SI 2019 International Trade & Investment
Organized by Costas Arkolakis and David Atkin
July 8-11, 2019
Cambridge, MA
Monday, July 8
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Trade and Development
9:30 am

Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations

Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Duke University and NBER
Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Yale University and NBER
Costas Meghir, Yale University and NBER
Gabriel Ulyssea, University College London

Discussant:
James R. Tybout, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Scaling Up Agricultural Policy Interventions: Theory and Evidence from Uganda

Lauren F. Bergquist, Yale University and NBER
Benjamin Faber, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Matthias Hoelzlein, University of Notre Dame
Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Rodrigo Adão, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
Trade and IO
1:00 pm

The Production Relocation and Price Effects of U.S. Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines

Aaron B. Flaaen, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
L. Kamran Bilir, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Market Power in Input Markets: Theory and Evidence from French Manufacturing

Monica Morlacco, University of Southern California

Discussant:
Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 9
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Economic Geography
9:30 am

All Aboard: The Aggregate Effects of Port Development

Cesar Ducruet, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER
Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)
Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

Discussant:
Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting

Victor Couture, University of Toronto
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
Trade Shocks
1:00 pm

Using Equity Market Reactions to Infer Exposure to Trade Liberalization

Andrew N. Greenland, North Carolina State University
Mihai Ion, The University of Arizona
John W. Lopresti, William & Mary
Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Katheryn Russ, University of California, Davis and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Trade Shocks and Credit Reallocation

Fadi Hassan, Banca d'Italia
Veronica Rappoport, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Stefano Federico, Banca d'Italia

Discussant:
Stefania Garetto, Boston University and NBER
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 10
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Firms and Trade
9:30 am

Global Firms in Large Devaluations

Joaquin Blaum, Boston University

Discussant:
Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Trade, Productivity and (Mis)allocation

Kalina Manova, University College London
Antoine Berthou, Banque de France
Jong Hyun Chung, Stanford University
Charlotte Sandoz, International Monetary Fund

Discussant:
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
Trade and Productivity
1:00 pm

Escaping Import Competition in China

Ana Cecília Fieler, Yale University and NBER
Ann Harrison, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Stephen Yeaple, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Production Network Dynamics and the Propagation of Shocks

Federico Huneeus

Discussant:
Andrew B. Bernard, Dartmouth College and NBER
3:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 11
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Trade Policy
9:30 am

The "New" Economics of Trade Agreements: From Trade Liberalization to Regulatory Convergence?

Gene M. Grossman, Princeton University and NBER
Phillip McCalman, University of Melbourne
Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER

Discussant:
Paola Conconi, University of Oxford
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Are Trade Agreements Good for You?

Giovanni Maggi, Yale University and NBER
Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich

Discussant:
Nuno Limão, Georgetown University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch and Adjourn