International Trade and Investment Program Meeting
Organized by Stephen J. Redding
March 31 - April 1, 2017
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Friday, March 31

8:45 am

Shuttle Van leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER (taxis and Uber for overflow)

9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

9:30 am

The Welfare Effects of Transportation Infrastructure Improvements

Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Geography, Search Frictions and Trade Costs

Giulia Brancaccio, New York University and NBER
Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University and NBER
Theodore Papageorgiou, Boston College

11:45 am

Break

12:00 pm

Rethinking Detroit

Raymond Owens Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER
Pierre-Daniel Sarte, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

1:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm

City Location and Economic Development

Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Import Competition, Heterogeneous Preferences of Managers, and Productivity

Cheng Chen, Clemson University
Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

4:30 pm

Adjourn

4:40 pm

Shuttle Van leaves NBER for Royal Sonesta Hotel (taxis and Uber for overflow)

6:30 pm

Group Dinner at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)

Saturday, April 1

8:15 am

Shuttle Van leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER (taxis and Uber for overflow)

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Better, Faster, Stronger: Global Innovation and Trade Liberalization

Federica Coelli, University of Zurich
Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo
Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe, University of Oslo

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Trade Integration and the Trade Balance in China

George Alessandria, University of Rochester and NBER
Horag Choi, Monash University
Dan Lu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

11:15 am

Break

11:30 am

Managing Trade: Evidence from China and the US

Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
Kalina Manova, University College London
Stephen Teng Sun, City University of Hong Kong
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
Zhihong Yu, Nottingham University

12:30 pm

Lunch and Adjourn

	International Trade and Investment Program Meeting Organized by Stephen J. Redding March 31 - April 1, 2017 NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
	Friday, March 31
	Participant List
8:45 am	Shuttle Van leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER (taxis and Uber for overflow)
9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
9:30 am	The Welfare Effects of Transportation Infrastructure Improvements Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Geography, Search Frictions and Trade Costs Giulia Brancaccio, New York University and NBER Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University and NBER Theodore Papageorgiou, Boston College
11:45 am	Break
12:00 pm	Rethinking Detroit Raymond Owens Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER Pierre-Daniel Sarte, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
1:00 pm	Lunch
2:00 pm	City Location and Economic Development Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)
3:00 pm	Break
3:15 pm	Import Competition, Heterogeneous Preferences of Managers, and Productivity Cheng Chen, Clemson University Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
4:30 pm	Adjourn
4:40 pm	Shuttle Van leaves NBER for Royal Sonesta Hotel (taxis and Uber for overflow)
6:30 pm	Group Dinner at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
	Saturday, April 1
8:15 am	Shuttle Van leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER (taxis and Uber for overflow)
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Better, Faster, Stronger: Global Innovation and Trade Liberalization Federica Coelli, University of Zurich Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe, University of Oslo
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Trade Integration and the Trade Balance in China George Alessandria, University of Rochester and NBER Horag Choi, Monash University Dan Lu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	Managing Trade: Evidence from China and the US Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER Kalina Manova, University College London Stephen Teng Sun, City University of Hong Kong John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER Zhihong Yu, Nottingham University
12:30 pm	Lunch and Adjourn