Organizers:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut

Papers:

"For Sale: Majoritarian Trade Policy"
Per G. Fredriksson, University of Louisville
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut

"Political Stasis or Protectionist Rut? Policy Mechanisms for Trade Reform in a Democracy"
Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia (Contact Author)
Gerald Willmann, University of Kiel

"Eight Bills on Chinese Currency and US-China Trade Relations: A Positive Political Economy Approach"
Omer Gokcekus, Seton Hall University (Contact Author)
Ashley Gardner, Seton Hall University

"Do Labor Market Imperfections Increase Trade Protection? A Theoretical Investigation"
Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Scott Baier, Clemson University
Kamal Saggi, Southern Methodist University
Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia
Emanuel Ornelas, University of Georgia and IBMEC - Rio

Organizers:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia

Session Chairs:

Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia

Papers:

"Do Regional Trade Agreements Promote External Trade Liberalization? Evidence From Latin America"
Emanuel Ornelas, University of Georgia and IBMEC - Rio (Contact Author)
Caroline Freund, The World Bank
Toni Estevadeordal, Inter-American Development Bank

"Empirical Evidence of a Link Between Bilateral Trade Deals and Foreign Direct Investment"
Emily J. Blanchard, University of Virginia (Contact Author)
Xenia Matschke, University of Connecticut

"Bilateral Trade Agreements and the Feasibility of Multilateral Free Trade"
Kamal Saggi, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Hallis Murat Yildiz, Ryerson University

Discussants:

Peter Debaere, University of Virginia
Kara Reynolds, American University
Yuko Kinoshita, International Monetary Fund

Session Chairs:

John L. Turner, University of Georgia

Papers:

"A Hybrid Method to Solve Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models With Credit Constraint"
Zhiji Qi, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Bayes' Learning of Unknown Parameters, With Applications to the Shallow Lake Problem"
W. Davis Dechert, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Sharon I. O'Donnell, Baylor College of Medicine and Children's Nutrition Research Center (Contact Author)
William A. Brock, University of Wisconsin - Madison

"Ownership Structure and the Market for Corporate Control"
Daniel Ferreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Emanuel Ornelas, University of Georgia and IBMEC - Rio
John L. Turner, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Walras's Correspondence and Aumann's Conjecture"
Regis Deloche, Universite de Franche-Comte (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michael S. Rimler, Xavier University
Michael Ye, St. Mary's College of Maryland