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Organizers: Helen Milner, Daniel Blake, Kris Johnson, Erica Owen
Princeton University
September 23-24, 2011
By invitation only.
To request to attend the conference, please e-mail Kris Johnson
Map of campus
Schedule of Sessions
Friday, September 23
Conference to be held in 300 Wallace Hall
8:00-8:45AM |
Breakfast and Welcome |
8:45-9:00AM |
Opening Remarks: Helen Milner |
9:00-10:30 AM |
Session 1: Risky Business: How do MNCs Respond to Investment Risk?
Chair: Quan Li (Texas A&M) |
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Expropriation Risk and Strategic Entry Decisions in Foreign Direct Investment (Abstract)
Jeffrey B. Marshall (University of Rochester)
Randall W. Stone (University of Rochester)
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It's All Relative: Home Country Risk and FDI Flows (Abstract)
Daniel J. Blake (IE Business School)
Quintin H. Beazer (Yale University) |
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Discussant: Leonardo Baccini (IMT Lucca and Princeton) |
10:30-11:00 AM |
Coffee Break |
11:00-12:30 PM |
Session 2: Laying Down the Law: Regulating FDI through International Agreements
Chair: Daniela Campello (Princeton University) |
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Regulating Foreign Investment: A Study of the Properties of Bilateral Investment Regimes (Abstract)
Pablo M. Pinto (Columbia University)
Santiago M. Pinto (West Virginia University)
Nicolas Stier-Moses (Columbia University) |
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When a BIT Just Isn't Enough: Why we See Investment Chapters in Preferential Trade Agreements (Abstract)
Raymond Hicks (Princeton University)
Kris Johnson (Princeton University) |
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Discussant: Todd Allee (University of Maryland) |
12:30-1:30 PM |
Lunch |
1:30-3:00 PM |
Session 3: From the Inside Out: The Micro-Foundations of Promoting and Funding Investment
Chair: Tim Büthe (Duke University) |
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Skilled Migrants and the Rise of International Venture Capital Investment (Abstract)
Sonal Pandya (University of Virginia)
David Leblang (University of Virginia)
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Economic Liberalization, Electoral Coalitions and Private Investment in India (Abstract)
Kanta Murali (Princeton University) |
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Discussant: Sinziana Dorobantu (Wharton) |
3:00-3:30 PM |
Coffee Break |
3:30-5:30 PM |
Roundtable Discussion --- Putting Politics in Context: Examining the Politics of FDI across Disciplines
Chair: Randall Stone (University of Rochester)
Lorraine Eden (Texas A&M) Presentation
Tom Kenyon (World Bank)
Dennis Quinn (Georgetown University)
Bennet Zelner (Duke University) |
6:30 PM |
Reception and Dinner |
Saturday, September 24
8:00-9:00AM |
Breakfast |
9:00-10:30 AM |
Session 4: Leveling the Playing Field: The Effects of MNC Activity on Host-Country Institutions
Chair: Todd Allee (University of Maryland) |
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Political Institutions and Policy Influence of Multinationals: A Firm-Level Analysis (Abstract)
Quan Li (Texas A&M) |
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Rent(s) Asunder: Sectoral Rent Extraction Possibilities and Bribery by Multi-National Corporations (Abstract)
Dimitar Georguiev (University of California, San Diego)
Nathan Jensen (Washington University)
Edmund Malesky (University of California, San Diego) |
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Discussant: Tim Büthe (Duke University) |
10:30-11:00 AM |
Coffee Break |
11:00 AM-12:30 PM |
Session 5: Workers of the Firm Unite! Labor Rights, Labor Mobilization, and FDI
Chair: David Hsu (Princeton University) |
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Taking Workers' Rights on the Road? Multinational Firms and the Transmission of Labor Practices (Abstract)
Layna Mosley (University of North Carolina) |
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The Impact of Industry Skill Intensity and Unionization on Barriers to Foreign Direct Investment (Abstract)
Erica Owen (Texas A&M) |
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Discussant: Yotam Margalit (Columbia University) |
12:30-2:00 PM |
Lunch and Closing Discussion
Chairs: Daniel Blake and Helen Milner |
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