Merton-OxCarre Seminar in International Trade: Hilary Term 2008

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 15

Pedro Vicente, Oxford

Corrupted Scholarships

Week 2: January 22

Paola Conconi, ULB Brussels

Fast Track Authority and International Trade Negotiations
(with Giovanni Facchini and Maurizio Zanardi)

Week 3: January 29

Eric Rasmusen, Indiana and Nuffield College, Oxford

A Model of Trust in Quality and North-South Trade

Week 4: February 5

Adrian Wood, QEH, Oxford

Heckscher-Ohlin in theory and reality

Week 5: February 12

Diego Puga, IMDEA and Carlos III, Madrid

The Productivity Advantages of Large Markets: Distinguishing Agglomeration from Firm Selection
(with Pierre-Philippe Combes, Gilles Duranton, Laurent Gobillon, and Sébastien Roux)

Week 6: February 19

Steve Redding, LSE

Multi-Product Firms and Trade Liberalization
(with Andy Bernard and Peter Schott)

Week 7: February 26

Carsten Eckel, Bamberg

International Trade and Retailing: Diversity versus Accessibility and the Creation of "Retail Deserts"

Week 8: March 4

Ben Zissimos, Vanderbilt

Optimal Tariffs and Retaliation: How Country Numbers Matter
(with Francis Bloch)

The Seminar is organised by Beata Javorcik, Peter Neary (convener), Volker Nocke and Tony Venables

For further details contact:
Joelle Hoggan ecomaster@economics.ox.ac.uk
Department of Economics, University of Oxford
Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UQ
Tel.: +44 (0)1865-281293
Fax: +44 (0)1865-271094

Archive:
Seminar Schedule for Michaelmas term, 2007
Seminar Schedule for Hilary term, 2007

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