REGIONAL INTEGRATION NETWORK
Punta del Este, Uruguay, December 15-18, 2003
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| Monday, December 15th |
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Session I:
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| 09:30 – 11:00 am |
“A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Any Gains
for the South?”
Céline Carrère (Université d’ Auvergne)
Discussant: Pablo Sanguinetti (UTDT)
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| 11:00 – 11:15 am |
Coffee Break
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| 11:15 – 12:45 pm |
“Winners and Loosers of Tax Competition in
the European Union”
Enrique
Mendoza (University of Maryland)
Discussant: Néstor Gandelman (Universidad ORT del Uruguay)
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| 12:45 – 02:30 pm |
Lunch |
| 02:30 – 04:00 pm |
"On the Geography of Trade: Distance is Alive and Well”
Maurice
Schiff (The World Bank)
Discussant: Eduardo Fernández-Arias (IADB)
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| Tuesday, December 16th |
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Session II:
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| 09:30 – 11:00 am |
“Rules of Origin as Export
Subsidies”
Olivier Cadot (HEC Lausanne)
Discussant: Jon Haveman (Public Policy Institute of California)
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| 11:00 – 11:15 am |
Coffee Break
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| 11:15 – 12:45 pm |
“Economic Integration and Location of Manufacturing Activities: Evidence
from Mercosur”
Christian
Volpe (University of Bonn)
Discussant: Marcel Vaillant (Universidad de la República)
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| 12:45 – 02:30 pm |
Lunch
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| 02:30 – 04:00 pm |
“Border Effects of the Atlantic
Triangle”
Soledad Zignago (CEPII)
Discussant: Céline Carrère (Université d’ Auvergne)
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| Wednesday, December
17th |
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Session III:
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| 09:30 – 11:00 am |
“Identifying the Effect of
Exchange Rate Volatility on the Composition and Volume of Trade”
Christian
Broda (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Discussant: Eduardo Levy-Yeyati (UTDT)
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| 11:00 – 11:15 am |
Coffee Break
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| 11:15 – 12:45 pm |
“Understanding International
Differences in Trade and Financial Integration”
Sebastián Claro (Universidad Católica de Chile)
Discussant: Marcelo Olarreaga (The World Bank)
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| 12:45 – 02:30 pm |
Lunch
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| 02:30 – 04:00 pm |
“Business Cycles and Macroeconomic
Policy Coordination in Mercosur”
José María Fanelli (Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad)
Discussant: Herman Kamil (IADB and University of Michigan)
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| Thursday, December 18th |
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Debates:
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| 09:00 – 09:15 am |
Opening Remarks
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| 09:15 – 10:00 am |
Presentation: “Free-Traders vs. Globalization
Skeptics: Who is Right in this Debate?”
Lead Speaker: Arvind Pangariya (University of Maryland)
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| 10:00 – 10:40 am |
General Discussion
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| 10:40 – 10:45 am |
Summing up by the moderator:
Guillermo Calvo (IADB and University of Maryland)
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| 10:45 – 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00 – 11:45 am |
Presentation: “A Historical Perspective on Financial
Globalization and Financial Crises in EM´s: Is Free Flow a Capital
a Good Idea?”
Lead Speaker: Alan Taylor (University of California at Davis)
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| 11:45 – 12:25 am |
General Discussion
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| 12:25 – 12:30 am |
Summing up by the moderator:
Guillermo Calvo (IADB and University of Maryland)
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| 12:30 – 12:45 am |
Closure
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Notes:
The sessions will have a duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes. Each speaker will
have 45 minutes to present the paper. Each paper will have a discussant and each
discussant will have 15 minutes for his/her presentation. There will be 30 minutes
for general discussion. |
