2001 – EU enlargement and market integration
Program: EU enlargement and market integration
Stockholm, April 4-5, 2001
Waxholms Hotell
Organizing committee: Mattias Ganslandt, Henrik Braconier, Lars Persson
12,00 Arrival and check-in at Waxholms Hotell
13,00 Lunch
14,30 Opening remarks
15,00 Session 1 - Enlargement and trade
Jim Markusen
How is knowledge transferred? Trade and FDI in intermediate producer services.
Discussant: Anders Hoffman
Kamal Saggi
Exporting versus Direct Investment under Local Sourcing.
Discussant: Dieter Urban
16,30 Coffee
17,00 Session 2 - Enlargement and M&A
Kjetil Bjorvatn
Mode of entry: Exports, greenfield, or acquisition
Discussant: Erik Berglöf
Lars Persson
Who Benefits from Cross-Border M&As? Investment Liberalization in Developing Countries
Discussant: Monika Schnitzer
18,45 Mats Hallgren: Enlargement- Priority for Swedens presidency.
Mats Hallgren is a freelance journalist and has from Brussels covered
EU-affairs since 1985. He works regularly for Svenska Dagbladet but
appears as a commentator for Swedish Radio and Television. He lectures
at The Swedish Press Institute and monitors EU-affairs for Skandinaviska
Enskilda Banken.
19,30 Refreshments
19,45 Dinner at Waxholms Hotell
8,00 Breakfast
9,30 Session 3 - Enlargement and labor markets
Henry Overman
Unemployment clusters across European Regions and Countries
Discussant: Richard Friberg
Hylke Vandenbussche
Trade, FDI and Unions
Discussant: Anna Falzoni
11,00 Coffee
11,30 Session 4 - Enlargement and wages
Henrik Braconier and Karolina Ekholm
Competition for Multinational Activity in Europe: The Role Played by Wages and Market Size
Discussant: Dalia Marin
Karen Helene Midelfart Knarvik
Relative Wages and Trade-Induced Changes in Technology
Discussant: Mattias Ganslandt
13,00 Lunch
14,15 Photograph
14,30 Session 5 - Enlargement and regional integration
Peter Neary
Foreign Competition and Wage Inequality
Discussant: Henrik Horn
Shabtai Donnenfeld
Regional Blocs and FDI
Discussant: Harry Flam
16,00 End of academic program
17,00 Boat-trip to Stockholm
18,30 Guided tour at the Modern Museum of Art
19,30 Dinner at Restaurant Kantin Mondeo at MMA