2013 West Coast Trade Workshop
All sessions will be held in the Walnut room in the Inn at the 5th.
Saturday March 2nd
8:15 am-10:15 am
Session 1 – Innovation and Growth
(Chair – Nicholas Sly)
Walker Hanlon - UCLA
Industry Clusters, Trade and Growth
Stephen Terry - Stanford
A Trapped Factors Model of Innovation
10:15am - 10:30am
Coffee Break
10:30am- 12:30pm
Session 2 – International Trade and Worker Skills
(Chair – Bruce Blonigen)
Matilde Bombardini - UBC
How Robust is the Skill-Dispersion-Complementary Hypothesis
Nicholas Sly - Oregon
A Simple Model of Globalization, Schooling and Skill Acquisition
12:30pm-2pm
Lunch Break
2pm-4pm
Session 3 – Foreign Direct Investment
(Chair – Jennifer Poole)
Will Olney
A Race to the Bottom? Employment Protection and Foreign Direct Investment
Kalina Manova
Host Country Financial Development and MNC activity
Evening
Hosted Group Dinner
Sunday, March 3rd
8:30am-10:30am
Session 4 – Consequences of the Trade Liberalization
(Chair – Alan Spearot)
Assaf Zimring
Gains from Trade: Lessons from the Gaza Blockade 2007-2010
Pablo Fajgelbaum
Internal Geography, International Trade and Regional Outcomes
10:30am – 10:45am
Coffee Break
10:45am-12:45pm
Session 5 – Offshoring
(Chair – Anca Cristea)
Jennifer Poole
Offshoring and Firm-Level Task Composition: Is there a Gender Component?
Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez
Competition and Offshoring
Adjourn