Multinationals and Foreign Direct Investment (F1)

Tuesday January 5, 1999 at 8:00 am in the Sheraton/Conference Room H

 Presiding: Eric Bond, The Pennsylvania State University

Amy J. Glass, The Ohio State University, and K. Saggi, Southern Methodist University--The Dynamic Impact of Internalization Advantage

Larry D. Qiu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology--FDI Incentives: The Principle of Comparative Advantage Once Again

Pamela J. Smith, University of Minnesota--Patent Rights and Bilateral Exchange: A Cross-Country Analysis of U.S. Exports, FDI, and Licensing

Bin Xu, University of Florida--Multinational Enterprises and International Technology Diffusion

Discussants

James R. Markusen, University of Colorado

Deborah L. Swenson, University of California at Davis

Keith E. Maskus, University of Colorado

Drusilla K. Brown, Tufts University

 

The East Asian Economies, Before and After the Crisis (F3)

 Monday January 4, 1999 at 2:30 pm in the Sheraton/Liberty Suite 3

Presiding: Fumio Dei, Kobe University

Menzie D. Chinn, University of California at Santa Cruz--Before the Fall: Were the East Asian Currencies Overvalued?

Kui-Wai Li, City University of Hong Kong--Financial Liberalization and Growth in China's Economic Reform 

Merih Uctum, City University of New York--Pricing-to-Market: The Japanese Experience with a Falling Yen

Erinc Yeldan, Bilkent University--Challenges and Choices in Post-Crisis East Asia

Discussants

Bruce Mizrach, Rutgers University

Linda Goldberg, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Hiro Kawai, World Bank

Shanta Devarajan, World Bank