International Trade and Investment Program Meeting
Organized by Robert C. Feenstra
December 6-7, 2013
San Francisco, CA

Friday, December 6

1

Restoring the Product Variety and Pro-competitive Gains from Trade with Heterogeneous Firms and Bounded Productivity

Robert Feenstra, University of California, Davis and NBER

2

Trade Adjustment Dynamics and the Welfare Gains from Trade

George Alessandria, University of Rochester and NBER
Horag Choi, Monash University
Kim Ruhl, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

3

The Dynamics of Comparative Advantage: Hyperspecialization and Evanescence

Gordon Hanson, Harvard University and NBER
Nelson Lind, Emory University
Marc-Andreas Muendler, University of California, San Diego and NBER

4

Two-sided Heterogeneity and Trade

Andrew Bernard, Dartmouth College and NBER
Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo
Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe, University of Oslo

5

Trade, Domestic Frictions, and Scale Effects

Natalia Ramondo, Boston University and NBER
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, University of Costa Rica

6

Are Immigrants a Shot in the Arm for the Local Economy?

Gihoon Hong, Indiana University South Bend
John McLaren, University of Virginia and NBER