International Trade and Investment Program Meeting
Organized by Robert C. Feenstra and Gordon H. Hanson
December 5-6, 2014
Stanford, CA

Friday, December 5

9:30 am

Universal Gravity

Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
Yuta Takahashi, Hitotsubashi University

11:00 am

What is Firm Heterogeneity in Trade Models? The Role of Quality, Scope, Markups, and Cost

Colin J. Hottman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Stephen J. Redding, Stanford University and NBER
David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER

1:00 pm

Firm-to-Firm Trade: Imports, Exports, and the Labor Market

Jonathan Eaton Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University
Francis Kramarz, Innovation Lab, College de France

2:00 pm

Production Networks, Geography and Firm Performance

Andrew B. Bernard, Dartmouth College and NBER
Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo
Yukiko U. Saito, Waseda University

3:30 pm

Who's Your Daddy? Foreign Investor Origin, Multi-Product Firms, and the Benefit of Foreign Direct Investment

Lee G. Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Matej Drev, Georgia Institute of Technology

Saturday, December 6

9:00 am

Spatial and Social Frictions in the City: Evidence From Yelp

Donald R. Davis, Columbia University and NBER
Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
Joan Monras, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Eduardo Morales, Princeton University and NBER

10:15 am

Trade Reform and Regional Dynamics: Evidence From 25 Years of Brazilian Matched Employer-Employee Data

Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Duke University and NBER
Brian K. Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

11:15 am

Per-Capita Income as a Determinant of International Trade and Environmental Policies

James R. Markusen, University of Colorado Boulder and NBER