Trade Liberalization and Its Consequences April 26 – 28, 2006

Conference Program (PDF)

Three units at Stanford University -- Stanford University Libraries, the Division of International Comparative and Area Studies, and the Stanford Center for International Development -- are hosting a conference, Trade Liberalization and Its Consequences.

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Opening Keynote Address: Dr. Supacahai Panitchpakdi, Secretary General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development.
Globalization: Is There a Role for Developing Nations?
RealPlayer Video File, 1:01 hour

Keynote Address: John Taylor
RealPlayer Video File, 40:58 minutes

Keynote Address: Santiago Levy, Social Policy and the Adjustment to Reform: The Example of Mexico
RealPlayer Video File, 41:29 minutes

Sessions

Panel: Do Trade Agreements Matter? Trade Negotiations and Industrial Organization Factor Reallocation Following Trade Liberalization Trade Liberalization on Wage Inequality and Poverty Plant Survival, Market Fundamentals and Trade Liberalization Panel: Doha Round Panel: Scholarly Use of International Organization Information

Panel: Do Trade Agreements Matter? Moderator: Judy Goldstein, Professor, Stanford University Penny Goldberg, Professor, Yale University Panitchpakdi Supachai, Secretary-General, UN Conference on Trade and Development Alan Sykes, Professor, University of Chicago Law School Michael Tomz, Assistant Professor, Stanford SCID RealPlayer Video File, 1:13 hour

Trade Liberalization on Wage Inequality and Poverty Moderator: Judy Goldstein, Professor, Stanford University Trends in Tariff Reforms and Trends in Wage Inequality Guido Porto, The World Bank Discussant: Maurice Kugler, Southampton University Trade Policy, Child Labor, and Schooling: Evidence from Indian Districts Petia Topalova, Assistant Professor, Yale and IMF Discussant: Orazio Attanasio, Professor, University College London RealPlayer Video File, 1:56 hour

Trade Negotiations and Industrial Organization Moderator: Orazio Attanasio, Professor, University College London A Customs Union with Multinational Firms: the Automobile Market in Argentina and Brazil Irene Brambilla, Assistant Professor, Yale University Discussant: Frank Wolak, Professor, Stanford University RealPlayer Video File, 57:43 minutes

Plant Survival, Market Fundamentals and Trade Liberalization Moderator: Orazio Attanasio, Professor, University College London Adriana Kugler, Associate Professor, University of Houston Discussant: Naercio Filho Menezes, Professor, University of Sao Paulo RealPlayer Video File, 56:59 minutes

Factor Reallocation Following Trade Liberalization Moderator: Robert Staiger, Professor, University of Wisconsin Labor Reallocation in Response to Trade Reform Marc-Andreas Muendler, Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego Naercio Filho Menezes, Professor, University of Sao Paulo Discussant: T.N. Srinivasan, Professor, Yale University, and SCID Visitor RealPlayer Video File, 1:02 hour

Panel: Doha Round Moderator: Romain Wacziarg, Professor, Stanford University Richard Blackhurst, Professor, Former Director of Research, GATT/WTO Robert Staiger, Professor, University of Wisconsin Richard Steinberg, Professor, UCLA Law School T.N. Srinivasan, Professor, Yale University, and SCID Visitor RealPlayer Video File, 1:16 hour

Panel: Scholarly Use of International Organization Information Introduction: Michael Keller, University Librarian, Stanford University Moderator: Anthony M. Angiletta, Social Sciences Curator, Stanford University Michael Tomz, Assistant Professor, Stanford University Blandine Blukacz-louisfert, Chief, Registry, United Nations Library, Geneva Ronald Mitchell, Professor, University of Oregon Michelle Dolbec, Archivist, International Monetary Fund Elisa Liberatori Prati, Chief Archivist, World Bank RealPlayer Video File, 2:02 hour