SI 2017 International Trade & Investment

Marc-Andreas Muendler and Jonathan Vogel, Organizers

July 10-13, 2017

Hotel Marlowe

Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 10
9:00 am
Coffee and pastries
Trade Networks
9:30 am

The Value of Face-to-Face: Search and Contracting Problems in Nigerian Trade
Discussant: Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Optimal Transport Networks in Spatial Equilibrium
Discussant: Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:00 noon
Lunch
Agglomeration
1:00 pm

Trade Openness, Agglomeration Effects, and Endogenous Labor Supply: Theory and Evidence
Discussant: Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Refugees and Local Agglomeration - Evidence from Germany’s Post-War Population Expulsions
Discussant: Benjamin Faber, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 11
9:00 am
Coffee and pastries
Trade and Welfare
9:30 am

Accounting for Micro and Macro Patterns of Trade
Discussant: Arnaud Costinot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

National Differentiation and Industry-Wide Scale Effects
Discussant: Dominick G. Bartelme, University of Michigan
12:00 noon
Lunch at the Hotel Marlowe
Afternoon joint with International Trade and Macroeconomics
Parkview Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel
1:00 pm

Trade and Domestic Production Networks
Discussant: Basile Grassi, Bocconi University
2:00 pm

Capital Accumulation and Dynamic Gains from Trade
Discussant: Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

After the Panic: Are Financial Crises Demand or Supply Shocks? Evidence from International Trade
Discussant: Julian di Giovanni, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
4:30 pm

The Macroeconomic Effects of Trade Policy
Discussant: Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 12
9:00 am
Coffee and pastries
Trade and Growth
9:30 am

Engel's Law in the Global Economy: Demand-Induced Patterns of Structural Change and Trade Across Countries
Discussant: Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World
Discussant: Ezra Oberfield, Cornell University and NBER
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm

The Impact of Exports on Innovation: Theory and Evidence
Discussant: Thomas Sampson, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
2:00 pm
Break
Trade Agreements
2:30 pm

The Economic Structure of International Trade-in-Services Agreements
Discussant: Swati Dhingra, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
3:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (Ballroom B/ West Tower)
Thursday, July 13
9:00 am
Coffee and pastries
Gravity
9:30 am

Gravity of Unit Values
Discussant: David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Trade, Merchants, and the Lost Cities of the Bronze Age
Discussant: Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University
12:00 noon
Lunch
Value Chains
1:00 pm

Drivers of Fragmented Production Chains: Evidence from the 19th century
Discussant: David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

On the Geography of Global Value Chains
Discussant: Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER
3:30 pm
Adjourn