November 22nd and 23rd, 2013
Sponsors
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Center for International and Development Economics Research
Friday, Nov 22nd – Men's Faculty Club, UC Berkeley
SEABORG ROOM
12:00-1:00PM – Lunch
1:00-2:00PM - Ben Faber, UCB - " Trade Integration, Market Size, and Industrialization: Evidence from China's National Trunk Highway System"
Discussion leader: Marcel Fafchamps
2:00-2:15PM Break
2:15-3:15PM - Beata Javorcik, Oxford - “FDI Promotion Policy and Comparative Advantage” (with Torfinn Harding and Daniela Maggioni)
Discussant leader: Felix Tintelnot
3:15-3:45PM Break
3:45-4:45PM - Rodrigo Wagner, Tufts “New Exporters from Emerging Markets: Do Followers Benefit from Pioneers?” (with Andrés Zahler)
Discussant leader: Rocco Macchiavello
4:45-5:00PM Break
5:00-6:00PM - Chris Woodruff, Warwick - "Trade meets Insider Econometrics: Assessing Management Training Programs in the Bangladeshi RMG Sector" (with Rocco Macchiavello)
Saturday, Nov 23rd – Hotel Shattuck Plaza
BOILER ROOM
8:30-9:00 - Breakfast
9:00-10:00 - Garth Frazer, University of Toronto “Imports, Import Sources and Skill Utilization”
Discussant leader: Swati Dhingra
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 - Pablo Fajgelbaum, UCLA “Measuring the Unequal Gains from Trade” (with Amit Khandelwal)
Discussant leader: Juan Carlos Hallak
11:15-11:45 Break
11:45-12:45 - Emanuel Ornelas (LSE), “Trade Liberalization and Third Market Effects” (with Fabrice Defever)
Discussant leader: Treb Allen
12:45-2 Lunch
2:00-3:00 - Christian Volpe Martinicus (IADB) “Routes, Exports, and Employment in Developing Countries: Following the Trade of the Inca Roads” (with Jerónimo Carballo and Ana Cusolito)
Discussant leader: Kalina Manova
There are 40 minutes per presentation followed by 20 minutes discussion.