COMPETITION AND DIFFUSION CONFERENCE

Friday, March 4, 2011 (Tempe Sheraton Four Points hotel: Ruby Room)

1:00 - 2:00	Andres Rodriguez-Clare, " Proximity versus Comparative Advantage: A Quantitative Theory of Trade and Multinational Production" (with Costas Arkolakis, Natalia Ramondo and Stephen Yeaple)
2:00 - 2:15	Break
2:15 - 3:15	Ellen McGrattan, " Technology Capital Transfer" (with Thomas Holmes and Edward C. Prescott)
3:15 - 3:30	Break
3:30 - 4:30	Pete Klenow, " India's Mysterious Manufacturing Miracle" (with Albert Bollard and Gunjan Sharma)

Saturday, March 5, 2011 (ASU Memorial Union: Coconino Room {see MU map below})

10:00 - 11:00	Keith Head, " From Beijing to Bentonville:  Do Multinational Retailers Link Markets?" (with Ran Jing and Deborah Swenson)
11:00 - 12:00	Kim Ruhl, "Firms, Frictions, and Barriers to Growth" (with Timothy Kehoe, Sewon Hur and Jose Asturias)
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch (LaPaz Room)
1:00 - 2:00	Andy Atkeson, Ariel Burstein, "Aggregate Implications of Innovation Policy"
2:00 - 2:15	Break
2:15 - 3:15	Steven Redding , " The Economics of Density: Evidence from the Berlin Wall" (with Gabriel Ahlfedlt, Daniel Sturm and Nikolaus Wolf)
3:15 - 3:30	Break
3:30 - 4:30	Wen-Tai Hsu, " Plants and Productivity in Regional Agglomerations" (with Thomas Holmes and Sanghoon Lee)