SI 2016 International Trade & Investment

Marc-Andreas Muendler and Dave Donaldson, Organizers

July 11-14, 2016

Marriott Cambridge and Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 11
9:30 am
Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Nicholas Li, University of Toronto
Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich
Mu-Jeung Yang, University of Oklahoma

Accounting for the New Gains from Trade Liberalization
11:00 am
Monika Mrazova, University of Geneva
Peter Neary, University of Oxford
Mathieu Parenti, Paris School of Economics

Sales and Markup Dispersion: Theory and Empirics
1:00 pm
Rodrigo Adao, University of Chicago and NBER

Worker Heterogeneity, Wage Inequality, and International Trade: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
2:30 pm
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER

A Unied Approach to Estimating Demand and Welfare
Tuesday, July 12
9:30 am
Arnaud Costinot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Iván Werning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Micro to Macro: Optimal Trade Policy with Firm Heterogeneity
11:00 am
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University and NBER

Granular Comparative Advantage
1:00 pm
Doireann Fitzgerald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Stefanie Haller, University College Dublin
Yaniv Yedid-Levi, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya

How Exporters Grow
2:30 pm
Jonathan Eaton
David Jinkins, Copenhagen Business School
James R. Tybout, Pennsylvania State University and NBER
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER

Two-sided Search in International Markets
Wednesday, July 13
9:30 am
Benjamin Faber, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Tourism and Economic Development: Evidence from Mexico's Coastline
11:00 am
Giovanni Maggi, Yale University and NBER
Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER

Learning By Ruling: A Dynamic Model of Trade Disputes
1:00 pm
Konstantin Kucheryavyy, Baruch College
Gary Lyn, Iowa State University
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Grounded by Gravity: A Well Behaved Trade Model of with External Economies
2:30 pm
Paola Conconi, University of Oxford
Manuel García-Santana, World Bank
Laura Puccio, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Roberto Venturini, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and European University Institut

From Final Goods to Inputs: The Protectionist Effect of Preferential Rules of Origin
Thursday, July 14
9:30 am
Kerem A. Cosar, University of Virginia and NBER
Paul Grieco, Pennsylvania State University
Shengyu Li, Durham University
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER

What Drives Home Market Advantage?
11:00 am
Stefania Garetto, Boston University and NBER
Lindsay Oldenski, Georgetown University
Natalia Ramondo, Boston University and NBER

Life-Cycle Dynamics and the Expansion Strategies of U.S. Multinational Firms