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Globalization, Finance and Firm Dynamics
Kiel, 27 – 28 May 2011
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Friday, 27 May 2011
| 09.15 - 09.30h | Welcome |
Session 1
| 09.30 - 10.15h | Laura Alfaro – Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy, Costa Rica |
| Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Direct Investment and Establishment Performance | |
| 10.15 - 11.00h | Holger Görg – IfW Kiel |
| Surviving the Crisis: Multinationals and Domestic Firms in Ireland | |
| 11.00 - 11.30h | c o f f e e b r e a k |
| 11.30 - 12.15h | Peter Egger – ETH Zürich |
| Corporate Taxation, Debt Financing, and Foreign Plant Ownership | |
| 12.15 – 13.45h | l u n c h |
Session 2
| 13.45 - 14.30h | Jaap Bos – Maastricht University |
| Why Exporting Matters | |
| 14.30 - 15.15h | Sourafel Girma – Nottingham University |
| The Financial Crisis and Exporters | |
| 15.15 - 15.45h | c o f f e e b r e a k |
| 15.45 - 16.30h | Natalia Trofimenko – IfW Kiel |
| Role of Firm Characteristics in Explaining Modes of Engagement in Trade | |
| 16.30 - 17.15h | Omar Licandro – European University Institute |
| Trade, Firm Selection and Innovation: The Competition Channel | |
| 19.00h | c o n f e r e n c e d i n n e r |
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Session 3
| 09.30 - 10.15h | Horst Raff – Kiel University and IfW Kiel |
| Manufacturers and Retailers in International Trade | |
| 10.15 - 11.00h | Martina Lawless – Central Bank of Ireland |
| Destinations of Irish Exports: A Gravity Model Approach | |
| 11.00 - 11.30h | c o f f e e b r e a k |
| 11.30 - 12.15h | Jonathan Eaton – Penn State University |
| International Trade: Linking Micro and Macro | |
| 12.15 – 13.45h | l u n c h |
Session 4
| 13.45 - 14.30h | Dennis Novy – University of Warwick |
| Domestic and International Border Effects: State Size Matters | |
| 14.30 - 15.15h | Henning Weber – IfW Kiel |
| Optimal Inflation and Firms’ Productivity dynamics | |
| 15.15 - 15.45h | c o f f e e b r e a k |
| 15.45 - 16.30h | Alessandra Guariglia – Durham University |
| Financial Constraints and Firm Productivity in China: Do Liquidity and Export Behavior Make a Difference? | |
| 19.00h | i n f o r m a l d i n n e r |