October, 26
Opening Session
“The Political Economy of Reciprocal Trade Liberalization: What can Theory Learn from the Doha Round Impasse” Simon Evenett
Session I
“Trade Costs and the Home Market Effect” Federico Trionfetti (joint with M. Crozet)
Comments by Gino Gancia
“Uncertainty and Entry into Export Markets” Josep Vilarrubia (joint with R. Segura-Cayuela)
Comments by Luis Puch
“International Competition and US R&D Subsidies: A Quantitative Welfare Analysis”Giammario Impullitti
Comments by Saul Lach
“Trade and Sectoral Productivity” Pablo Fleiss (joint with H. Fadinger)
Comments by Philip Sauré
“Globalization and Labor Market Outcomes: Wage Bargaining, Search Frictions, and Firm Heterogeneity” Gabriel Felbermayr (joint with J. Prat and H.-J. Schnerer)
Comments by Hugo Hopenhayn
Session II
“The Asymmetric Effect of Competition: Firm-Level Evidence from NAFTA Liberalization”Leonardo Iacovone
Comments by Gerardo Esquivel
“Trade, Technology Adoption and Wage Inequalities” María Bas
Comments by Karolina Ekholm
“Does European Integration have an Effect on the Pricing Behavior of French Exporters?”Isabelle Méjean (joint with C. Schwellnus)
Comments by Daria Taglioni
“Preferential Trade, Sunk Costs and the Path-Dependent Expansion of Exports” Ingo Borchert
Comments by Isidro Soloaga
Multilateral Trade Liberalization, Exports and Technology Upgrading: Evidence on the Impact of MERCOSUR on Argentinean Firms” Paula Bustos
Comments by Jens Arnold
Session III
“The MERCOSUR Committee of Municipalities, States, Provinces and Departments. Process of Creation and Perspectives” Gilberto A. Rodrigues (joint with A. Kleiman)
“The Legal Toolbox for Regional Integration: A Legal Analysis from an Interdisciplinary Perpective” Ramon Torrent
Comments by Eric Magar
“Regulating the Tigers: The Impact of Institutions on Competition and Cooperation with Asia-Reflections from the Brazilian Pharmaceutical Experience” Cassandra Sweet
“Private/Public Dynamics in the Development of MERCOSUR” Luciana Gil
“Considerations on the MERCOSUR Dispute Settlement Mechanism and the Impact of its Decisions in the WTO Dispute Resolution System” Jeanine Gama Sá Cabral (joint with G. Lucarelli Salvio)
October, 27
“Entry Regulation and Inter-Industry Reallocation: Theory and Evidence” Elias Papaioannou (joint with A. Ciccone)
Comments by Florin Bilbiie
“Foreign Direct Investment, Structural Reforms and Institutional Quality: Panel Evidence from Eastern Europe and Latin America” Nauro Campos (joint with Y. Kinoshita)
Comments by Gabriele Tondl
“Energy Integration in South America: Driving Force for Regional Integration Process?”Maria Mendes Fonseca (joint with Luis E, Duque Dutra)
Comments by Fernando Navajas
