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10858521590ETSG 2012 LeuvenFourteenth Annual Conference13-15 September 2012KU LeuvenTimeParallel Session 1Room MTC1 00.03 Parallel Session 2Room MTC3 00.15Parallel Session 3Room MTC1 00.14Parallel Session 4Room MTC1 01.03Parallel Session 5Room MTC1 01.15Parallel Session 6Room MTC1 02.07Parallel Session 7Room MTC1 02.13Thursday, 13 September 201213:00-16:00REGISTRATION, Room 00.17 MTC114:30-14:45Welcome, Room 00.10 MTC2FIlip Abraham, KUL14:45-15:30PLENARY SESSION 1, Room 00.10 MTC2Chair: Ian WootonMarion Jansen, Christian H?berli, José-Antonio MonteiroRegional trade agreements and domestic labour market regulation15:30-15:40Conference briefing, Room 00.10 MTC2Ian Wooton15:40-16:10Coffee16:10-18:40A1A2A3A4A5A6A716:10-16:30Tao Zhang, Churen Sun, Guoqiang TianExport, productivity pattern, and firm size distributionFelix TintelnotGlobal production with export platformsMaria Cipollina, Luca De Benedictis, Luca Salvatici, Claudio VicarelliDummies for policies or policies for dummies? A MonteCarlo-gravity experimentGilbert Spiegel, Gabriel FelbermayrA simple theory of trade, finance, and firm dynamicsRobert F. Owen, Bernard Franck Human capital formation, international labor mobility and the optimal design of educational grantsTerence Huw Edwards, Carlo PerroniCapital-skill complementarity, trade liberalization, and the flattening of labour taxesCarmen Diaz-Mora, Rosario Gandoy, David CorcolesExport survival in global value chains16:30-16:50Isao Kamata, Steven Husted, Shuichiro NishiokaRevealed comparative advantage and extensive margin of heterogeneous firmsSotirios BlanasIntra-firm trade and employment in US manufacturingMarion Dovis, Patricia Augier, Olivier CadotMoroccan Non-Tariff Measures’ impact on domestic firms: a booster through deeper integration or protection measure?Pierre PicardTrade, Geography and the choice of product qualityHélène Ehrhart, Ma?lan Le Goff, Emmanuel Rocher, Raju Jan SinghDoes migration foster exports? An African perspectiveEmily Jean Blanchard, Gerald WillmannGlobal shocks, costly adjustment, and political overshootingNicholas Joseph LazarouEndogenous hub formations in international trade16:50-17:10Xiaoyu Tian, Xiaoyu TianThe dynamics of importing exportersLarry D. QiuLabor training and foreign direct investmentJasmin Gr?schl, Pramila CrivelliThe impact of sanitary and phytosanitary measures on market entry and trade flowsArmando José Garcia PiresHome market effects with endogenous costs of productionMichal SzwabeInterconnections between the business cycle, migration flows and trade volumes: the case of Polish migration to the UK after 2004Hinnerk Gnutzmann, Arevik MkrtchyanMutual protectionismPao-Li Chang, Tomoki FujiiCountry image and international trade17:10-17:30Florian Mayneris, Julien MartinReaping the gains from globalization with high-end products: evidence from French luxury exportersIan Wooton, Julia Darby, Ben FerrettIntra-regional competition for FDI amongst heterogeneous nationsSinead KelleherPlaying by the rules? The development of an amended index to measure the impact of rules of origin on intra-PTA trade flowsAllan S?rensenAdditive versus multiplicative trade costs and the gains from tradeOnur Koska, Selim Cagatay, Murat Genc, Perihan SayginImmigration, enterprises, and employment in the European UnionMarcin Jerzy MenkesInternational trade, sovereign default and jurisdictional immunitiesLuca De Benedictis, Angela Abbate, Giorgio Fagiolo, Lucia TajoliInternational trade networks in space and time17:30-17:40Break17:40-18:00Frédèric Warzynski, Catherine FussThe determinants of markups on export market: firm-product-market analysisFilippo Vergara Caffarelli, Ines BuonoTrade elasticity and production fragmentationCaroline Dotter, Lars NilssonCompliance costs and trade preferences: the case of EU imports from African LDCsAndrea CianiIncome inequality and imports’ qualityMauro CaselliTrade, skill-biased technical change and wages in Mexican manufacturingGonzague Vannoorenberghe, Eckhard JanebaTrade and the Pol Econ of redistributive policiesAli Haluk Erlat, Güzin ErlatDoes the smooth adjustment hypothesis hold in the Turkish case?18:00-18:20Eddy BekkersDecomposing welfare into the intensive and extensive margin under heterogeneityAntoine VatanEndogenous innovation and spillovers: a new proximity-concentration