Programme
“Country Size and Border Effects in a Globalised World”
Venue: Lecture Theatre 7, Business School, University of Edinburgh, 29 Buccleuch Place, EH8 9JS
Thursday 26 June
08.30-9.00 |
Registration and welcome |
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Session 1: The Border Effect I |
09:00-09:45 |
DAVID COMERFORD (University of Stirling) – “Regions Are Not Countries: A New Approach to the Border Effect” (with Sevi Rodríguez-Mora) |
09:45-10:30 |
DENNIS NOVY (University of Warwick) – “Estimating Border Effects: The Impact of Geographic Aggregation” (with Cletus C. Coughlin) |
10:30-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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Session 2: Trade Costs and Borders |
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CECILIA HORNOK (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) – “Need for Speed: Is Faster Trade in the EU Trade-Creating?” |
11:45-12:30 |
INGO BORCHERT (University of Sussex) – “Modelling Services Trade, Trade Costs and Output” (with James E. Anderson and Aaditya Mattoo) |
12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session 3: The Border Effect II |
14:00-14:45 |
YOTO V. YOTOV (Drexel University) – “Growth and Trade: A Structural Approach” (with James E. Anderson and Mario Larch) |
14:45-15:30 |
NICHOLAS MYERS (University of Edinburgh) – “Social Ties and the Border Puzzle” |
15:30-16:00 |
Coffee break |
16:00-17:00 |
NEW: view the James Anderson podcast Keynote Lecture 1: JAMES E. ANDERSON (Boston College) Border Effects: Canada-US Lessons |
18:00-19:00 |
Panel “The Economics of New Borders: Implications for Scotland” This is a public event. It is assumed that delegates who have signed up for the day event will also attend in the evening. This special event will be held in St. Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Street, Cowgate, EH1 1NQ, from 18:00-19:00. The panel will consist of: JAMES E. ANDERSON (Boston College), ENRICO SPOLAORE (Tufts University) and STEPHEN FARRINGTON (HM Treasury) |
20.30 |
Dinner (by invitation only) |
Friday 27 June
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Session 4: The Political Economy of Centralization |
09:30-10:15: |
GIACOMO A. M. PONZETTO (CREI, UPF and Barcelona GSE) – “Centralization and Accountability: Theory and Evidence from the Clean Air Act” (with Federico Boffa and Amedeo Piolatto) |
10:15-11:00 |
ROBERTO BONFATTI (University of Nottingham) – “The Sustainability of Empire in Global Perspective: The Role of International Trade Patterns”. |
11:00-11:30 |
Coffee break |
11:30-12:30 |
NEW: view the Enrico Spolaore podcast Keynote Lecture 2: ENRICO SPOLAORE (Tufts University) – “The Political Economy of National Borders” |
12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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Session 5: Long-Run Perspectives on Borders |
4:00-14:45 |
JAUME VENTURA (CREI, UPF and Barcelona GSE) – “Globalization and Political Structure” (with Gino Gancia and Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto) |
14:45-15:30 |
ROBERT ZYMEK (University of Edinburgh) – “Home Bias in Trade Since 1870” (with Mariko Klasing and Petros Milionis) |
15:30 |
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