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MONDAY, JULY 8:
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OFFSHORING AND FDI
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9:00 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:30 am
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Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and NBER
Gino Gancia, CREI
Fabrizio Zilibotti,
University of Zurich
Offshoring
and Directed Technical Change
Discussant: Jon Vogel, Columbia University and NBER
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10:30 am
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Break
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11:00 am
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Paola Conconi, ECARES, Universite
Libre de Bruxelles
Andre Sapir, Universite Libre de Bruxelles
Maurizio Zanardi, Universite Libre de Bruxelles
The
Internationalization Process of Firms: from Exports to FDI
Discussant: Eduardo Morales, Columbia University
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12:00 n
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Lunch
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1:00 pm
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Felix Tintelnot, Pennsylvania
State University
Global
Production with Export Platforms
Discussant: Oleg Itskhoki, Princeton University and
NBER
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2:00 pm
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Break
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2:30 pm
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Kamran
Bilir, University of Wisconsin
Davin Chor, Singapore
Management University
Kalina Manova, Stanford
University and NBER
Host
Country Financial Development and MNC Activity
Discussant: Bruce Blonigen, University of Oregon
and NBER
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3:30 pm
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Adjourn
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TUESDAY, JULY 9:
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SORTING
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8:30 AM
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Gene M. Grossman, Princeton
University and NBER
Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University and NBER
Philipp Kircher, University of Pennsylvania
Matching
and Sorting in the Global Economy
Discussant: Daniel Trefler, University of Toronto
and NBER
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10:00 am
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Break
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10:15 am
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Donald R. Davis, Columbia
University and NBER
Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University
The
Comparative Advantage of Cities
Discussant: Daniel Sturm, London School of Economics
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11:15 am
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Depart for the Sonesta and joint
session with International Trade & Macroeconomics
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12:00 n
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Lunch Ballroom B at the Royal Sonesta
Hotel
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1:00 pm
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Friederike Niepmann,
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Banking
across Borders
Discussant: Katheryn N. Russ, University of California at Davis
and NBER
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2:00 pm
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Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER
Maggie X. Chen, George Washington University
Market
Reallocation and Knowledge Spillovers: The Gains from Multinational
Production
Discussant: Stephen
Yeaple, Pennsylvania State University and NBER
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3:00 pm
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Break
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3:30 pm
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Paul R. Bergin, University of California at Davis and NBER
Giancarlo Corsetti, Cambridge University
International
Competitiveness and Monetary Policy: Strategic Policy and Coordination with a
Production Relocation Externality
Discussant: Matteo Cacciatore, HEC Montreal
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4:30 pm
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Rudolfs Bems,
International Monetary Fund
Robert C. Johnson, Dartmouth College and NBER
Value-Added
Exchange Rates
Discussant: Menzie D. Chinn, University of Wisconsin and NBER
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5:30 pm
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Adjourn
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10:
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FIRM HETEROGENEITY AND TRADE
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9:00 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:30 am
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Monika Mrazova,
London School of Economics
Peter Neary, Oxford University
Selection
Effects with Heterogeneous Firms
Discussant: Arnaud Costinot, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and NBER
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10:30 am
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Break
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11:00 am
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Swati
Dhingra, London School of Economics
John M. Morrow, London School of Economics
Monopolistic Competition
and Optimum Product Diversity Under Firm Heterogeneity
Discussant: Robert Feenstra, University of
California at Davis and NBER
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12:00 n
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Lunch
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TRADE AND QUALITY
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1:00 pm
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Marcela Eslava,
Universidad de los Andes
Ana Cecilia Fieler, University of Pennsylvania and
NBER
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
Trade,
Skills and Quality-Upgrading: A Theory with Evidence from Colombia
Discussant: Juan Carlos Hallak, Universidad
San Andres and NBER
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2:00 pm
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Break
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2:30 pm
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Joaquin Blaum,
Brown University
Claire LeLarge, SESSI
Michael Peters, Yale University
Non-Homothetic
Import Demand: Firm Productivity and Quality Bias
Discussant: Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of
California at Los Angeles
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3:30 pm
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Break
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4:00 pm
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Raluca
E. Dragusanu, Harvard University
Nathan Nunn, Harvard University and NBER
The Impacts of Fair Trade Certification:
Evidence From Coffee Producers in Costa Rica
Discussant: Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College and
NBER
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5:00 pm
6:00 pm
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Adjourn
Clambake, Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land
Boulevard, Cambridge, MA
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THURSDAY, JULY 11:
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IMPORT COMPETITION
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8:30 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Justin R. Pierce, Federal Reserve
Board
Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER
The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S.
Manufacturing Employment
Discussant: Gordon Hanson, , University of California at San Diego and NBER
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10:00 am
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Break
THE SPATIAL ECONOMY
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10:15 am
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Treb Allen, Northwestern University
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
Trade
and the Topography of the Spatial Economy
Discussant: Andres
Rodriguez-Clare, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
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11:15 am
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Break
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11:30 am
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Klaus Desmet, Universidad Carlos
III
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Princeton University and
NBER
On the
Spatial Economic Impact of Global Warming
Discussant: Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
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12:30 pm
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Lunch and Adjourn
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