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