trade-offChristian Volpe Martincus, Jerónimo Carballo, Ana CusolitoRoutes, exports, and employment in developing countriesPeter Arendorf BacheDynamic inter- and intra-industry adjustments to trade liberalizationRon Davies, Rodolphe DesbordesGreenfield FDI and skill upgradingEls Vanonckelen, Gerald WillmannInfluence of lobbying on merger approval in a Cournot competition settingAnne-Célia Disdier, John Beghin, Stephan Marette Trade restrictiveness index and domestic regulation: circumventing market failure18:20-18:40Ayse Ozgur Pehlivan, Quang H. VuongNonparametric identification and estimation of productivity distributions and trade costsFilomena Pietrovito, Alberto Franco Pozzolo, Luca SalvaticiInternationalization choices: a multinomial probit analysisBertin Martens, Geomina TurleaThe drivers and impediments for online cross-border trade in goods in the EUSebastian BenzWho gains from offshoring in a dynamic product cycle model?Benjamin Protte, Eckhard JanebaEconomic integration in a risky environment: labor market participation and education decisionsArslan Tariq RanaThe Pol Econ of FDI flows into developing countries: does depth of international trade agreements matter?Samba MbayeBeggar-thy-neighbor effects of exchange rate policy: is China the tip of the iceberg?Friday, 14 September 201209:00-10:40B1B2B3B4B5B6B709:00-09:20Karin Olofsdotter, Joakim GullstrandExporting markupsPaola Cardamone, Margherita ScoppolaThe industrial pattern of EU foreign direct investment, trade policies and third country effectsMartijn Adriaan Boermans, Hein RoelfsemaDoes venturing abroad drive the performance of microenterprises?Pavel ChakrabortyThe Great Trade Collapse and Indian firmsManuel Caldeira Cabral, Paula Veiga BeneschTrade diversification and sophistication and improvent in health outcomesGunes GokmenEconomic clash? The role of cultural cleavages in bilateral trade relationsSteven Bond-SmithTrade, integration and knowledge spillovers in a multi-industry growth model with innovation09:20-09:40Christian LorenczikIntellectual property rights as determinants of FDI, technology spillovers and R&D in developing economiesCristina JudeHorizontal and vertical technology spillovers from FDI in Eastern EuropeJames H. CassingRandom SPS, TBT, and other standards: short-run factor specificity and the economics of encouraging uncertaintyGerda Dewit, Dermot LeahyStrategic investment and the gains from tradeRoberto Bonfatti, Steven PoelhekkeTransport costs and the trade diversion effect of natural resource discoveriesBen ZissimosRevolution and the Stolper-Samuelson theoremAlen MulabdicHeterogeneous preferential trade agreements09:40-10:00Andrea Lamorgese, Antonio Accetturo, Matteo Bugamelli, Andrea LinarelloInnovation and trade: evidence from Italian manufacturing firmsAnders Laugesen, Peter Arendorf BacheComplementary activities, heterogeneous firms, and industry structureArmando Nogueira Silva, ?scar AfonsoNon-scale endogenous growth effects of subsidies for exportersDavid R Collie, Vo Phuong, Mai LeProduct differentiation, the volume of trade and profits under Cournot and Bertrand duopolyDario FaucegliaCredit market institutions and firm imports of capital and intermediate goods: evidence from developing countriesKonstantins Benkovskis, Julia W?rzNon-price competitiveness of exports from emerging countriesLisandra Flach, Vinh Cao The effect of GATT/WTO on export and import price volatility10:00-10:20Silja BallerDoes product quality matter for gains from trade?Toshihiro Okubo, Richard E. BaldwinNetworked FDI: sales and sourcing patterns of Japanese foreign affiliatesDaniel Horgos, Barbara DluhoschTrading up the happiness ladderMalik CurukTrade, technology diffusion and misallocation: trade partner mattersMagdalena S?ok-Wódkowska, Pawe? FolfasExport from developing countries to the EU Member States under GSP+ schemeYoung-Han KimWhen does coordination for free trade regimes fail?Benedikt Heid, Mario LarchGravity and unemployment10:20-10:40Cristian Ugarte, Maurizio Bussolo, Leonardo IacovoneMarket access through the DR-CAFTA: new opportunities for Central American exporters?Roger BandickOffshoring and labor market outcomesMonika Mrazova, J. Peter NearyNot so demanding: preference structure, firm behavior and welfarePreeya S Mohan, Eric A. StroblNatural disasters and agricultural exports: the case of hurricane