International Trade and Investment Program Meeting

Stephen J. Redding, Organizer

April 14-15, 2023

Format: Authors will be given the full hour of each session, with questions during the presentation.

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 14
9:00 am
Continental Breakfast
9:30 am
Pol Antràs, Harvard University and NBER
Evgenii Fadeev, Duke University
Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER

Global Sourcing and Multinational Activity: A Unified Approach
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Anna Gumpert, University of Tübingen
Kalina Manova, University College London
Cristina Rujan, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Monika Schnitzer, University of Munich

Multinational Firms and Global Innovation
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Cheng Chen, Clemson University
Vanessa I. Alviarez, Inter-American Development Bank
Liliana Varela, London School of Economics
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Kei-Mu Yi, University of Houston and NBER
Hongyong Zhang, RIETI

Multinationals and Structural Transformation
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm
Ragnhild Balsvik, Institute of Marine Research
Doireann Fitzgerald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Stefanie Haller, University College Dublin

The Impact of Multinationals Along the Job Ladder (slides)
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Lydia Cox, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER
Miguel Acosta, University of Wisconsin - Madison

The Regressive Nature of the U.S. Tariff Code: Origins and Implications
4:30 pm
Break
4:45 pm
Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Zheng Michael Song, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tuo Chen, Tsinghua University

Non-Tariff Trade Barriers in the U.S.-China Trade War (slides)
5:45 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner
Joya Restaurant, 339 University Ave, Palo Alto, CA
Saturday, April 15
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Bruno Conte, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Klaus Desmet, Southern Methodist University and NBER
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER

On the Geographic Implications of Carbon Taxes
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Institutions, Comparative Advantage, and the Environment: Why Are Developing Countries Polluted?
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Maria Jose Carreras Valle, Purdue University

Increasing Inventories: The Role of Delivery Times
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
George A. Alessandria, University of Rochester and NBER
Shafaat Y. Khan, Syracuse University
Armen Khederlarian, Hunter College CUNY
Carter B. Mix, Federal Reserve Board
Kim J. Ruhl, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER

The Aggregate Effects of Global and Local Supply Chain Disruptions: 2020–2022
2:30 pm
Adjourn