Trade, Integration and Growth Network (TIGN)
Agenda – III Annual Conference
Friday, September 30
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Registration. |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Opening Remarks: Fernando Lorenzo, Minister of Finance, Uruguay, Presented by Susana Mallo, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences. |
| 9:15 – 11:00 | Policy Panel: Regional Integration and Industrial Policy (Sponsored by Red Mercosur) Moderator: Ricardo Markwald, Funcex/Red Mercosur Panelists: Carlos Márcio Cozendey, Ministério da Fazenda de Brasil, Hernán Avendaño, Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo de Colombia, Sebastián Torres, Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería de Uruguay. |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee Break. |
Academic Program
| 11:15 – 12:15 | Borders, Geography, and Oligopoly: Evidence from the Wind Turbine Industry KeremCosar, University Of Chicago Booth Discussant: Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University. |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | Terms of Trade and Global Efficiency Effects of Free Trade Agreements, 1990-1992 YotoYotov, Drexel University Discussant: Carlos Cinquetti, Universidade de Sao Paulo. |
| 13:15 – 14:30 | Lunch. |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Comparative Advantage Across Goods and Product Quality Francisco Alcalá, Universidad de Murcia and Ivie Discussant: Marcel Vaillant, Universidad de la República. |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Men, Women, and Machines: How Trade Impacts Gender Inequality Carolina Villegas, ESADE Discussant: Nathan Nunn, Harvard University. |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Coffee Break. |
| 16:45 – 17:45 | Lifting the Domestic Veil: The Challenges of Exporting Differentiated Goods Across the Development Divide Juan Carlos Hallak, Universidad de San Andrés Discussant: Gerardo Esquivel, El Colegio de México. |
| 17:45 – 18:45 | Brain Drain or Brain Gain?Technology Diffusion and Learning On-The-Job Thomas Sampson, London School of Economics Discussant: Germán Pupato, Fundacao Getulio Vargas. |
Saturday, October 1
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Export Dynamics in Large Devaluations George Alessandria, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Discussant: John Romalis, University of Chicago. |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | The Effect of Trade Protection on Trade Productivity in Uruguay Carlos Casacuberta, Universidad de la República Discussant: Pedro Moncarz, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee Break. |
| 11:15 – 12:15 | The Impact of Export Restrictions on Targeted Firms: Evidence from Antidumping Against South Korea Laura Rovegno, Université Catholique de Louvain Discussant:Pablo Sanguinetti, CAF and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | ClosingRemarks:Pablo Sanguinetti, CAF and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Christian Volpe Martincus, Inter-American Development Bank, and Marcel Vaillant, Universidad de la República. |
Events
Information
Montevideo, Uruguay
September 30
October 1, 2011
Facultad de ciencias sociales
Departamento de economía, constituyente 1502, Salón L5

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