Organizers:

Robert M. Feinberg, American University

Session Chairs:

Kara Olson, American University

Papers:

"The Returns From Rent-Seeking: Campaign Contributions, Firm Subsides and the Byrd Amendment"
Benjamin H. Liebman, St. Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Kara Olson, American University

"Tariff Liberalization and Increased Administered Protection: Is There a Quid Pro Quo?"
Robert M. Feinberg, American University
Kara Olson, American University (Contact Author)

"China's Export Growth and US Trade Policy"
Chad Bown, Brandeis University (Contact Author)
Meredith Crowley, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

"Antidumping "Facts Available" and Strategic Behavior of Respondent Firms"
Alan Fox, U.S. International Trade Commission
Michael O. Moore, George Washington University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Steve Trost, U.S. International Trade Commission
Kenneth A. Reinert, George Mason University
Robert M. Feinberg, American University
Tom Prusa, Rutgers University

Organizers:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut

Papers:

"Firm Heterogeneity and Lobby Participation"
Matilde Bombardini, University of British Columbia (Contact Author)

"Exclusions for Sale: Evidence on the G-H Model of FTAs"
Kishore Gawande, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Pablo Sanguinetti, Universidad Torcutato Di Tella
Alok Bohara, University of New Mexico

"Subsidizing Rent Seeking: Anti-Dumping and the Byrd Amendment"
Kara Olson, American University (Contact Author)

"Import Protection as Export Destruction"
Hiroyuki Kasahara, University of Western Ontario (Contact Author)
Beverly Lapham, Queens University - Canada

Discussants:

Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, The World Bank
Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut
Songhua Lin, Denison University
Kara Olson, American University