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

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