Organizers:

Robert M. Feinberg, American University

Session Chairs:

Robert M. Feinberg, American University

Papers:

"Ethnic Networks: They Increase Trade, Do They Also Decrease Price Dispersion?"
Michael Anderson, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)
Martin Davies, Washington and Lee University
Stephen Smith, Gordon College

"Trade Agreements and Multimarket Collusion"
Eric W. Bond, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)
Costas Syropoulos, Drexel University

"The Growth of Bilateralism"
Scott L. Baier, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Jeffrey H. Bergstrand, University of Notre Dame
Ronald Mariutto, University of Notre Dame

Discussants:

Robert M. Feinberg, American University
Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology
Justin R Pierce, U.S. Census Bureau

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Session Chairs:

Eyal Dvir, Boston College

Papers:

"Does Short-Term Debt Increase Vulnerability to Crisis? Evidence from the East Asian Financial Crisis"
Eyal Dvir, Boston College (Contact Author)
Efraim Benmelech, Harvard University

"Factor Proportions and the Structure of Quality and Commodity Trade"
Arnab Nayak, Purdue University (Contact Author)

"Offshoring and North-South Trade with Non-Homothetic Preferences"
Martin Davies, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

"Regional Economic Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies in Middle-Income Countries"
Seungrae Lee, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

Discussants:

James Cobbe, Florida State University
Martin Davies, Washington and Lee University
Arnab Nayak, Purdue University
Eyal Dvir, Boston College

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Session Chairs:

Zhi George Yu, Georgetown University

Papers:

"Cost of Pegging: Evidence from Sub-Sahara Countries"
Kossi Makpayo, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"Costly Technology Transfer and Foreign Direct Investment: A Trade Theoretic Approach"
Martin Davies, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

"On International Risk Sharing and Financial Globalization: Some Gloomy Evidence"
Eleonora Pierucci, Sapienza University of Rome
Luigi Ventura, Sapienza University of Rome (Contact Author)

"Tariff Pass-Through and Firm Heterogeneity"
Zhi George Yu, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Luigi Ventura, Sapienza University of Rome
Kossi Makpayo, Suffolk University
Martin Davies, Washington and Lee University
Scott French, The University of New South Wales

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