International Trade and Investment Program Meeting
Organized by Stephen J. Redding
April 14-15, 2023
Stanford University, SIEPR, Koret-Taube Conference Center, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA
Format: Authors will be given the full hour of each session, with questions during the presentation.
Friday, April 14
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am

Global Sourcing and Multinational Activity: A Unified Approach

Pol Antràs, Harvard University and NBER
Evgenii Fadeev, Duke University
Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Multinational Firms and Global Innovation

Anna Gumpert, University of Tübingen
Kalina Manova, University College London
Cristina Rujan, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Monika Schnitzer, University of Munich
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Multinationals and Structural Transformation

Cheng Chen, Clemson University
Vanessa I. Alviarez, Inter-American Development Bank
Liliana Varela, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Kei-Mu Yi, University of Houston and NBER
Hongyong Zhang, RIETI
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm

The Impact of Multinationals Along the Job Ladder (slides)

Ragnhild Balsvik, Institute of Marine Research
Doireann Fitzgerald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Stefanie Haller, University College Dublin
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm

The Regressive Nature of the U.S. Tariff Code: Origins and Implications

Lydia Cox, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Miguel Acosta, University of Wisconsin - Madison
4:30 pm
Break
4:45 pm

Non-Tariff Trade Barriers in the U.S.-China Trade War (slides)

Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Zheng Michael Song, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Tuo Chen, Tsinghua University
5:45 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner
Joya Restaurant, 339 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA
Saturday, April 15
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

On the Geographic Implications of Carbon Taxes

Bruno Conte, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Klaus Desmet, Southern Methodist University and NBER
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Institutions, Comparative Advantage, and the Environment: Why Are Developing Countries Polluted?

Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Increasing Inventories: The Role of Delivery Times

Maria Jose Carreras Valle, Purdue University
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Aggregate Effects of Global and Local Supply Chain Disruptions: 2020–2022

George A. Alessandria, University of Rochester and NBER
Shafaat Y. Khan, Syracuse University
Armen Khederlarian, Hunter College CUNY
Carter B. Mix, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Kim J. Ruhl, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
2:30 pm
Adjourn