: Breakfast
GLOBALIZATION AND INSTITUTIONS
Chair: Nicholas Sly, University of Oregon
9:00am – 10:00am:
The Impacts of Post-TRIPS Patent Reforms on the Structure of Exports
Keith Maskus, University of Colorado (with Lei Yang)
10:00am – 11:00am:
Offshoring, Unemployment, and Wages: The Role of Labor Market Institutions
Priya Ranjan, UC Irvine
11:00am – 11:15am: Coffee Break
TRADE COSTS
Chair: Alan Spearot, University of California, Santa Cruz
11:15am – 12:15pm:
Understanding Markups in the Open Economy under Bertrand Competition
Katheryn Russ, UC Davis (with Beatriz de Blas)
12:15pm – 1:15pm:
How Geography Affects Quality
Alexandre Skiba, Univeristy of Wyoming (with Volodymyr Lugovskyy)
1:15pm: Adjourn.
