Friday, March 22
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8:30 am
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Depart from Sonesta by van
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9:00 am
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Depart from Sonesta by van
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9:00 am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:30 am
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Alberto Cavallo, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER
Roberto Rigobon, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and NBER
Product Introductions, Currency
Unions, and the Real Exchange Rate
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10:30 am
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Coffee Break
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11:00 am
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JaeBin Ahn, International
Monetary Fund
Estimating the Direct Impact of Bank Liquidity Shocks on
the Real Economy: Evidence from Letter-of-Credit Import Transactions in
Colombia
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12:00 pm
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Lunch
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1:00 pm
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Dennis Novy, University of Warwick
Alan M. Taylor, University of Virginia and NBER
Trade and Uncertainty
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2:00 pm
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Coffee Break
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2:15 pm
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Andrei Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER
Jing Zhang, University of Michigan
Ricardian Productivity Differences and the
Gains from Trade
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3:15 pm
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Coffee Break
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3:30 pm
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Robert C. Johnson, Dartmouth College and NBER
Andreas Moxnes, Dartmouth College
Technology, Trade Costs, and the Pattern of Trade with Multi-Stage Production
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4:30 pm
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Adjourn
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4:30 pm
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Return to Sonesta by van
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5:00 pm
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Return to Sonesta by van
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6:30 pm
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Group Dinner
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The Similans Restaurant, 145 1st Street, Cambridge, MA
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Saturday, March 23
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8:45 am
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Depart from Sonesta by van
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9:00 am
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Depart from Sonesta by van
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9:00 am
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Continental Breakfast
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9:30 am
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Xue Bai, Pennsylvania
State University
Kala Krishna, Pennsylvania State University and NBER
Hong Ma, Tsinghua University
How You
Export Matters: Export Mode, Learning and Productivity in China
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10:30 am
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Coffee Break
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10:45 am
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David Byrne, Federal Reserve Board
Brian K. Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University
Ryan Michaels, University of Rochester
Price
and Quality Dispersion in an Offshoring Market:
Evidence from Semiconductor Production Services
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11:45 am
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Lunch and Adjourn
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