strikes in the CaribbeanCamilo Umana Dajud Political proximity and international tradeHonorata Nyga LukaszewskaLove it or hate it – Is it possible to find equilibrium in natural gas trade? Study on the Polish-Russian natural gas trade10:40-11:10Coffee11:10-12:50C1C2C3C4C5C6C711:10-11:30Ingo Geishecker, Philipp J.H. Schroeder, Allan S?rensenUnsolicited exports: some theory and stylized factsHenning MühlenSpillovers from FDI: what are the transmission channels?Laura Rovegno, Andre Sapir, Hylke VandenbusscheUnveiling petitioners in antidumping casesJustyna SupińskaImpact of trade agreements on international trade. An example of East African communityLiesbeth Colen, Andrea GuarisoWhat type of FDI is attracted by bilateral investment treaties?Alireza Naghavi, Matteo Cervellati, Farid ToubalLiberalization, democratization and technology adoptionJens K?niger, Matthias BusseTrade and economic growth: a re-examination of the empirical evidence11:30-11:50Esther Ann B?ler, Andreas Moxnes, Karen Helene Ulltveit-MoeTechnological change, trade in intermediates and the joint impact on productivityArtur KlimekResults of cross-border mergers and acquisitions by multinational enterprises from emerging countriesLars Nilsson, Elwyn DaviesPaper preferences? Get real! A comparative analysis of EU and US trade preferences for developing countriesAgelos DelisTechnology, factor supplies and the demand side: testing a Heckscher–Ohlin model for the USVanessa Strauss-Kahn, Maria BasTrade liberalization and export prices: the case of ChinaJulia PüschelTask dependence of US service offshoring patternsKatharina Steiner, Christian Schitter, Maria Silgoner, Julia W?rzFishing in the same pool: China’s and CESEE’s competitiveness at the EU-15 market11:50-12:10Julien Gourdon, Ana Margarida Fernandes, Olivier Cadot, Aaditya MattooAre export support programs effective? Evidence from TunisiaSteve McCorriston, Nils HergerDisentangling horizontal and vertical FDI from cross-border acquisitionsCharlotte Emlinger, Houssein GuimbardSpecific duties: friends or foes for developing exporters?Banu DemirThe globalisation and wages debate revisited: a new explanation for an old mysteryTorfinn Harding, Anthony J. VenablesNatural resource exports and non-resource trade performanceOlga Pindyuk, Joseph FrancoisRecent EU enlargement: the evolution of services trade costs between EU MembersAleksandra Parteka, Massimo TamberiImports diversification in the course of economic development: comparative study versus export diversification patterns12:10-12:30Claudio Vicarelli, Carmine PappalardoEuro introduction and export behaviour of Italian firmsAnne BoringOffshore production and intra-industry trade of US pharmaceuticalsOlga SollederTrade effects of export taxesDanielken MolinaCompetition in air cargoPertti Haaparanta, Niina Niemi, Joni ValkilaFair trade and the world market for coffeeJan Rose Skaksen, Jakob Roland Munch, Nikolaj Malchow-M?llerInternational trade in services - an unexploited possibility for higher productivitiy?Denise Penello Rial Study of average effects of NTM on trade imports 12:30-12:50Ina Charlotte J?kelProduct quality and firm export statusRichard Kneller The internationalisation of R&D and the knowledge production functionMarco De PintoAn optimal redistribution scheme for trade gainsMaria Domenica TitoWelfare evaluation in an heterogenous agents model: how representative is the CES representative consumer?Paillacar Rodrigo, Emmanuelle Auriol, Sara BianciniIntellectual property rights protection in developing countriesMario Larch, Peter Egger Kevin StaubTrade preferences and bilateral trade in goods and services: a structural approachHelen Simpson, Marius BrülhartDo governments tax agglomeration rents? Indirect evidence from regional grants in Great Britain12:50-14:00Lunch 14:00-14:20CHAIR JACQUEMIN PRIZE 2012, Room 00.14 MTC1Chair: Joseph FrancoisHylke VandenbusschePresentation of prize for best paper on “Heterogeneous Firms and Trade Policy”14:20-16:00D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6D714:20-14:40Philip Sauré, Andreas KropfFixed costs per shipmentMartin FalkThe locational attractiveness of the EU as a base for greenfield FDI into producer servicesAlessandro SaiaEstimating the Euro’s trade effects: a synthetic control approachMarco Sanfilippo, Giorgia GiovannettiChina’s competition and the export price