"The Political Economy of Globalization: How Firms, Workers, and Policymakers Are Responding to Global Economic Integration"

April 29-30, 2005

The conference will launch a new collaborative research project on the political economy of globalization. We aim to gather detailed data on the policy preferences and political and economic activities of a large sample of firms, workers, and political leaders in a range of developed and developing nations. The project will administer in-depth surveys to firm managers, workers, and representatives of industry trade associations and labor unions in some 16 nations, coupling these with surveys of legislators in each country. The countries initially targeted for inclusion in the study include 10 developed economies (Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Japan, Sweden, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States) and 7 developing economies (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa).

Invited speakers

Jeffrey Bergstrand, Notre Dame University

Carles Boix, University of Chicago

Brian Burgoon, University of Amsterdam

Margarita Estevez-Abe, Harvard University

Richard Freeman, Harvard University

Matt Gabel, University of Kentucky

Kishore Gawande, Texas A&M University

Judy Goldstein, Stanford University

Peter Gourevitch, University of California, San Diego

Michael Hiscox, Harvard University

Robert Lawrence, Harvard University

Edward Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania

Isabela Mares, Stanford University

Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University

Fiona McGillivray, New York University

Devashish Mitra, Syracuse University

Layna Mosley, University of North Carolina

Douglas Nelson, Tulane University

Caglar Ozden, The World Bank

Eric Reinhardt, Emory University

Ronald Rogowski, University of California, Los Angeles

Peter Rosendorff, University of Southern California

Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey, The London School of Economics & Political Science

Matthew Slaughter, Dartmouth University

Anne Wren, Stanford University

Princeton University Participants

Christina Davis, Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs

Joanne Gowa, William P. Boswell Professor of World Politics of Peace and War

Gene Grossman, Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics

John Ikenberry, Professor of Politics and International Affairs

Harold James, Professor of History

Helen Milner, B.C. Forbes Professor of Politics and International Affairs; Director, Center for Globalization and Governance

Andrew Moravcsik, Professor of Politics

Schedule

Friday, April 29 - Bowl 016, Robertson Hall

8:00am - 9:00am
Continental Breakfast

9:00am - 10:00am
Introductory Remarks and Welcome

Michael Hiscox
Helen Milner

10:30am - 12:00pm
Distributional Effects of Globalization

Presenters:
Ron Rogowski (University of California, Los Angeles): Distributional Consequences of Globalization: paper | presentation
Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University): paper | presentation

Discussants:
Peter Rosendorff: presentation
Kirshore Gawande: presentation

Notes from existing surveys
Questions from existing surveys

12:00pm - 1:30pm
Lunch

1:30pm - 3:00pm
Outsourcing

Presenters:
Douglas Nelson (Tulane University): Outsourcing and the Political Economy of Globalization: paper | presentation
Brian Burgoon (University of Amsterdam): paper (Memo for Panel on FDI and Outsourcing) | presentation

Discussants:
Eric Reinhardt
Matthew Slaughter

Notes from existing surveys
Questions from existing surveys

3:00pm - 3:30pm
Break

3:30pm - 5:00pm
Policymakers and Trade Legislation

Presenters:
Robert Lawrence (Harvard University): paper | presentation
Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey (London School of Economics): paper

Discussants:
Fiona McGillivray: presentation
Matthew Gabel: presentation

Notes from existing surveys
Questions from existing surveys

Saturday, April 30 - 300 Wallace Hall

8:00am - 9:00am
Continental Breakfast

9:00am - 10:30am
Comparative Institutions and Globalization

Presenters:
Peter Gourevitch (University of California at San Diego): Comparative Institutions and Response to Globalization: paper | presentation
Anne Wren (Stanford University): paper | presentation

Discussants:
Layna Mosley: presentation
Carles Boix

Notes from existing surveys
Questions from existing surveys

10:30am - 11:00am
Break

11:00am - 12:30pm
Regionalism, Multilateralism and Globalization

Presenters:
Edward Mansfield (University of Pennsylvania): paper
Jeffery Bergstrand (Notre Dame University): paper | presentation

Discussants:
Judy Goldstein
Christina Davis: presentation

Notes from existing surveys
Questions from existing surveys

12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch

Templates for the New Surveys (with some draft questions)

workers
firms
associations
legislators