International Trade and Investment Program Meeting
Organized by Stephen J. Redding
December 2-3, 2022
JW Marriott Hotel, Penn Ave Terrace, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
Friday, December 2
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am

The Economic Case of Global Vaccinations

Cem Çakmaklı, Durham University
Selva Demiralp, Koç University
Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
Sevcan Yeşiltaş, Koç University
Muhammed A. Yıldırım, Harvard University
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Bad Trade: The Loss of Domestic Varieties

John Morgan, University of California, Berkeley
Justin Tumlinson, University of Exeter
Felix Vardy, International Monetary Fund
12:00 pm
Lunch
Lunch Speaker: Chad Bown, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Semiconductors and US Export Controls
(this talk will not be available virtually)
1:00 pm

The Long-Term Effects of Industrial Policy

Jaedo Choi, University of Texas at Austin
Andrei A. Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm

Industry Linkages from Joint Production

Xiang Ding, Georgetown University
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Can Evidence-Based Information Shift Preferences Towards Trade Policy? (slides)

Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER
Maggie Chen, The George Washington University
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER
4:30 pm
Break
4:45 pm

Understanding Migration Responses to Local Shocks

Kirill Borusyak, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Duke University and NBER
Brian K. Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
5:45 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Dinner at the JW Marriott Hotel, Senate Room
Saturday, December 3
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Foreign Demand Shocks to Production Networks: Firm Responses and Worker Impacts

Emmanuel Dhyne, National Bank of Belgium
Ken Kikkawa, University of British Columbia and NBER
Toshiaki Komatsu, National Taiwan University
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Earnings Inequality in Production Networks

Federico Huneeus, Duke University
Kory Kroft, University of Toronto and NBER
Kevin Lim, University of Toronto
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

The Pro-Competitive Consequences of Trade in Frictional Labor Markets

Hamid Firooz, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Globalization, Structural Change and International Comovement

Barthélémy Bonadio, New York University Abu Dhabi
Zhen Huo, Yale University
Andrei A. Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
2:30 pm
Adjourn