Fourth GEP Postgraduate Conference

Held on 11th April, 2005 at the University of Nottingham

• Convenor: Sara Maioli
• Conference programme

 

Session 1: Trade and Labour Market

• Paulo Bastos, GEP, University of Nottingham
  Open Shop Unions and International Trade Liberalisation
• Agelos Delis, University of Leicester
  A Dual Definition for the Factor Content of Trade
• Joana Silva, GEP, University of Nottingham
  Trade, Human Capital and Labour Market Adjustment

 

Session 2: Trade And Developing Countries

• Luis Verdeja, GEP, University of Nottingham
  Did the EU’s Preferential Trade Regimes Towards Developing Countries Really fail? Revisiting the Evidence
• Ariel A. Barraud, University of Antwerp
  Poverty Effects from Trade Liberalisation: a Microsimulation for Argentina
• Carlos Cortinhas, University of Exeter and University of Minho, Portugal
  Intra-Industry Trade, Specialisation and Business Cycles in ASEAN
• Fabian B. Lewis, University of Manchester and University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
  Jamaica’s Intra-Industry Trade with CARICOM Countries: A Panel-Data Study

 

Session 3: Globalisation and Technological Transfer

• Adriana Peluffo, University of Antwerp
  Regional Integration and Technology Diffusion: The case of Uruguay
• Priit Vahter, University of Tartu, Estonia
  Which firms benefit more from “own-firm” and spillover effects of inward foreign direct investment?

 

Session 4: Topics in Globalisation

• Yama Temouri, Aston University, Birmingham
  The impact of FDI on technological development in Germany
• Joana Silva, GEP, University of Nottingham
  Intra-Industry Trade Expansion and Reallocation between Sectors and Occupations
• Donato De Rosa, PSE, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
  Firm Characteristics and External Conditions: Explaining Russian Manufacturing Export

 

Session 5: International Financial Liberalisation

• Jens Eisenschmidt, University of Dresden
  International Capital Flows meets Corporate Liquidity Demand
• Gonzalo F. Forgues-Puccio, University of Manchester
  Financial Liberalisation, Bureaucratic Corruption and Economic Development