Economics of Supply Chains

Laura Alfaro and Chad Syverson, Organizers

January 26, 2024

All times are in Eastern Standard Time

Friday, January 26
10:30 am	Welcome Greg Pompelli, Center for Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense, Texas A&M James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:39 am	Session I: Evolving Structure of Global Supply Chains Chair: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
10:40 am	Matt L. Elliott, Cambridge University Matthew O. Jackson, Stanford University Supply Chain Disruptions, the Structure of Production Networks, and the Impact of Globalization (slides) Video
11:10 am	Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Northwestern University The Macroeconomics of Supply Chain Disruption Video
11:40 am	Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER Davin Chor, Dartmouth College and NBER Global Supply Chains: The Looming “Great Reallocation” Video
12:10 pm	Robert Minton, Federal Reserve Board Brian Wheaton, University of California, Los Angeles Delayed Inflation in Supply Chains: Theory and Evidence Video
12:40 pm	Break
1:00 pm	Keynote Address: Christa Brzozowski, Assistant Secretary for Trade and Economic Security, US Department of Homeland Security
1:30 pm	Keynote Address: Supply Chain Linkages: A View from the Trenches Patrick Bajari, Keystone Strategy (formerly Chief Economist, Amazon) Video
	Session II: Resilience and Response in Supply Chains Chair: Laura Alfaro, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm	Gene M. Grossman, Princeton University and NBER Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University and NBER Alejandro Sabal, Princeton University Resilience in Vertical Supply Chains Video
2:30 pm	Julia Cajal-Grossi, IHEID Davide Del Prete, Università Napoli Parthenope Rocco Macchiavello, London School of Economics Supply Chain Disruptions and Sourcing Strategies Video
3:00 pm	Sebastian Heise, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Justin R. Pierce, Federal Reserve Board Georg Schaur, University of Tennessee Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER Tariff Rate Uncertainty and the Structure of Supply Chains Video
3:30 pm	Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, Harvard University Climate Hazards and Resilience in the Global Car Industry Video
4:00 pm	Closing Remarks and Adjourn