strategies of developed countries – the case of ItalyBeáta UdvariThe effects of the Aid for Trade on the trade between the recipient countries and the old and new EU Member StatesAndrea AriuCrisis-proof services: why trade in services did not suffer from the economic downturnPeter Neary, Robert C. Feenstra, Hong Ma, D.S. Prasada RaoWho shrunk China? Puzzles in the measurement of real GDP14:40-15:00Tobias Seidel, Peter EggerThe competitive effects of credit constraints in the global economyLaura Casi, Laura ResminiForeign direct investment and growth: the role of regional territorial capitalDaniel Santabárbara, Gabor PulaIs China climbing up the quality ladder?Elzbieta Czarny, Pawel Folfas, Katarzyna Sledziewska International trade in intermediate and final goods during the crisisMonica Schuster, Miet MaertensPrivate food standards and firm-level trade effects: a dynamic analysis of the Peruvian asparagus export sectorErik Van Der Marel, Sebastien MiroudotThe economics and Pol Econ of going beyond the GATSGiammario Impullitti, Ufuk Akcigit, Sina AtesInternational technology competition: the comeback of the United States during 1980s15:00-15:20Banri Ito, Ayumu TanakaOpen innovations, productivity and export: evidence from Japanese firmsAnna Maria Ferragina, Fernanda MazzottaThe impact of FDI on firms’ survival in Italy: evidence on horizontal and vertical spilloversFederica Demaria, Sophie DrogueProtecting health or trade a dilemma for baby foodSergey Kichko, Sergey Kokovin, Evgeny ZhelobodkoTwo-factor trade model with monopolistic competitionTomasz SwieckiTrade, intersectoral distortions and structural changeDaniel Mirza, Francesco Magris, Guillaume GaulierHow business services produce their own barrier to trade: theory and firm level evidenceAmandine Dominique AubryThe effect of product diversity on the pattern of consumption15:20-15:40Oleksandr Shepotylo, Volodymyr VakhitovProductivity and wages: the effect of services liberalizationMorten S?thre, Ragnhild BalsvikThe bargaining effect of FDI on wagesErdal Yalcin, Marcel HenkelIncomplete contingent claims markets, industrial vulnerability and their implication for trade policyMassimo Sbracia, Virginia Di Nino, Barry J. EichengreenReal effects of exchange rates: a view from trade theoryAxel Mangelsdorf, Knut BlindThe trade impact of ISO 9000 certifications and international cooperation in accreditationAlessandro Barattieri, Ingo Borchert, Aadydia MattooThe determinants of cross-border M&As in services: geography, policy, and inter-sectoral linkagesEleanor Doyle, Gerard Brady, Lisa NoonanTrade sophistication indicators of development paths15:40-16:00Jürgen K?hler, Claudia Stirb?ckTrading structure and diversity of German firms in the light of EU enlargement: how do importers differ from exporters? Churen Sun, Guoqiang TianFirms’ organizational modes with productivity heterogeneity, demand uncertainty and production capacityBenjamin Jung, Gabriel Felbermayr, Mario LarchRevisiting the gains from trade in new trade theory modelsArevik MkrtchyanTariff setting and international bargainingEmmanuelle Lavallée, Julie LochardIndependence and trade: new evidence from French colonial dataAmelie Guillin, Matthew T. ColeThe determinants of free trade agreements coverage: do you want services or not?Philipp J.H. Schr?der, Ingo Geishecker, Allan S?rensenExplaining the size differences of exporter productivity premia: theory and evidence16:00-16:30Coffee16:30-18:10E1E2 - Room MTCA 00.56E3E4E5E6E716:30-16:50Hannes Kammerer(Export) subsidies for heterogeneous firms: endogenizing eligibility and lobbyingPawel FolfasDoes monetary integration affect FDI between EU member states?Christophe Charlier, Sarah GuillouExport restrictions as a pro-environmental trade policy? An analysis of China–raw materials disputeLaura BirgParallel trade and launch delayCaroline PaunovImports, innovation and employment after crisis: evidence from a developing countryHartmut Egger, Michael KochThe impact of trade on the organization of labor within firmsSwati Dhingra, John MorrowThe impact of integration on productivity and welfare distortions under monopolistic competition16:50-17:10Marcella Nicolini, Carlo Altomonte, Dario PellegrinoThe impact of Chinese imports on Italian firms’ price-cost margins: An empirical assessmentArmando Rungi, Carlo AltomonteBusiness groups as hierarchies of