SI 2025 International Trade & Investment
Organized by Treb Allen and Cécile Gaubert
July 7-9, 2025
Hotel Marlowe, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
The format will be 20 minutes for the author, 20 minutes for the discussant, and 20 minutes for general discussion.
Monday, July 7
9:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
QUANTITATIVE TRADE
10:00 am

International Trade in an Uncertain World

Benny Kleinman, Stanford University and NBER
Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am

Dynamic Models, New Gains from Trade?

Christoph Boehm, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Andrei A. Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Hiroshi Toma, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
LIGHTNING ROUND PRESENTATIONS: THE FUTURE IMPACTS OF CURRENT TRADE POLICY
Panelists: Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University and NBER
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Brown University and NBER
Amit Khandelwal, Yale University and NBER
Andres Rodriguez-Clare, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Moderator: Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth College and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
2:45 pm

More Trade, Less Diffusion: Technology Transfers and the Dynamic Effects of Import Liberalization

Gustavo De Souza, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ruben Gaetani, University of Toronto
Martí Mestieri, Institut d'Analisi Economica - CSIC

Discussant:
Ezra Oberfield, Cornell University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Relational Frictions Along the Supply Chain: Evidence from Senegalese Traders

Edward Wiles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Deivy Houeix, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Lauren F. Bergquist, Yale University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 8
Adjourn
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
9:30 am

Quantifying Carbon Emissions in the Global Economy

Ezequiel Garcia-Lembergman, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Natalia Ramondo, Boston University and NBER
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Ahmad Lashkaripour, Indiana University
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Deforestation: A Global and Dynamic Perspective

Heitor S. Pellegrina, University of Notre Dame
Farid Farrokhi, Boston College
Sebastian Sotelo, University of Michigan and NBER
Elliot Kang, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Allan Hsiao, Stanford University and NBER
11:45 am
Lunch at Hotel Marlowe
12:45 pm
International Trade and Macroeconomics continues at the Royal Sonesta
Wednesday, July 9
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
TRADE POLICY
9:00 am

The US-China Trade War and the Relocation of Global Value Chains to Mexico

Hâle Utar, Grinnell College
Carlos Alfon Cebreros Zurita, Banco de Mexico
Luis B. Torres Ruiz, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Discussant:
David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Trade Liberalization and Local Economic Activity: Evidence from the Savoy Great Free Zone

Lorena Keller, University of Pennsylvania
Ricardo Santiago Pique Cebrecos, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Geopolitics and the World Trading System

Aaditya Mattoo, The World Bank
Michele Ruta, International Monetary Fund
Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER

Discussant:
John S. Becko, Princeton University
12:30 pm
Lunch
SPATIAL ECONOMICS
1:30 pm

Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented Cities

Olivia Bordeu, Princeton University

Discussant:
Woan Foong Wong, University of Oregon and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Can Industrial Policy Overcome Coordination Failures? Theory and Evidence

Tishara Garg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Francisco J. Buera, Washington University in St Louis and NBER
3:45 pm
Adjourn