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 of Governors
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