| Friday
19 May |
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| 14.00-14.45 |
Relative Costs,
Agglomeration and Economic Policy: A European Perspective
Pontus
Braunerhjelm (SNS, Stockholm) |
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| 14.45-15.30 |
Vertical
Production Networks
Anthony
Venables (London School of Economics and CEPR)
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| 15.30-16.00
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Coffee |
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| 16.00-16.45 |
Trade,
FDI, and Congestion – The Small and Very Open Economy
Kristof
Dascher (University College Dublin) |
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| 16.45-17.30 |
The
District Goes Global: Export vs Delocation
Giorgio Basevi (Università
di Bologna)
*Gianmarco I P Ottaviano (Università di Bologna, Università Bocconi,
Milano, and
CEPR) |
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| Saturday
20 May |
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| 09.00-9.45 |
“Ah-ha”
Information Technology:
Outsourcing vs Foreign Direct Investment
Jean-François Ruhashyankiko (CEP, London School of Economics) |
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| 09.45-10.30 |
Exit
Downsizing or International Relocation of Production
*Enrico Pennings (Universitat
Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)
*Leo
Sleuwaegen (Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam) |
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| 10.30-11.00 |
Coffee |
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| 11.00-11.45 |
Technological
Leadership and the Choice of Entry Mode
by
Foreign Investors
Beata
K Smarzynska (World Bank) |
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| 11.45-12.30 |
Inward
Direct Investment in Greece: Home Country Determinants
Raymond
Loufir (Athens Institute of Economic Policy Studies (IMOP))
*Helen Louri (Athens University of Economics and Business)
*Marina Papanastassiou (Athens University of Economics and Business) |
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| 12.30-14.00 |
Lunch |
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| 14.00-14.45 |
Firm
Interdependance and Horizontal Multinational Production by Leading UK
Firms in 1986 and 1993
Stephen
Pavelin (University College Dublin) |
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| 14.45-15.30 |
Multinationals
and Wage Competition between Different Locations
*Henrik
Braconier (IUI, Stockholm)
*Karolina Ekholm (IUI,
Stockholm, and CEPR) |
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| 15.30-16.00 |
Coffee |
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| 16.00-16.45 |
Multinationals
– Easy Come, Easy Go?
*Jan Haaland (Norwegian
School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, and CEPR)
Ian
Wooton (University of Glasgow and CEPR) |
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| 16.45-17.30 |
For
Whom is MAI? A Theoretical Perspective on Multinational
Agreements on Investment
*Alessandro Turrini (Università
di Bergamo, Università Bocconi, Milano, and
CEPR)
*Dieter
Urban (Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, Università Bocconi, Milano) |
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speaker |
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