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
Meredith Startz, Dartmouth College and NBER

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
Pablo Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Edouard Schaal, Pompeu Fabra University

Optimal Transport Networks in Spatial Equilibrium
Discussant: Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:00 noon
Lunch
Agglomeration
1:00 pm
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
Rodrigo Adao, University of Chicago and NBER
Federico Esposito, Tufts University

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
Michael Peters, Yale University and NBER

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
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER

Accounting for Micro and Macro Patterns of Trade
Discussant: Arnaud Costinot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Ahmad Lashkaripour , Indiana University
Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Indiana University

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
Felix Tintelnot, University of Chicago and NBER
Ken Kikkawa, University of British Columbia and NBER
Magne Mogstad, University of Chicago and NBER
Emmanuel Dhyne, National Bank of Belgium

Trade and Domestic Production Networks
Discussant: Basile Grassi, Bocconi University
2:00 pm
B. Ravikumar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Maria Santacreu, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Michael Sposi, Southern Methodist University

Capital Accumulation and Dynamic Gains from Trade
Discussant: Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Felipe Benguria, University of Kentucky
Alan M. Taylor, Columbia University and NBER

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
Christopher Erceg, International Monetary Fund
Andrea Prestipino, Federal Reserve Board
Andrea Raffo, Federal Reserve Bank Minneapolis

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
Kiminori Matsuyama, Northwestern University

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
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board
Giammario Impullitti, University of Nottingham

Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World
Discussant: Ezra Oberfield, Princeton University and NBER
12:00 noon
Lunch
1:00 pm
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Matthieu Lequien, INSEE
Marc Melitz, Harvard University and NBER

The Impact of Exports on Innovation: Theory and Evidence
Discussant: Thomas Sampson, London School of Economics
2:00 pm
Break
Trade Agreements
2:30 pm
Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER
Alan O. Sykes, Stanford University

The Economic Structure of International Trade-in-Services Agreements
Discussant: Swati Dhingra, London School of Economics
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
Jonathan Eaton
Ana Cecilia Fieler, Yale University and NBER

Gravity of Unit Values
Discussant: David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Gojko Barjamovic, Harvard University
Thomas Chaney, Sciences Po
Kerem A. Cosar, University of Virginia and NBER
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER

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
Reka Juhasz, University of British Columbia and NBER
Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

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
Pol Antràs, Harvard University and NBER
Alonso de Gortari, Princeton University

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