The Future of Globalization Conference

Stephen J. Redding and Robert W. Staiger, Organizers

April 9-10, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 9
Timing for each 1 hour session:
45 minute presentation
10 minute Q&A
5 minute mini break
Gains from Trade and Distributional Consequences of Trade
10:00 am
David Baqaee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University

The Darwinian Returns to Scale
11:00 am
Swati Dhingra, London School of Economics
Silvana Tenreyro, London School of Economics

The Rise of Agribusinesses and its Distributional Consequences
12:00 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Lunch Plenary Talk
Maurice Obstfeld, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Globalization and Nationalism
Slides
Technology Spillovers and Capital Misallocation
1:30 pm
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board
Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Richard R. Townsend, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Yulia Zhestkova, University of Chicago

Fencing Off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers
2:30 pm
Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Adrien Matray, Princeton University and NBER

Misallocation and Capital Market Integration: Evidence From India
3:30 pm
Break
Offshoring and Outsourcing
4:00 pm
Katherine A. Stapleton, University of Oxford
Michael Webb, Stanford University

Automation, Trade and Multinational Activity: Micro Evidence from Spain
5:00 pm
Adrien Bilal, Stanford University and NBER
Hugo Lhuillier, University of Chicago

Outsourcing, Inequality and Aggregate Output
6:00 pm
Adjourn

Informal Cocktail Hour/ Breakout Rooms
Saturday, April 10
COVID and Trade
10:00 am
Antoine Berthou, Banque de France
Sebastian Stumpner, Banque de France

Trade Under Lockdown
11:00 am
Barthélémy Bonadio, New York University Abu Dhabi
Zhen Huo, Yale University
Andrei A. Levchenko, University of Michigan and NBER
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

Global Supply Chains in the Pandemic
12:00 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Lunch Plenary Talk
Dani Rodrik, Harvard University and NBER
The Future of Globalization
Slides
1:30 pm
Pol Antràs, Harvard University and NBER
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER

Globalization and Pandemics
Climate and Trade
2:30 pm
Farid Farrokhi, Boston College
Ahmad Lashkaripour, Indiana University

Trade, Firm-Delocation, and Optimal Climate Policy
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Bruno Conte, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Klaus Desmet, Southern Methodist University and NBER
Dávid Krisztián Nagy, CREI
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER

Local Sectoral Specialization in a Warming World
5:00 pm
Giovanni Maggi, Yale University and NBER
Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER

International Climate Agreements and the Scream of Greta
6:00 pm
Adjourn