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ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research:
"Behind the Border" Gravity Modeling
Date
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15-19 December 2008 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizer
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division |
Objective
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To develop participants capacity to conduct research on trade policy and facilitation issues. |
Documentation
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Opening statement
 Mr. Ravi Ratnayake, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, UNESCAP
Presentations:
Monday, 15 December 2008
Session 1: Introduction to Gravity Modeling
Ben Shepherd, Niehaus Center, Princeton University,
GEM, Sciences Po
Session 2: Estimating the Basic Gravity Model
Ben Shepherd
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Session 1: The Theoretical Gravity Model
Ben Shepherd
Session 2: Estimating the Theoretical Gravity Model
Ben Shepherd
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Session 1/2: Gravity and Panel Data
Ben Shepherd
Session 4: Enhancing Asia’s Trade: Trade Costs Matter
Prabir De, RIS, New Delhi
Improving Intra-Regional Food and Agricultural Trade
in South Asia through Trade Facilitation
Jeevika Weerahewa, Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Session 1: Dealing with Endogeneity
Ben Shepherd
Session 3: Dealing with Zero Trade Flows
Ben Shepherd
Friday, 19 December 2008
Session 1: Counterfactual Simulations Using the Gravity Model
Ben Shepherd
Session 3/4: Summing Up and Brainstorming
Ben Shepherd
Suggested reading
Draft note on trade facilitation and export diversification |
Participants
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Programme
Information note for participants
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Yann Duval
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: [email protected] |
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Last updated: 23 December 2008 |
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