Organizers:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia

Papers:

"Do Countries Free Ride on MFN?"
Rodney D. Ludema, University of British Columbia (Contact Author)
Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University

"The New Quid-Pro-Quo: Export Platform FDI and Bilateral Trade Deals"
Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Do South-South Trade Agreements Make Sense for Developing Countries? Empirical Evidence From Commodity Level Data"
Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University (Contact Author)
Chad Steinberg, International Monetary Fund

"On the Emergence of an MFN Club: Equal Treatment in an Unequal World"
Kamal Saggi, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Faruk Sengul, Southern Methodist University

Discussants:

John McLaren, University of Virginia
Marcelo Olarreaga, The World Bank
Omer Gokcekus, Seton Hall University
John L. Turner, University of Georgia

Organizers:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

John McLaren, University of Virginia

Papers:

"A Theory of Swing States"
John McLaren, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"What Governments Maximize and Why: A View From Trade"
Marcelo Olarreaga, The World Bank (Contact Author)
Pravin Krishna, Brown University
Kishore Gawande, Texas A&M University

"Why Do Developed Countries Apply Double Standards to the Global Rules of Trade? An Examination of the U.S. Cotton Subsidies"
Omer Gokcekus, Seton Hall University (Contact Author)
R. Fishler, Seton Hall University

"Costly Revenue Raising and the Case for Favoring Import-Competing Industries"
Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia
Rodney D. Ludema, University of British Columbia
Matilde Bombardini, University of British Columbia
Kishore Gawande, Texas A&M University