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FDI and the Multinational Corporation

Hydra, Greece, 20/21 September 2002

Friday 20 September

 
09.00 – 09.45 The International Organization of Multi-Stage Production

*James Markusen (University of Colorado at Boulder and CEPR)
 Anthony J Venables  (London School of Economics and CEPR)

 
09.45 – 10.30 Foreign Direct Investment and Exports with Growing Demand

Rafael Rob (University of Pennsylvania)
*Nikolaos Vettas (University of Athens and CEPR)

 
10.45 – 11.30 Distance and FDI when Contracts are Incomplete

Figures available

*Gianmarco I P Ottaviano (Universitŕ Bocconi, Universitŕ di Bologna and CEPR)
Alessandro Turrini (Universitŕ Bocconi, UNCTAD, Universitŕ di Bergamo and CEPR)

 
11.30 – 12.15 Regional Selective Assistance, Agglomeration and Firm Location

Michael Devereux (University of British Columbia and CEPR)
*Rachel Griffith (Institute for Fiscal Studies and CEPR)
Helen Simpson (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

 
17.00 – 17.45 Domestic Labour Markets and Foreign Direct Investment

*Jan Haaland (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and CEPR)
 *Ian Wooton (University of Glasgow and CEPR)

 
17.45 – 18.30 Multinational Knowledge Spillovers with Centralized Versus Decentralized R&D: A Game Theoretical Approach

Francesca Sanna Randaccio (Universitŕ di Roma 'La Sapienza')
*Reinhilde Veugelers (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CEPR)

 
Saturday 21 September

 
09.00 – 09.45 Corporate Performance: Does Ownership Matter? A Comparison of Foreign and Domestic-Owned Firms in Greece and Portugal

*Natália Barbosa (Universidade do Minho)
Helen Louri (Athens University of Economics and Business)

 
09.45 – 10.30 Foreign Direct Investment, Competitive Pressure and Spillovers. An Empirical Analysis on Spanish Firm Level Data

Alessandro Sembenelli (CERIS-CNR)
*Georges Siotis (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

 
10.45 – 11.30 Foreign Ownership and Technological Convergence at the Micro Level

Rachel Griffith (Institute for Fiscal Studies and CEPR)
*Stephen Redding (London School of Economics and CEPR)
 Helen Simpson (Institute for Fiscal Studies)

 
11.30 – 12.15 Does Investing Abroad Affect Performance at Home? Comparing Italian Multinational and National Enterprises

Giorgio Barba Navaretti (Universitá degli Studi di Milano and Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano)
*Davide Castellani (Universitá di Urbino)

 
17.00 – 17.45 Changes in Foreign Ownership and Wages in Indonesian Manufacturing

Robert Lipsey (City University of New York)
*Fredrik Sjöholm (Stockholm School of Economics)

 
17.45 – 18.30 Location of R&D and High-Tech Production by Vertically Integrated  Multi-Nationals

Karolina Ekholm (Stockholm School of Economics and CEPR)
Katariina Hakkala (Stockholm School of Economics)

 
Organizers:

Helen Louri (Athens University of Economics and Business)
Giorgio Barba Navaretti (Universitá degli Studi di Milano and Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano)
Anthony J Venables (London School of Economics and CEPR)
* Denotes Speaker

 

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