SI 2017 International Trade & Investment
Marc-Andreas Muendler and Jonathan Vogel, Organizers
July 10-13, 2017
Hotel Marlowe
Cambridge, MA
| 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
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Optimal Transport Networks in Spatial Equilibrium
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| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |||
| Agglomeration | ||||
| 1:00 pm |
Trade Openness, Agglomeration Effects, and Endogenous Labor Supply: Theory and Evidence
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |||
| 2:30 pm |
Refugees and Local Agglomeration - Evidence from Germany’s Post-War Population Expulsions
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| 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
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
National Differentiation and Industry-Wide Scale Effects
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| 12:00 noon | Lunch at the Hotel Marlowe | |||
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Afternoon joint with International Trade and Macroeconomics Parkview Room, Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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| 1:00 pm |
Trade and Domestic Production Networks
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| 2:00 pm |
Capital Accumulation and Dynamic Gains from Trade
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:30 pm |
After the Panic: Are Financial Crises Demand or Supply Shocks? Evidence from International Trade
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| 4:30 pm |
The Macroeconomic Effects of Trade Policy
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| 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
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World
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| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
The Impact of Exports on Innovation: Theory and Evidence
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |||
| Trade Agreements | ||||
| 2:30 pm |
The Economic Structure of International Trade-in-Services Agreements
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| 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
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Trade, Merchants, and the Lost Cities of the Bronze Age
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| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |||
| Value Chains | ||||
| 1:00 pm |
Drivers of Fragmented Production Chains: Evidence from the 19th century
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| 2:00 pm | Break | |||
| 2:30 pm |
On the Geography of Global Value Chains
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| 3:30 pm | Adjourn | |||