Session Chairs:

Tisha Lin Nakao Emerson, Baylor University

Papers:

"Effect of Political Asymmetry in Trade Policy: An Empirical Investigation"
Suryadipta Roy, University of Redlands (Contact Author)
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, West Virginia University

"Free Entry and Commercial Policies in an Open Economy"
Peter D. Gulyn, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)

"Steel Safeguards and the Welfare of U.S. Steel Firms and Downstream Consumers of Steel: A Shareholder Wealth Perspective"
Benjamin H. Liebman, St. Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Kasaundra M. Tomlin, Oakland University

"The Effects of Labor Wages, Tariffs, Exchange Rate, and NAFTA on U.S. Textile and Apparel Trade"
Anusua Datta, Philadelphia University (Contact Author)
Mikhail Kouliavtsev, Philadelphia University

"Regional Specialization and Wage Patterns in China"
Chang Hong, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Roger White, Franklin & Marshall College
Miao Wang, Marquette University
Ronald J. Baker, II, Millersville University

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