ANTIDUMPING AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CONFERENCE

 

The World Bank & Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po)

Paris, France

December 15-16, 2006

 

Chad P. Bown, Bernard M. Hoekman and Patrick A. Messerlin, Organizers

 

Program

 

 

Presentation Format:

  • 60 minutes total per paper

o       40 minutes for author

o       10 minutes for discussant

o       10 minutes for group discussion

 

 

 

Friday December 15, 2006 (all sessions Friday in Room Goguel, 56 rue des Saints Peres)

 

12:00PM

GROUP LUNCH

 

1:15PM

Conference Introduction

Chad P. Bown, Brandeis University

Bernard M. Hoekman, The World Bank

 

1:30PM

Preferential Trade Agreements and the Incidence of Antidumping Disputes

Thomas J. Prusa, Rutgers University

 

Discussant: Peter Egger, University of Munich

 

2:30PM

BREAK

 

3:00PM

Does Antidumping Use Contribute to Trade Liberalization? An Empirical Analysis

Michael O. Moore, George Washington University

Maurizio Zanardi, Tilburg University

 

Discussant: Douglas R. Nelson, Tulane University

 

4:00PM

Antidumping, Reciprocity, and the WTO

Chad P. Bown, Brandeis University

 

Discussant: Bernard M. Hoekman, The World Bank

 

5:00PM

Adjourn

 

6:30PM

GROUP DINNER (TBA)

 

 

 

Saturday December 16, 2006 (all sessions Saturday in Room Albert Sorel, 27 rue Saint Guillaume)

 

(ON YOUR OWN FOR BREAKFAST)

 

9:00 AM

AD Sunset Reviews: Did the WTO Agreement Make Any Difference?

Olivier Cadot, Universite de Lausanne

Jaime de Melo, Universite de Geneve

Bolormaa Tumurchudur, Universite de Lausanne

 

Discussant: David Cheong, Johns Hopkins University/SAIS-Bologna

 

10:00AM

BREAK

 

10 :30AM

Unveiling Petitioners in Antidumping Cases

Andre Sapir, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Hylke Vandenbussche, Universite Catholique de Louvain

 

Discussant: Hilda Fridh, Sweden National Board of Trade

 

11:30AM

U.S. Antidumping on Catfish, Household Income and Investment Patterns Among Vietnamese Farmers

Guido Porto, The World Bank

 

Discussant: Thomas J. Prusa, Rutgers University

 

12:30PM

GROUP LUNCH

 

Invited Speaker: Andre Sapir, Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Commissioner Mandelson Review of the EU Trade Defence Instruments

(Background: Green paper, Press Release)

 

 

1:30PM

From Agreement to Application: A Cross-Country Analysis of Injury Determinations under the WTO Antidumping Agreement

Kara M. Reynolds, American University

 

Discussant: Maurizio Zanardi, Tilburg University

 

2:30 PM

How Bad is Antidumping?: A Gravity Model Approach

Douglas R. Nelson, Tulane University

Peter Egger, University of Munich

 

Discussant: Kara M. Reynolds, American University

 

3:30PM

BREAK

 

4:00 PM

Knowledge Spillovers and Strategic Trade Policy

Nathan Nunn, University of British Columbia

 

Discussant: Michael O. Moore, George Washington University

 

5:00PM

Adjourn

 

(ON YOUR OWN FOR DINNER)