firms: institutional determinants and performanceGianluca Orefice, Lionel Fontagné, Nadia Rocha, Roberta PirmartiniProduct standards and margins of trade: firm level evidenceRonald JonesOn blending competitive trade modelsCem TintinDoes foreign direct investment spur economic growth and development? A comparative studyAngels Pelegrin, J. Garcia-QuevedoForeign sourcing: vertical integration and HeterogeneityDany Jaimovich, Dick KamugangaTrade at the extensive margin and civil wars in Africa17:10-17:30Andrea Pellandra, Dayna ZacliceverImported inputs, technological spillovers and productivity: is there learning-by-importing? Firm-level evidence from UruguayAlexander Tarasov, Dalia Marin, Henrike MichaelisTrade in tasks and the organization of the firmMartin Wermelinger, Dario Fauceglia, Anirudh ShingalNatural hedging of exchange rate risk: the role of imported input pricesPanos Hatzipanayotou, Michael S. MichaelPollution and reforms of domestic and trade taxes towards uniformityFelicitas Nowak-Lehmann D., Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Adriana Cardozo, Dierk Herzer, Stephan KlasenDoes foreign aid promote recipient’s exports?Hugo Rojas-Romagosa, Arjan Lejour, Paul VeenendaalIdentifying hubs and spokes in global supply chains with redirected trade in value addedDaniela StrubeA model of technology transfer and convergence with endogenous firm location17:30-17:50Liyun Zhang, Robert J Elliott, Nick HorsewoodHeterogeneity and exporting: an empirical analysis for ChinaStéphane Turolla, Karine Latouche, Carl GaignéVertical ownership and trade: firm-level evidence from FranceToni Glaser, Gerald WillmannProtecion as insurance: risk aversion, embargos and optimal trade policyTomasz Michalski, Brian HillAmbiguity versus risk in international capital flows and international transactionsNoelia Camara, Dolores Gadea, Marcela SabateThe impact of vertical specialization on openness ratios: a barrier for empirical tasksCarmen Fillat Castejón, Joseph F. FrancoisHosts and guests: multinational activity in servicesMatthew T. Cole, Carsten EckelTariffs passing through retailers17:50-18:10Steffen Sirries, Mario Larch, Pehr-Johan Norb?ck, Dieter UrbanHeterogeneous firms, globalization and the distance puzzleChiara AminiProperty rights and FDI in resource rich countriesDebasmita Basak, Arijit MukherjeeThe effects of labour union on export market penetrationAnirudh ShingalEstimating market access in non-GPA countries: a suggested methodologyVerena Nowak, Christian Schwarz, Jens SuedekumOn the organizational structure of multinational firms – which sourcing mode for which input?Anna Maria? Mayda, Rodney D. Ludema, Prachi MishraProtection for free? The Political economy of U.S. tariff suspensions18:10-18:15Break18:15-19:00PLENARY SESSION 2, Room 00.10 MTC2Chair: Joseph FrancoisMartin Richardson, Simon WilkieFaddists, enthusiasts and Canadian divas: the supply response to local content requirements in broadcasting20:00Reception: de Universiteitshallen (Naamsestraat 22)Saturday, 15 September 201209:00-10:40F1F2 - Room MTC3 00.15F3F4F5F6F709:00-09:20Aranzazu CrespoTrade, innovation and productivityKate HynesInvesting in public infrastructure and FDIPamela Bombarda, Elisa GamberoniTrade and gender discrimination in entrepreneurshipTobias Br?ndle, Andreas KochOutsourcing potential, constraints to international trade, and wages Elenor Lissel, Overlaps of jurisdiction and waiving rights under WTO lawPhilipp Moritz Richter, Udo KreickemeierTrade and the environment: the role of HeterogeneitySalvador Gil-Pareja, Rafael Llorca-Vivero, José A. Martínez-Serrano, Francisco Requena-SilventeRegional export promotion offices and trade margins09:20-09:40Lu Zhang, Jaap W. B. BosReallocation as a driver of the trade-specialization nexus: evidence from the EUJan Hogrefe, Irene Bertschek, Fabienne RaselInternationalization and the ICT revolution: a firm-level perspectiveFlorian JohannsenThe CFA Franc and the EMU: evidence on exogenous trade effects from a natural experimentRoman St?llinger, Robert StehrerTrade in jobs: a counterfactual exerciseDavid R. DeRemerFundamental trade agreement problems under monopolistic competitionFeride Do?aner Gonel, Nihal Tuncer Terragrossa, Oguzhan AkgunEnvironmental goods and trade performances (empirical analysis for OECD countries)Jota Ishikawa, Toshihiro OkuboInternational licensing