Session Chairs:

Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University

Papers:

"Vertical Specialization-Based Production and Intraindustry Trade"
Don P. Clark, University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"The Relationship Between Liberalization, Trade Concentration and Economic Growth: An Emerging Markets Study"
Tuncer Gocmen, Shepherd University (Contact Author)
Lilian Kamal, Northwestern University
Ryo Takashima, West Virginia University

"Modularity, Incomplete Contracts and the Optimal Outsourcing Strategy for the Multinational Firm"
Ari Van Assche, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)

"What Drives Economic Growth? The Case of Cross-Border M&A and Greenfield FDI Activities"
Miao Wang, Marquette University (Contact Author)
M.C. Sunny Wong, University of Southern Mississippi

Discussants:

Teresa Beckham Gramm, Rhodes College
Roger White, Franklin & Marshall College
Hubert P. Janicki, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Session Chairs:

Erik Strøjer Madsen, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark

Papers:

"Endogenous OCA Theory: Using the Gravity Model to Test Mundell's Intuition"
Hubert P. Janicki, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Contact Author)
Thierry Warin, Middlebury College
Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College

"A Dynamic Model of the Economic and Political Evolution of the Islamic Republic of Iran"
Mohamad Shaaf, University of Central Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Employment, Wages and Low-Wage Country Competition"
Vasilios D. Kosteas, Cleveland State University (Contact Author)

"Dynamics of Bilateral Trade Balance of Bangladesh With Her Major Trading Partners"
ABM Nasir, North Carolina Central University (Contact Author)
Ashrafuddin Chowdhury, University of Dhaka

"The Political Economy of Tariff Protection in China: Evidence From WTO Accession"
Chang Hong, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

S. Aun Hassan, Texas Tech University
Rajeev Sooreea, Pennsylvania State University - Altoona