14 Sep 2010, 10:00 - 18:00, Anna Nussbaum Auditorium, WTI, Bern

Impact assessment of international trade: refelctions from research

Work Package 6 is organising a workshop in order to reflect on research topics dealt with in its various subprojects.

Programme:

 

10:00–10:15:

Welcome and introduction


10:15–11:00:

Marcelo Olarreaga (University of Geneva & CEPR):
“Weak governments and trade agreements”


11:00–11:45:

Marius Brülhart (University of Lausanne):
"How Wages and Employment Adjust to Trade Liberalisation: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Austria"


11:45–12:30:

Anirudh Shingal (WTI & CARIS):
“Services growth, trade and convergence across India's states”


12:30–13:30:

Lunch Break


13:30-14:15:

Olivier Cadot (World Bank & University of Lausanne):
“Tunisia's Export Promotion Agency: Promoting Over-Diversification?”


14:15–15:00:

Manuel Oechslin (WTI & University of Bern):
"Targeting Autocrats: Economic Sanctions and Regime Change”


15:00–15:45:

Nils Herger (Study Centre Gerzensee & University of Bern):
“Systemic Risks and Bank Failures - An Event Count Approach”


15:45–16:00:

Closing remarks