and rent-shifting09:40-10:00Vincent Vicard, Antoine Berthou, Jean-Charles BricongneThe growth and volatility of French exportersSebastian Krautheim, Thierry VerdierGlobalization, trust goods and international civil societyEstrella Gómez, Cecilio Tamarit, Mariam CamareroLong-run evidence on EMU trade using gravity equationsDamiaan Persyn, Wouter TorfsA gravity equation for commuting flowsInga Heiland, Gabriel Felbermayr, Erdal YalcinMitigating liquidity constraints: public export credit guarantees in GermanyAndrea M Leiter, Elisabeth Christen, Michael PfaffermayrEffects of trade barriers on bilateral trade of potable waterKeiko Ito, Tomohiko Inui, Daisuke Miyakawa, Keishi ShojiExporter dynamics and information spillovers through the main bank10:00-10:20Ayumu TanakaFirm productivity and exporting in the wholesale sector: evidence from JapanJaewon Jung, Philipp Harms, Oliver LorzOffshoring and agglomeration in a model with sequential production chainsValeria Groppo, Roberta PiermartiniMeasuring trade policy uncertaintyIgnat StepanokCreative destruction and unemployment in an open economy modelLee Michael Pearson, Emma AisbettEnvironmental and health protections, or new protectionism? determinants of SPS notifications by WTO membersRahel AicheleAn assessment of trade and leakage effects of climate policy initiativesMagdalene Silberberger, Matthias BusseForeign direct investment, trade openness and governance10:20-10:40Emanuele ForlaniFirms' productivity and imported inputElena BesedinaExporters versus domestically operating firms: corporate governance perspectiveKaterina GradevaTariff evasion and the entrance into the European Union: evidence from the East European enlargementGabriel Felbermayr, Giammario Impulliti, Julien PratHeterogeneity, directed search, and wage dispersion in the global economy Yingting Yi, Johannes Van BiesebroeckThe extensive margin of differentiated goods and trade liberalization: evidence from ChinaSvetlana BatrakovaDoes industry concentration matter for pollution haven effects?Horst Raff, Michael Ryan, Frank St?hlerFinancial frictions and foreign direct investment: the role of bank health and collateral value10:40-11:10Coffee11:10-12:50G1G2G3G4G5G6G711:10-11:30Per Botolf Maurseth, Hege MedinMarket specific fixed and sunk export costs - learning and spilloversNaoto Jinji, Xingyuan Zhang, Shoji HarunaDoes Tobin’s q matter for firm choice of globalization mode?Merima BalavacDeterminants of export diversification at the export margins: reference to transition economiesPhilipp HenzeStructural change and income inequalitiy: evidence from German micro dataMark Melatos, Elie AppelbaumHow does uncertainty affect the choice of trade agreements?Paola Conconi, Adeline Mertens, Maurizio ZanardiThe greening effect of electionsMasashige Hamano, Pierre M. PicardExtensive and intensive margins and the choice of exchange rate regimes11:30-11:50Valentina RolloDeterminants of Tanzanian export pricesAnna RayManufacturing services and the new losers of globalizationSergey Nigai, On measuring the welfare gains from trade under consumer heterogeneityRagnhild Balsvik, Stefanie A. HallerAcquisitions, labour turnover and wagesJan Jakub Michalek, Andrzej Cieslik, Jerzy MycielskiConsequences of the euro adoption by Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries for their trade flowsInmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso, Anca M. Voicu, Martina VidovicOn the effects of trade liberalization on the environment: are the CEECs pollution havens?Toshihiro IchidaStrategic patent and trade secret policy to prevent unintended technological outflow in global economy11:50-12:10Jens Wrona, Hartmut Egger, Udo KreickemeierOffshoring domestic jobsPhilipp Harms, Pierre-Guillaume MéonGood and bad FDI: the growth effects of greenfield investment and mergers and acquisitions in developing countriesPierluigi Montalbano, Emiliano Magrini, Silvia NenciThe EU preferential trade policy towards the Southern Mediterranean Countries: an impact evaluationDamoun Ashournia, Jakob Roland Munch, Daniel NguyenThe impact of Chinese import penetration on Danish firms and workersJennifer Pédussel WuNew kid on the block: the China, Japan, and South Korea FTALisa AnoulièsThe border tax adjustment: an effective compliance mechanismPierre-Louis Vezina, Andreas Lendle, Marcelo Olarreaga, Simon SchroppThere goes