https://ncgg-new.princeton.edu/workshops/vietnam/sessions

Session 1: Domestic and International Determinants of Labor Policy

• Andy Baker, University of Colorado Boulder, “The Formal/Informal Labor Divide and Worker Attitudes toward Social Policy: Evidence from Mexico.”(link is external)
• Layna Mosley, University of North Carolina, “Trade Agreements and Labor Standards: Vietnamese Firms and the Collapse of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.”
• Stephanie Rickard, London School of Economics, “Foreign Firms and Labor Reform: Political Advocates or Critical Indifference?”
• Tung Phung, Mekong Development Research Institutions, “A Field Experiment on Education and Labor Upgrading.”
• Discussant:  Emily Hafner-Burton, University of California-San Diego, GPS

Session 2: Business-Government Relations

• Nita Rudra, Georgetown University, “A Democratic Dilemma? The Challenges of Taxing Firms in a Globalizing Economy.”
• Megumi Naoi, University of California, San Diego, “’Yes-Man’ Firms: Government Campaigns and Policy Positioning of Businesses in China.”
• Duc Anh Dang, National Center for Socioeconomic Information and Forecast, “How Does Joint Evolution of Social Trust and Land Administration Shape Economic Outcomes? Evidence from Vietnam.”
• Nguyen Viet Cuong, Vietnam National Economics University, and Mekong Development Research Institute, “Why Do Team Leader Perform Better than Team Members? Evidence from an Experiment.”
• Discussant: Edmund Malesky, Duke University

Session 3: Domestic Politics and Macroeconomic Policy

• Dennis Quinn and Stephen Weymouth, Georgetown University, “The Political Determinants of Exchange Rate Valuations: Why Democracies Tend toward “Neutral” and Stable Currency Valuations.”
• Sarah Brooks, Ohio State University, “How do Sovereign Debt Investors React to Political Events.”
• Peter Rosendorff, New York University, “The Transparency Advantage? Government Choices over Borrowing Strategies.”
• Tran Vu Tu Anh, Fulbright University, TBD.
• Discussant: Edward Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania   

Session 4: Evolution of International Institutions

• Christina Davis, Princeton University, “The Forces of Attraction: How Security Interests Shape Membership in Economic Institutions.”   
• Erik Voeten, Georgetown University, “Estimating Dynamic State Preferences from United Nations Voting Data.”
• J. Lawrence Broz, University of California, San Diego, “Explaining Support for China’s Competing Global Economic Order.”
• Discussant: Joanne Gowa, Princeton University

Session 5: The Domestic and International Politics of Foreign Direct Investment

• James Vreeland, Georgetown University, “Government Transparency and Foreign Direct Investment: Micro-Data and Mechanisms.”
• Thi Dong Quynh Nguyen, ETH Zurich, “The Politics of the Middle Income Trap: How Economic Growth Generates Environmentalist Constituencies.”
• Soo Yeon Kim, National University of Singapore, “Setting up Shop in Foreign Lands: Do Investment Commitments in PTAs Promote Production Networks?”
• Nguyen Ngoc Anh, Depocen, TBD.
• Discussant: Amaney Jamal, Princeton University