International Trade and Investment Program Meeting

Stephen J. Redding, Organizer

December 4-5, 2020

Friday, December 4
	Format: 45 min presentation 10 min Q&A 5 min break
11:00 am	Gene M. Grossman, Princeton University and NBER Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University and NBER When Tariffs Disturb Global Supply Chains (slides)
12:00 pm	David Autor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER David Dorn, University of Zurich Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER On the Persistence of the China Shock (slides)
1:00 pm	Break
2:00 pm	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 The Long and Short (Run) of Trade Elasticities (slides)
3:00 pm	Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University and NBER Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis and NBER John Romalis, Macquarie University Alan M. Taylor, Columbia University and NBER A Second-Best Argument for Low Optimal Tariffs (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Matilde Bombardini, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Bingjing Li, The University of Hong Kong Francesco Trebbi, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Did U.S. Politicians Expect the China Shock? (slides)
5:15 pm	Adjourn
5:30 pm	Virtual Cocktail Hour
Saturday, December 5
11:00 am	Rodrigo Adão, University of Chicago and NBER Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University and NBER Aggregate Implications of Firm Heterogeneity: A Nonparametric Analysis of Monopolistic Competition Trade Models (slides)
12:00 pm	Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Duke University and NBER Joao Paulo Pessoa, São Paulo School of Economics Ricardo M. Reyes-Heroles, Federal Reserve Board Sharon Traiberman, New York University and NBER Globalization, Trade Imbalances and Labor Market Adjustment (slides)
1:00 pm	Break
2:00 pm	James E. Anderson, Boston College and NBER Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University Quantifying the Extensive Margin of Trade (slides)
3:00 pm	Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER Robert C. Johnson, University of Notre Dame and NBER Offshoring and Inflation (slides)
4:00 pm	Break
4:15 pm	Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER Felix Tintelnot, University of Chicago and NBER Spatial Economics for Granular Settings (slides)
5:15 pm	Adjourn