Session Chairs:

Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"Firm Heterogeneity and the Relative Prevalence of Outsourcing and FDI"
Huiya (Grace) Chen, University of California - Davis and Reed College (Contact Author)

"Multinational Firms and New Chinese Export Transactions"
Huiya (Grace) Chen, University of California - Davis and Reed College (Contact Author)
Deborah L. Swenson, University of California - Davis

"International Trade Costs and Schumpeterian Growth"
Ali Gungoraydinoglu, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Does Industry Definition Matter? An Examination of Aggregation Bias in Harmonized Tariff System Data"
Roger White, Franklin & Marshall College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Henric Axel Adey, Georgetown University
James M. DeVault, Lafayette College
Sudeshna Pal, West Virginia University

Session Chairs:

Anthony Paul Andrews, Governors State University

Papers:

"An Empirical Analysis of Globalization in Developing Economies: An Inter-Country Analysis"
Anthony Paul Andrews, Governors State University (Contact Author)

"An Empirical Investigation of Regional Trading Patterns"
Abhra Roy, Kennesaw State University
Samia Islam, Boise State University (Contact Author)

"Fiscal Convergence Within a Customs Union: The Case of MERCOSUR"
Marian Martinez, College of Charleston (Contact Author)

"A Spatial Model of National and International Price Dispersion: Theoretical and Empirical Findings"
Michael Anderson, Washington and Lee University
Kurt C. Schaefer, Calvin College
Stephen L. S. Smith, Gordon College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Huiya (Grace) Chen, University of California - Davis and Reed College
Marian Martinez, College of Charleston