International Trade and Finance Association

 
 
Call for Papers -- IT&FA at the ASSA 2009
IT&FA anticipates having two sessions at the ASSA meetings in San Francisco, January 3-5, 2009.
 
Paper proposals for the two sessions should be sent to Prof. Don Clark at the University of Tennessee by April 30, 2008.  E-mail:  dclark3@utk.edu
 
Papers Presented at ASSA -- New Orleans, Jan. 4-6, 2008

 

Panel One

 

               Friday, January 4, 2:30 p.m.                    

Location:  Sheraton/Napoleon B3

 

Issues in Globalization (Roundtable)

 

Presiding:   Max Kreinin, Michigan State University

 

Max Kreinin, Michigan State University

 

Andrew F. Brimmer, Brimmer and Company

 

Harry Holzer, Georgetown University and Urban Institute

 

            Anne Krueger, Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)

 

            Raul Moncarz, Florida International University

 

            Scheherazade Rehman, George Washington University

 

            Dominick Salvatore, Fordham University

 

            Alfred E. Eckes, Ohio University

 

 

Panel Two

 

Saturday, January 5, 12:30 p.m.

Location:  Sheraton/Napoleon C2

 

Globalization and Trade Policy  (F0)

 

Presiding: John T. Evans, Long Island University

 

            Miles Mattson and Drusilla Brown, Tufts University – Access to Essential Medicine: The Impact of TRIPS

 

            Joseph Pelzman, George Washington University, and AMIR SHOHAM, Ben Gurion University of the Negev – U.S. Bilateral Regional Agreements:   The Negative Welfare Effects of Multiplicity in Country of Origin Rules

 

            Don P. Clark, University of Tennessee – Vertical Specialization with Developed and Developing Countries

 

            Nancy H. Chau, Cornell University, and Rolf Fare, Oregon State University – On Trade Impairment Nullification, Trade Sanctions and the Shadow Price of Imports: A Trade Benefit Function Approach

 

Discussants:   Arnab K. Basu, College of William and Mary

                        Kathleen Rees, Texas A&M University – Kingsville

                        Wendy Takacs, University of Maryland – Baltimore County

                        Judith Dean, U.S. International Trade Commission