International Trade Policy and Institutions Conference

Stephen J. Redding and Robert W. Staiger, Organizers

September 11-12, 2020

on Zoom.us

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