Program

June 5th, 2014

9:30-10:00     OPENING CEREMONY

10:00-12:30    OPENING PANEL

             Jeffrey Bergstrand, University of Notre Dame, US
             Peter Egger, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
             Bernard Hoekman, European University Institute & CEPR, Italy

12:30-14:30 Luncheon

14:30-15:00 Coffee Break

15:00-17:00 Session I
Does Comparative Advantage Induce Unilateral Liberalization? The Case of Services
Erik van der Marel, ECIPE
Discussant: Selin Sayek Böke, Bilkent University

The Discriminatory Effect of Domestic Regulations on International Trade in Services: Evidence from Firm-Level Data
Matthieu Crozet, University Paris Sud- ADIS
Emmanuel Milet, Paris School of Economics, University of Paris
Daniel Mirza, Universite Francois Rabelais and GERCIE, CEPII/CIREM (Paris) and Banque de France
Discussant: Bernard Hoekman, European University Institute & CEPR

19:30-21:30 Dinner

June 6th, 2014

9:00-11:00 Session III
A League of Their Own: Services Exporters within Goods Exporters
Nergiz Dinçer, TED University
Ayça Tekin-Koru, TED University
Discussant: Greg C. Wright, University of California, Merced

Crisis-Proof Services: Why Trade in Services Did Not Suffer During the 2008-2009 Collapse
Andrea Ariu, Universite Catholique de Louvain
Discussant: Sübidey Togan, Bilkent Üniversitesi

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:15 Session IV
A Restricted Source Differentiated Almost Ideal Demand System, Augmented with Quality in the study of French imports in Manufacturing versus Services
Thannaletchimy Thanagopal, Paris School of Economics - Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University
Discussant: Peter Egger, ETH Zurich

12:15-14:00 Lunch

14:00-16:00 Session V
Transportation Services in Turkey: A Firm Level Analysis
Nergiz Dinçer, TED University
Ayça Tekin-Koru, TED University
Sübidey Togan, Bilkent University
Discussant: Jeffrey Bergstrand, University of Notre Dame

Decomposing Service Exports Adjustments along the Intensive and Extensive Margin at the Firm-Level
Elisabeth Christen, Austrian Institute of Economic Research
Yvonne Wolfmayr, Austrian Institute of Economic Research
Michael Pfaffermayr, University of Innsbruck
Discussant: Andrea Ariu, Universite Catholique de Louvain

16:00-16:15 Coffee Break

16:15-17:15 Session VI
From Selling Goods to Selling Services: Investigating a New Channel of Firm Response to Import Competition
Holger Breinlich, University of Essex
Anson Soderbery, Purdue University
Greg C. Wright, University of California, Merced
Discussant: Erik van der Marel, ECIPE

19:00-21:00 Dinner