The Economics, Law and Politics of the GATT/WTO

Yale University, April 3-4, 2009

Organizers:
Giovanni Maggi and Kenneth Scheve, Yale University;
Joanne Gowa, Princeton University

Conference Location: Room A002, 77 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut

Friday, April 3, 2009

8:45am Continental Breakfast

9:15am WTO Dispute Settlement and Developing CountriesChad Bown, Brandeis University

Discussants: Christina Davis, Princeton University
Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Pennsylvania State University

10:30am Break

10:45am Does the Rule of Law Matter? The WTO and US Antidumping InvestigationsEric Reinhardt, Emory University, and Marc Busch, Georgetown University

Discussants: Jeff Dunoff, Temple University
Mike Hiscox, Harvard University

12:00pm Lunch

Discussants: Doug Irwin, Dartmouth University
Judith Goldstein, Stanford University

2:45pm break

3:00pm Breach, Remedies and Dispute Settlement in Trade AgreementsGiovanni Maggi, Yale University and Robert Staiger, Stanford University

Discussants: Rob Howse, New York University
Jee-Hyong Park, Seoul National University

4:15pm break

4:30pm Constitutional Economics of the WTOJoel Trachtman, Tufts University

Discussants: Marc Busch, Georgetown University
Henrik Horn, IFN, Stockholm

Saturday, April 4, 2009

8:45am Continental Breakfast

Discussants: Robert Staiger, Stanford University
Helen Milner, Princeton University

10:30am break

10:45am Theory and Practice in the GATT/WTOJoanne Gowa,Princeton University

Discussants:Nuno Limao, University of Maryland
Ed Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Profit Shifting and Trade Agreements in Imperfectly Competitive MarketsKyle Bagwell, Columbia University and Robert Staiger, Stanford University

Discussants: Steve Redding, Yale University
Don Regan, University of Michigan

NOTE: Paper presenters will have 30 minutes, each discussant will have 10 minutes, and there will be 25 minutes for general discussion.