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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

International Trade and Investment Program Meeting

Robert C. Feenstra, Organizer

March 22-23, 2013

NBER
2nd Floor Conference Room

 1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

 

 

Friday, March 22

8:30 am

Depart from Sonesta by van

9:00 am

Depart from Sonesta by van


9:00 am


Continental Breakfast


9:30 am


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


10:30 am


Coffee Break


11:00 am


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


12:00 pm


Lunch


1:00 pm


Dennis Novy, University of Warwick
Alan M. Taylor, University of Virginia and NBER
Trade and Uncertainty


2:00 pm


Coffee Break


2:15 pm


Andrei Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER
Jing Zhang, University of Michigan
Ricardian Productivity Differences and the Gains from Trade


3:15 pm


Coffee Break


3:30 pm


Robert C. Johnson, Dartmouth College and NBER
Andreas Moxnes, Dartmouth College
Technology, Trade Costs, and the Pattern of Trade with Multi-Stage Production


4:30 pm


Adjourn

4:30 pm

Return to Sonesta by van

5:00 pm

Return to Sonesta by van


6:30 pm


Group Dinner

The Similans Restaurant, 145 1st Street, Cambridge, MA


Saturday, March 23

8:45 am

Depart from Sonesta by van

9:00 am

Depart from Sonesta by van


9:00 am


Continental Breakfast


9:30 am


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


10:30 am


Coffee Break


10:45 am


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


11:45 am


Lunch and Adjourn