Economic Consequences of Trade Conference

Stephen J. Redding, Organizer

April 5-6, 2019

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 5
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am

Networks, Barriers, and Trade
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Identity Politics and Trade Policy (slides)
12:00 pm
Lunch - Charles B
1:00 pm

The Distributional Effects of Trade: Theory and Evidence from the United States
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm

Quantifying the Losses from International Trade (slides)
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm

The Impact of Chinese Trade on U.S. Employment: The Good, The Bad, and The Apocryphal
4:30 pm
Break
4:45 pm

Trade and Worker Deskilling
5:45 pm
Adjourn
7:00 pm
Dinner
Bambara Restaurant
(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
25 Edwin H. Land Blvd.
Cambridge, MA
Saturday, April 6
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am

Trade and Innovation: The Role of Scale and Competition Effects
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Disentangling Global Value Chains
12:00 pm
Lunch - Charles B
1:00 pm

Trade and Inequality across Local Labor Markets: The Margins of Adjustment
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm

Labor Market Polarization and the Great Divergence: Theory and Evidence
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Structural Transformation, Industrial Specialization, and Endogenous Growth
4:30 pm
Adjourn