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:

Mary Amiti, International Monetary Fund

Papers:

"Globalization of Production and Wage Inequality: Evidence From South Korea"
Songhua Lin, Denison University (Contact Author)

"Gifted Kids or Pushy Parents? Foreign Acquisitions and Plant Productivity in Indonesia"
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik, The World Bank (Contact Author)
Jens Matthias Arnold, The World Bank

"Service Outsourcing, Productivity, and Employment: Evidence From the U.S."
Mary Amiti, International Monetary Fund (Contact Author)
Shang-Jin Wei, International Monetary Fund

"Trade Liberalization, Outsourcing, and the Hold-Up Problem"
John L. Turner, University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Emanuel Ornelas, University of Georgia

Discussants:

Mary Amiti, International Monetary Fund
Hiroyuki Kasahara, University of Western Ontario
Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University
Kamal Saggi, Southern Methodist University