WTO and International Trade Research Conference

14-15 November 2008

International Business School and Department of Economics

Brandeis University

Chad P. Bown (cbown@brandeis.edu), Organizer

Preliminary Program

(revised 11 November 2008)

Friday 14 Nov. (All of the day’s conference sessions located in Levin Ross, Hassenfeld Conference Center Building)

7:45	Depart Marriott Hotel, Boston (shuttle)
8:15	Continental Breakfast (at Brandeis)
8:45	Conference Introduction
9:00-10:10	“A New Trade Theory of GATT/WTO Negotiations” RALPH OSSA, University of Chicago GSB Discussant: ARNAUD COSTINOT, MIT
10:10-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-11:40	“Imported Intermediate Inputs and Domestic Product Growth: Evidence from India” AMIT KHANDELWAL, Columbia University GSB Discussant: CHAD P. BOWN, Brandeis University
11:40-12:50	“International Trade and the Feasibility of Global Climate Change Agreements” JOHN WHALLEY, University of Western Ontario Discussant: LINDA BUI, Brandeis University
12:50-2:00	Lunch (Faculty Lounge, Faculty Club Building)
2:00-3:10	“The Role of Dispute Settlement Procedures in International Trade Agreements” GIOVANNI MAGGI, Yale University Discussant: CARSTEN KOWALCZYK, Tufts University
3:10-3:30	Coffee Break
3:30-4:40	“Antidumping, the Terms of Trade, and WTO Dispute Settlement” MEREDITH A. CROWLEY, Georgetown University and FRB Chicago Discussant: DOUGLAS A. IRWIN, Dartmouth College
4:40-5:50	“Profit Shifting and Trade Agreements in Imperfectly Competitive Markets” KYLE BAGWELL, Columbia University Discussant: XENIA MATSCHKE, University of Connecticut
6:00	Shuttle back to Marriott Hotel, Boston
8:00	Dinner, Da Vinci Ristorante, 162 Columbus Avenue, Boston

Saturday 15 Nov. (All of the day’s conference sessions located in Lee Hall, Lemberg Academic Center Bldg)

8:00	Depart Marriott Hotel, Boston (shuttle)
8:30	Continental Breakfast (at Brandeis)
9:00-10:10	“Offshoring and the Role of Trade Agreements” ROBERT W. STAIGER, Stanford University Discussant: COSTAS ARKOLAKIS, Yale University
10:10-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-11:40	“Policy Choice: Theory and Evidence from Commitment via International Trade Agreements” NUNO LIMÃO, University of Maryland Discussant: MARGARET MCMILLAN, Tufts University
11:40-12:50	“The Future of WTO Research: Views from Law, Economics, and Policy” BERNARD M. HOEKMAN, The World Bank PETROS C. MAVROIDIS, Columbia Law School and Université de Neuchatel
12:50-2:00	Lunch (World Court, Lemberg Academic Center Building)
2:00	Adjourn (shuttles back to Marriott Hotel, Boston and Logan Airport, Boston)

Time allocation:

45 minutes for author

15 minutes for discussant

15 minutes for open discussion

Contacts:

Logistical or administrative questions: Erika Fields (fields@brandeis.edu ), +1.781.736.8367

Other conference questions: Chad P. Bown (cbown@brandeis.edu), +1.781.736.4823