Workshop on 'Current issues in International Trade'

28 April 2011

On May 14, 2011 the RUG SOM research School and the Groningen Growth and Development Centre hosted a workshop on 'Current issues in International Trade'.

Programme Saturday, May 14, 2011

09:30-10:00	Arrival (coffee and cake)
10:00-11:00	Selection Effects with Heterogeneous Firms Peter Neary, University of Oxford & Monika Mrázová, (London School of Economics)
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-12.00	Exporter survival and product churning Rogier Smeets, University of Groningen & Arjan Lejour, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB)
12:00-12.45	Are countries Lumpy? Steven Brakman, University of Groningen & Charles van Marrewijk, Utrecht University
12:45-13:45	Lunch
13:45-14:30	Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs Greg Wright, University of California, Davis
14:30-15:15	Slicing Up Global Value Chains Marcel Timmer, Bart Los & Gaaitzen de Vries, University of Groningen
15:15-15:45	Break
15:45-16:30	The division of tasks, technological change and the rise of cities Suzanne Kok, University of Groningen
16:30-17:30	Exports and Credit Constraints under Private Information: Theory and Evidence from China Robert Feenstra, University of California, Davis
17:45	Dinner buffet-style