European Research Workshop in International Trade

CEPR's annual European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT), organized jointly with the Tinbergen Institute of Erasmus Universiteit, was held in Rotterdam on 25/28 June 1998. The workshop organizers were Richard E Baldwin (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, and CEPR), Joseph Francois (Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, and CEPR), Anthony J Venables (London School of Economics and CEPR) and Ian Wooton (University of Glasgow and CEPR). The following papers were presented:

'Agglomeration and Economic Development: Import Substitution vs. Trade Liberalization'
Diego Puga (CEP, London School of Economics and CEPR) and
Anthony J Venables (London School of Economics and CEPR)

'Economic Geography and Comparative Advantage'
Rikard Forslid (Lunds Universitet and CEPR) and
Ian Wooton (University of Glasgow and CEPR)

'Agglomeration and Trade Revisited'
Gianmarco Ottaviano (Università di Bologna, CORE, Università Bocconi, Milano, and CEPR) and Jacques-François Thisse (CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain, CERAS-ENPC, Paris, and CEPR)

'Self-reinforcing Agglomerations? An Empirical Industry Study'
Karen Helene Midelfart-Knarvik (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Adminstration, Bergen) and Frode Steen (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and Foundation for Research in Economics and Business Administration, Bergen)

'Tariff Strategies and Small Open Economies'
Pascalis Raimondos-Møller (EPRU, Institute of Economics, Copenhagen) and
Alan D Woodland (University of Sydney)

'Importing Jobs and Exporting Firms? A Close Look at the Labour Market Implications of Italy’s Trade and Foreign Investment Flows'
Riccardo Faini (Università degli Studi di Brescia and CEPR)
Anna M Falzoni (Università degli Studi di Bergamo and Università Bocconi, Milano)
Marzio Galeotti (Università degli Studi di Bergamo)
Rodolfo Helg (LIUCC and Università Bocconi, Milano) and
Alessandro Turrini (CESPRI, Università Bocconi, Milano, CORE and Università degli Studi di Bergamo)

'Job Creation, Job Destruction, and the International Division of Labour'
Marion Jansen (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) and
Alessandro Turrini (CESPRI, Università Bocconi, Milano, CORE and Università degli Studi di Bergamo)

'Victims of Progress: Economic Integration, Specialization, and Wages for Unskilled Labour'
Joseph Francois (Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, and CEPR) and
Douglas Nelson (Tulane University, New Orleans and CREDIT, Nottingham University)

'Non-Scale Growth in an Open Economy'
Theo S Eicher (University of Washington, Seattle) and
Stephen J Turnovsky (University of Washington, Seattle)

'A Two-Region Model of Redistribution, Migration, and International Trade'
Harry Huizinga (Tilburg University and CEPR)

'International Competition for Multinational Investment'
Jan I Haaland (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, and CEPR) and
Ian Wooton (University of Glasgow and CEPR)

'Capital Market Integration, Growth and Income Distribution: A Dynamic Analysis'
Jean-Marie Viaene (Tinbergen Institute and Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam) and
Itzhak Zitcha (Tinbergen Institute and Tel Aviv University)

'Foreign Direct Investment Responses of Firms Involved in Antidumping Investigations'
Bruce Blonigen (University of Oregon)

'Will Labour Intensive Industries Always Locate in Labour Abundant Countries?'
Mary Amiti (La Trobe University, Australia)

'Competition and Trade Policy in an Open Economy'
Joseph Francois (Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, and CEPR) and
Henrik Horn (World Trade Organization, Geneva, and CEPR)

'Did Late 19th Century U.S. Tariffs Promote Infant Industries? Evidence from the Tinplate Industry'
Douglas A Irwin (Dartmouth College)