SI 2021 International Trade & Macroeconomics
Organized by Andrei A. Levchenko and Katheryn Russ
July 13, 2021
on Zoom.us
Tuesday, July 13
Format: 25 minutes presentation, 15 minutes discussion, 10 minutes Q&A.
2:00 pm

Borders within Europe

Marta A. Santamaría, University of Warwick
Jaume Ventura, Center for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST) and NBER
Uğur Yeşilbayraktar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Discussant:
Doireann Fitzgerald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Welfare Gains from International Risk Sharing and (Non-)Specialization According to Comparative Advantage

Konstantin Kucheryavyy, Baruch College of the City University of New York

Discussant:
Zhen Huo, Yale University
3:50 pm
Break
4:10 pm

Unequal Expenditure Switching: Evidence from Switzerland

Raphael Auer, Bank for International Settlements
Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Sarah M. Lein, University of Basel and CEPR
Jonathan Vogel, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
5:00 pm
Break
5:10 pm

Two-Sided Market Power in Firm-to-Firm Trade

Vanessa I. Alviarez, Inter-American Development Bank
Michele Fioretti, Bocconi University
Ken Kikkawa, University of British Columbia and NBER
Monica Morlacco, University of Southern California

Discussant:
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
6:00 pm
Adjourn