Co-organized by the Kiel Institute and the World Bank, the workshop brought together leading researchers in the area of trade in services and will cover new evidence on the patterns of trade in services, the effects of services trade and services reforms on welfare, jobs, and the manufacturing sector. The workshop also included a session on data on service trade flows and service trade policies. The workshop welcomes the participation of World Bank colleagues from operations as well as researchers. For anyy questions about the workshop, please contact Anna Regina Bonfield at abonfield@worldbank.org or at (202) 473-1248. Agenda
8:30 - 9:00 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 - 9:15 am |
Introductory Remarks
Holger Görg and Aaditya Mattoo
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9:15 - 10:45am |
Session 1: Patterns of Trade in Services
“The Incidence of Geography on Canada’s Services Trade" by James Anderson (joint with Catherine Milot and Toto Yotov) “The Geographic Scope of Trade: Firm-level Evidence on Similarities Between Goods and Services” by Fergal McCann (joint with Farid Toubal) |
10:45 - 11:00am |
Coffee break
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11:00 - 12:30pm |
Session 2: Services Reform, Welfare and Jobs
“Estimating the Gains from Liberalizing Services Trade: The Case of Passenger Aviation” by David Hummels (joint with Anca Cristea) “A Sorted Tale of Globalization: White Collar Jobs and The Rise of Services Offshoring” by Daniel Trefler (joint with Runjuan Liu) |
12:30 - 1:30pm |
Lunch break
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1:30 - 3:45pm |
Session 3: Services Reform and Manufacturing
“Services Reform and Manufacturing Performance: Evidence from India” by Beata Javorcik (joint with Jens Arnold, Molly Lipscomb, and Aaditya Mattoo) “The Availability of Business Services and Foreign Direct Investment by French Firms” by Holger Görg (joint with Liza Jabbour) “Manufacturers and Retailers in the Global Economy” by Horst Raff (joint with Nicolas Schmitt) |
3:45 - 4:00pm |
Coffee Break
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4:00 - 6:00pm |
Session 4: Data on Service Trade Flows and Service Trade Policies
Introduction by Bernard Hoekman
Services flows data by Joseph Francois
Firm-level data on services trade by J. Bradford Jensen
Value-added trade: the services dimension by Sebastien Miroudout Services trade policy data by Ingo Borchert and Aaditya Mattoo OECD services policy data by Hildegunn Nordås |
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