Economics of Supply Chains
Organized by Laura Alfaro and Chad Syverson
Supported by the US Department of Homeland Security through a subaward from the Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, at Texas A&M University
January 26, 2024
Zoom
All times are in Eastern Standard Time
Friday, January 26
10:30 am
Welcome
Greg Pompelli, Center for Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense, Texas A&M
James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:39 am
Session I: Evolving Structure of Global Supply Chains
Chair: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
10:40 am

Supply Chain Disruptions, the Structure of Production Networks, and the Impact of Globalization (slides)

Video

Matt L. Elliott, Cambridge University
Matthew O. Jackson, Stanford University
11:10 am

The Macroeconomics of Supply Chain Disruption

Video

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Northwestern University
11:40 am

Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation”

Video

Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER
12:10 pm

Delayed Inflation in Supply Chains: Theory and Evidence

Video

Robert Minton, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Brian Wheaton, University of California, Los Angeles
12:40 pm
Break
1:00 pm
Keynote Address: Christa Brzozowski, Assistant Secretary for Trade and Economic Security, US Department of Homeland Security
1:30 pm
Keynote Address: Supply Chain Linkages: A View from the Trenches Patrick Bajari, Keystone Strategy (formerly Chief Economist, Amazon)

Video

Session II: Resilience and Response in Supply Chains
Chair: Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm

Resilience in Vertical Supply Chains

Video

Gene M. Grossman, Princeton University and NBER
Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University and NBER
Alejandro Sabal, Princeton University
2:30 pm

Supply Chain Disruptions and Sourcing Strategies

Video

Julia Cajal-Grossi, IHEID
Davide Del Prete, Università Napoli Parthenope
Rocco Macchiavello, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
3:00 pm

Tariff Rate Uncertainty and the Structure of Supply Chains

Video

Sebastian Heise, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Justin R. Pierce, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Georg Schaur, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT)
Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER
3:30 pm

Climate Hazards and Resilience in the Global Car Industry

Video

Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, University of Chicago and NBER
4:00 pm
Closing Remarks and Adjourn