Merton Seminar in International Trade: Hilary Term 2007

Department of Economics, University of Oxford

Seminars will be held on Tuesdays during Hilary (Spring) Term at 5.00-6.30 p.m.
in Seminar Room C on the second floor of the Manor Road Building.

Week 1: January 16

Daniel Sturm (LSE)

Multiple Equilibria in Industrial Location: Evidence from German Airports (with Stephen J. Redding and Nikolaus Wolf)

Week 2: January 23

Alejandro Cunat (Essex)

Volatility, Labor Market Flexibility, and the Pattern of Comparative Advantage (with Marc J. Melitz)

Week 3: January 30

Holger Breinlich (Essex)

Trade Liberalization and Industrial Restructuring through Mergers and Acquisitions

Week 4: February 6

Rod Falvey (Nottingham)

Trade, Human Capital and Labour Market Adjustment

Week 5: February 13

Thierry Mayer (Paris I)

How Remote is the Offshoring Threat? (with Keith Head and John Ries)

Week 6: February 20

Richard Baldwin (Geneva)

Offshoring: General Equilibrium Effects on Wages, Production and Trade (with Fréderic Robert-Nicoud)

Week 7: February 27

Monika Mrazova (Balliol College Oxford)

Is The WTO’s Article XXIV Bad? (with David Vines and Ben Zissimos)

Week 8: March 6

Dimitra Petropoulou (Hertford College Oxford)

Oranges and Steel: A Swing-State Theory of Trade Protection in the Electoral College (with Mirabelle Muuls)

The Seminar is organised by Peter Neary and Volker Nocke

For further details contact:
Ann Gibson ann.gibson@economics.ox.ac.uk
Department of Economics, University of Oxford
Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UQ
Tel.: +44 (0)1865-271090
Fax: +44 (0)1865-271094

Thanks to the Oxford Department of Economics and the Research Committee of Merton College for support.