International Trade Policy and Institutions Conference

Stephen J. Redding and Robert W. Staiger, Organizers

September 11-12, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, September 11
Timing for each 1 hour Session:
45 minute presentation
10 minute Q&A
5 minute mini break
10:00 am
Alberto Cavallo, Harvard University and NBER
Gita Gopinath, International Monetary Fund
Brent Neiman, University of Chicago and NBER
Jenny Tang, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Tariff Passthrough at the Border and at the Store: Evidence from US Trade Policy (slides)
11:00 am
Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Yale University and NBER
Patrick Kennedy, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Amit Khandelwal, Yale University and NBER
Daria Taglioni, The World Bank

Global Reallocations in the 2018-2019 Trade War (slides)
12:00 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Policy Discussion by Jennifer Hillman, Council on Foreign Relations
1:30 pm
Jiwon Choi, Brandeis University
Ilyana Kuziemko, Princeton University and NBER
Ebonya L. Washington, Columbia University and NBER
Gavin Wright, Stanford University

Local Employment and Political Effects of Trade Deals: Evidence from NAFTA (slides)
2:30 pm
Emily J. Blanchard, Dartmouth College
Chad P. Bown, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER

Did Trump's Trade War Impact the 2018 Election? (slides)
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Ohyun Kwon, Drexel University
Constantinos Syropoulos, Drexel University
Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University

Pain and Gain: The Short- and Long-run Effects of Economic Sanctions on Growth (slides)
5:00 pm
Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University and NBER
David Weisbach, University of Chicago
Michael Wang, Northwestern University

Optimal Unilateral Carbon Policy (slides)
6:00 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, September 12
10:00 am
Kyle Handley, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Nuno Limão, Georgetown University and NBER
Rodney Ludema, Georgetown University
Zhi Yu, Renmin University of China

Firm Input Choice Under Trade Policy Uncertainty
11:00 am
Beata Javorcik, University of Oxford and CEPR
Katherine A. Stapleton, University of Oxford
Ben Kett, University of Oxford
Layla O'Kane, Lightcast

Unravelling Deep Integration: Local Labour Market Effects of the Brexit Vote (slides)
12:00 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Mid-Meeting Talk
Douglas A. Irwin Dartmouth College and NBER
1:30 pm
George A. Alessandria, University of Rochester and NBER
Shafaat Y. Khan, Syracuse University
Armen Khederlarian, Hunter College CUNY

Taking Stock of Trade Policy Uncertainty:Evidence from China’s Pre-WTO Accession (slides)
2:30 pm
Brian McCaig, Wilfrid Laurier University
Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College and NBER
Woan Foong Wong, University of Oregon

Export Markets and Long-run Industry Adjustment: State, Private, and Foreign Firms in Vietnam (slides)
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich
Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER
Alan O. Sykes, Stanford University

Disputes in International Investment and Trade (slides)
5:00 pm
Adjourn