Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica

Workshop on

“Importers, exporters, productivity and innovation”

Perugia, May 15-16 2008

Program

Thursday, May 15 2008

Welcome address

14.15 – 14.30

14.30 – 15.30

E. Golovko (U. Tilburg)
“Innovation and the export-productivity link”
Discussant: J. Damijan (U. Ljubljana)

15.30 – 16.30

G. Felice – M. Bratti (U. Milan)
“Export and product innovation at the firm level ”
Discussant: D. Aristei (U. Perugia)

16.30 – 16.45 Coffee break

16.45 – 17.45

J. Damijan – C. Kostevc (University of Ljubljana)
“Causal link between exporting and innovation activity: Evidence from Slovenian firms”
Discussant: E. Golovko (U. Tilburg)

17.45 – 18.45

B. Murakozy - G. Bekes (Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
"Permanent and temporary trade flows"
Discussant: G. Felice (U. Milan)

Friday, May 16 2008

9.00 – 10.00

T. Razzolini  (U. Siena ) - D. Vannoni (U. Turin)
“Exporter premia and subcontracting discount”
Discussant: C.A. Bollino (U. Perugia)

10.00 – 11.00

M. Pisu  (Central Bank of Belgium)
“Job creation, job destruction and fi rms’ international trade involvement”
Discussant: G. Bekes (HAS)

11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break

11.15 – 12.15
F. Serti (U. Alicante) – C. Tomasi – A. Zanfei (U. Urbino)
“Importers, exporters and two-way traders: the links between internationalization, skills and wages”
Discussant: B. Murakozy (HAS)

12.15 – 13.15
C. Altomonte (U. Bocconi) - G. Bekes - B. Murakozy (Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
“Trading activities and productivity: Evidence from Hungary"
Discussant: D. Castellani (U. Perugia)

13.15 – 14.30 Lunch

14.30 – 15.30
D. Castellani (U. Perugia) – F. Serti (U. Alicante) - C. Tomasi (SSSUP and U. Urbino)
“Firms in International Trade. Importers and exporters heterogeneity in the Italian manufacturing industry”
Discussant: M. Pisu (CBB)

15.30 – 16.30
J. Farinas (U. Complutense, Madrid) – A. Martin-Marcos (UNED)
“Foreign outsourcing and productivity: evidence at the firm-level”
Discussant: C. Altomonte (U. Bocconi)

Venue:

The workshop will take place in Room D of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Perugia, in Via Pascoli, 20. The building is in the city center and it is about 2 km from the main train station (take Bus 6 or 7 and stop at Porta Conca).  

Contact:

Davide Castellani
Department of Economics, Finance and Statistics
Via Pascoli, 20 - Perugia (Italy)
Tel. +39.075.5855060
Email: davide.castellani@unipg.it

Additional information will be available through the workshop website at
http://www.ec.unipg.it/DEFS/importers.html