gravity: how eBay reduces trade costs12:10-12:30Zuzanna Studnicka, Filip Abraham, Jan Van HoveEvidence and determinants of the duration of European exports: a comparative study and impact of the crisisLuca MarcolinGlobal firms and wage premiaChristian Gormsen, Mariola PytlikovaDiasporas and Foreign Direct InvestmentsSigurd BirkelandMultidimensional multinationals: distributional wage effects of foreign acquisitionsChrysostomos Tabakis, Costas Hadjiyiannis, Maria S. HeracleousRegionalism and conflict: peace creation and peace diversionChristian BogmansCan globalization outweigh free-riding?Andreas Hoefele, Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Zhihong YuPayment choice and international trade: theory and evidence from cross-country firm level data12:30-12:50Marcel van den BergImports, productivity and Heterogeneity: do origin markets and factor intensity matter?Yoke Fong Kong, Richard KnellerMeasuring the impact of China's exports growth on its Asian neighboursEvmorfia Makantasi, Konstantine GatsiosProduct differentiation and the MFN clauseStefano Filomeni, Alessia Lo TurcoEuropean and Latin American emerging markets and Chinese competition: an empirical analysis of the manufacturing labour demandJuyoung Cheong, Do Won Kwak, Kam Ki TangCan preferential trade agreements curtail trade creation and prevent trade diversion?Kenzo Abe, Keisuke Hattori, Yoshitaka KawagoshiEnvironmental regulations on international transportationJohn FeddersenPollution havens in space: it’s not easy bein’ green, but it helps if your neighbours are12:50-14:00Lunch14:00-14:20WTO World Trade Report, Room 00.14 MTC1Chair: Maurizio ZanardiMichele Ruta14:20-16:00H1H2H3H4H5H6H714:20-14:40Lukas Mohler, Ulf Lewrick, Rolf WederDo firms or industries matter for productivity growth? An analysis of Swiss manufacturingPascalis Raimondos-M?ller, David Dreyer Lassen, S?ren Bo NielsenCross subsidization in MNEs and taxesRuth HoekstraTrade facilitation and exports: Evidence from African firmsStijn Vanormelingen, Carmine Ornaghi, Ilke Van BeverenThe impact of service and goods offshoring on employment: firm level evidenceKaren Jackson, Wenyu ZangEstimating tourism: can the role of regional integration really be ignored?Catarina Marv?oThe anti-dumping instrument: time for reform? Empirical evidence for the EU P?nar Narin Emirhan, Is Turkey’s increasing exports overvalued?14:40-15:00Udo Kreickemeier, Hartmut Egger, Peter EggerTrade, wages, and profitsMahmut Tekce, Sevil Acar, Bilge ErisThe effect of foreign direct investment on domestic investment: evidence from MENA countriesMaria Persson, Fredrik WilhelmssonEU trade preferences and export diversificationJoel HellierNorth-South globalization and inequalityPramila CrivelliRegionalism and falling external protection in high and low tariff membersJ?rgen Ulff-M?ller Nielsen, J?rgen Drud Hansen, Philipp MeinenElasticity of substitution and anti-dumping decisions Miriam Manchin, Eddy Bekkers, Joseph FrancoisPrices of traded intermediates and importer characteristics15:00-15:20Michele Imbruno, Fabrice Defever , Richard KnellerTrade liberalization, firm productivity and the role of trade intermediaries: evidence from ChinaSilvia Adriana PeluffoForeign direct investment, productivity and wages: an analysis for UruguayAnnette Dorothee Schminke, Jo Van BiesebroeckSmoothing out the bumpy road to export success: evaluating export promotion activitiesHans-J?rg Schmerer, Andreas Hauptmann, Daniel Etzel Wage moderation and the German export miracle: an international comparisonVeronika Movchan, Volodymyr ShportyukEU-Ukraine DCFTA: model for EaP regional trade cooperationTibor Besedes, Thomas J. PrusaAntidumping and the death of trade Patryk ToporowskiIntra-industry trade: does the transport infrastructure matters in the Central Europe?15:20-15:40Aminata SissokoR&D subsidies and firm-level exports: evidence from FranceMichael Johannes Irlacher, Carsten EckelMulti-product offshoringAlejandro Ria?o, Fabrice DefeverPure exporter subsidies: the non-reform of China’s trade policySaime S KayamWage-setting in a dual labour market with currency union: the case of Northern CyprusLorenzo RotunnoPolitical stability and trade agreementsMaurizio Zanardi, Andreea C. NitaThe first review of EU antidumping reviewsJose De Sousa, Daniel Mirza, Thierry VerdierTerrorism networks and trade: does the neighbor