2013 West Coast Trade Workshop

If any academics happen to be in Eugene this weekend:

2013 West Coast Trade Workshop (link)

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