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Firm Heterogeneity, International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment

Friday, April 4, 2008

Lindner Commons, Suite 602
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20052

RSVP to iiep@gwu.edu

8:15 - 9:00 a.m.
Continental breakfast

9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Brad Jensen (Georgetown, IIE, and NBER)
"Transfer Pricing by U.S. Based Multinational Firms" (with Andrew Bernard and Peter Schott)
Discussant: Maggie Chen (GWU)

10:10 - 11:10 a.m.  
Beata Javorcik (Oxford, CEPR, and World Bank)
"Shipping Good Tequila Out: Investment, Domestic Unit Values, and Entry of Multi-Product Plants into Export Markets" (with Leonardo Iacovone)
Discussant: Judith Dean (USITC)

Coffee break

11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.  
Jonathan Eaton (NYU and NBER)
"Anatomy of International Trade: Evidence from French Firm" (with Samuel Kortum and Francis Kramarz)
Discussant: Shahe Emran (GWU)

Lunch

1:30-2:30 p.m. 
Jim Tybout (Penn State and NBER)
"Transactions-Level Export Dynamics: Stylized Facts and a Search-Theoretic Interpretation" (with Jonathan Eaton, Marcela Eslava and Maurice Kugler) (Tables and Figures)
Discussant: Hiau Looi Kee (World Bank)

2:30-3:30 p.m. 
Maggie Chen (GWU and IIEP)
"Location Decision of Heterogeneous Multinational Firms" (with Michael Moore)
Discussant: Ana Fernandes (World Bank)

Last updated: Saturday, 29 Mar 2008