International Trade and Investment Program Meeting

Stephen J. Redding, Organizer

December 4-5, 2020

Conference Code of Conduct

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, 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, Duke University and NBER

Spatial Economics for Granular Settings (slides)
5:15 pm
Adjourn