RSIE Schedule

Economics 841-842 Research Seminar in International Economics Schedule - Fall 2004
Seminar meets weekly, this year on Thursdays 11:40 AM - 1:00 PM except as noted, in the Smith Seminar Room (201) of Lorch Hall. Titles that are highlighted are available on line.
Date	Speaker	From	Topic
Sep 9, 2004	Stephen Yeaple	Pennsylvania	"An Assignment Theory of Foreign Direct Investment"
Sep 16, 2004	Susan Chun Zhu	Michigan State	"Trade and Inequality in Developing Countries: A General Equilibrium Analysis."
Friday, Sep 24, 2004 10:00 AM, 201 Lorch Joint with Ap. Micro	James Rauch	UC San Diego	"Neckties in the Tropics: A Model of International Trade and Cultural Diversity"
Sep 30, 2004	Christopher Kurz	U of M	"Outstanding Outsourcers: A Firm and Plant-Level Analysis of Production Sharing"
Oct 7, 2004	Ivan Kandilov	U of M	"Do Exporters pay more? Plant-level Evidence from an Export Refund Policy in Chile"
Oct 14, 2004	Mine Senses	U of M	"The Effects of Outsourcing on the Elasticity of Labor Demand"
Oct 21, 2004 (in 201, as usual)	Bill Powers	U of M	"Technology, Linkage Strength, and Specialization"
Oct 28, 2004	Rafael Portillo	U of M	"Distribution Costs, Producer Currency Pricing and Real Exchange Rate Volatility."
Nov 4, 2004	Nuno Lim�o	Maryland	"The Clash of Liberalizations: Preferential vs. Multilateral Trade Liberalization in the European Union"
Nov 11, 2004 Joint with Ap. Micro	Pol Antr�s	Harvard	"Outsourcing in a Knowledge Economy"
Nov 16, 2004 (Tuesday) 2:40-4:00 PM, 301 Lorch	Jim Harrigan	NY Fed	"Airplanes and Comparative Advantage"
Nov 18, 2004	Siwook Lee	U of M	"Trade in Capital Goods and Foreign R&D Spillovers: Reconsidering the Evidence"
Dec 2, 2004	Tom Rutherford	Colorado	"Self-Enforcing Agreements and International Trade in Greenhouse Gas Emission Rights"
Dec 9, 2004	Herman Kamil	U of M	"Do Flexible Exchange Rate Regimes Reduce Balance Sheet Mismatches? New Firm-Level Evidence for Latin America"
Dec 16, 2004	Ken Scheve	U of M	"Public Finance and Individual Preferences over Globalization Strategies"