Belgian International Trade Workshop
Louvain-la-Neuve, March 27, 2009
Programme (pdf 
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9:00 Registration and welcome coffee
9:25 Hylke VANDENBUSSCHE
Opening address for Belgian Day of International Trade
SESSION I
Chair: Wouter VERGOTE - Université catholique de Louvain, St.Louis and CORE
9:30 Eric BOND - Vanderbilt University
Credit Rationing, Risk Aversion and Industrial Evolution in Developing Countries
(joint work with J. Tybout and H. Utar)
10:15 Gerald WILLMANN - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, CES
(joint work with E. Blanchard)
11:00 Coffee break (CORE lounge)
SESSION II
Chair: Koen SCHOORS - University of Ghent
11:15 André SAPIR - Université Libre de Bruxelles, ECARES
Beyond the WTO? An Anatomy of EU and US Preferential Trade Agreements
(joint work with P. Mavoidis and H. Horn)
12:00 Paola CONCONI - Université Libre de Bruxelles, ECARES
Policymakers' Horizon and Economic Reforms
(joint work with M. Zanardi and G. Facchini)
12:45 Sandwich lunch (CORE lounge)
SESSION III
Chair: Eric TOULEMONDE - Université catholique de Louvain, FUNDP (Namur)
14:00 Elena GOLOVKO - Tilburg University
Productivity of Spanish Firms: International Exposure and (Product) Innovation
(joint work with B. Cassiman)
14:45 Hylke VANDENBUSSCHE - Université catholique de Louvain, ECON & CORE
Import-Competing Protection Hurts Exporters
(joint work with J. Konings)
15:30 Coffee break (CORE lounge)
SESSION IV
Chair: Claude D'ASPREMONT - Université catholique de Louvain, CORE
16:00 Bee AW and Mark ROBERTS - Pennsylvania State University
R&D Investment and Export Dynamics
16:45 Drinks (CORE lounge)
Local Organizer:
- Université catholique de Louvain, CORE & ECON
Hosted by:
Université catholique de Louvain, Chaire Jacquemin
Université catholique de Louvain, CORE
Université catholique de Louvain, Department of Economics
ECORE (Université catholique de Louvain & Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, CES
Sponsors:
Belgian Science Policy under the PAI-project:
"Economic Policy and Finance in the Global Economy"
(with Belgian partners ECON/UCL - CORE - CES - FUNDP - SHERPA/Gent - ECARES)
Université catholique de Louvain, CORE
Location of Meetings:
CORE - Room b_135
Voie du Roman Pays, 34
B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