hurt?15:40-16:00Frank St?hler, Ngo Van LongInternational competition with nonlinear pricingCagatay BircanOptimal degree of foreign ownership under uncertaintyJulie Lochard, Emmanuelle LavalléeIndependence and trade: the specific effects of French colonialismNihal Yildirim MizrakThe challenging path from the 2001-financial crisis to sustainable growth, and its labour market impact in TurkeyAndreas Lendle, Alexander KeckNew evidence on preference utilizationMeredith Crowley, Chad P. BownImport protection, business cycles and exchange rates: evidence from the Great RecessionFranziska BiermannAnalysis of bilateral container transport flows16:00-16:30Coffee16:30-18:10I1I2I3I4I5I6I716:30-16:50Federico Trionfetti, Matthieu CrozetFirm-level comparative advantageHolger BreinlichCross-border price effects of mergers and acquisitions: a quantitative framework for competition policyFuat Erdal, Oner Guncavdi, Saime KayamIs there room for manoeuvre? Impact of exchange rate on Turkish exportsIrene N. Selwaness, Chahir R. ZakiAssessing the Impact of trade reforms on informality in EgyptManuel J Garcia-SantanaForeign ownership, financial frictions, and the size distribution of plantsChristian ViegelahnAntidumping policy and importers: evidence from India Volker Nitsch Cutting the credit line: evidence from Germany16:50-17:10Angela Cheptea, Charlotte Emlinger, Karine LatoucheThe overseas expansion of a country’s retailers and export performanceDimitra Petropoulou, Xavier Cirera, Dirk WillenbockelExport processing and international outsourcing: evidence on the determinants of outward processing exports to the EUAnd?elika Ku?narIntangibles in economies and international tradeElizabeth Jane CasabiancaThe impact of trade liberalization on the gender wage gap: the case of Peru 2004-2010Calin Vlad DemianWelfare gains from EU enlargement: a trade perspectiveTimothée John Picarello, Timothée Picarello, Dan Ciuriak, Derk BienenUntangling the tangled web: trade remedies, insurance policies and “grey area” measuresIulia Monica Oehler-SincaiTrends of the trade flows in goods between the EU and the BRIC countries17:10-17:30Arjan Lejour, Roger SmeetsDecomposing firm-product-market relations: an analysis of Dutch exportsBohdan Kukharskyy, Michael PflügerGlobal sourcing, quality of institutions, and the make-or-buy decisionAmanda Jakobsson, Paul S. SegerstromIn support of the TRIPs AgreementEric Toulemonde, Jacques ThisseTrade under monopsonistic competitionAnna Maria Pinna, Luca De BenedictisMeasures of physical geography and the gravity equationChristian SoegaardAn oligopolistic theory of regional trade agreementEwa Minska-Struzik, Justyna MajewskaIn search of the relationship between international tourism and manufacturing trade: evidence from Poland17:30-17:50Philipp MeinenProductivity and exporting dynamics in the face of trade liberalizationJulien Martin, Farid Toubal, Joern KleinertThe few leading the many: foreign affiliates and business cycle co-movementMichael HenryTrade liberalisation, infrastructure provision and innovation: firm level evidence from IndiaSarra Ben YahmedGender wage gaps across skills and trade opennessAlbert De Vaal, Cornelis W. HaasnootHeterogeneous firms and cluster productivity: a neglected externality through survival of the weakestRoberta De SantisTrade, FDI, growth and biodiversity: an empirical analysis for the main OECD countriesJonathan TimmisInternet adoption and international trade17:50-18:10Ioannis BournakisExports, technology and endowments: the puzzle of specialisation revisitedLiliana FolettiSanitary and phytosanitary measures: health protection or protectionism?David Cheong, Xiaohong SonnenscheinTrade liberalization and employment in Indonesia: a CGE analysisPovilas LastauskasStructural dynamic trade gravity in a global VAR18:10-18:15Break18:15-19:00PLENARY SESSION 3, Room 00.10 MTC2Chair: Maurizio ZanardiWinner of the WTO Prize for Best Paper Notes:Name of paper presenter appears first.In parallel sessions, the last presenter will take the chair.All sessions take place in Maria Theresia College (MTC), Sint-Michielsstraat 6, 3000 Leuven.Times of presentations are subject to change up until the conference itself. Check the time of your presentation on arrival at the conference. THIS VERSION: September 11, 2012. ................
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