SI 2018 International Trade & Investment

David Atkin and Jonathan Vogel, Organizers

July 9-12, 2018

Hotel Marlowe

Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 9
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Firms and Trade
9:30 am

Venting Out: Exports during a Domestic Slump
Discussant: Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Duke University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Heterogeneous Globalization: Offshoring and Reorganization
Discussant: Lindsay Oldenski, Georgetown University
12:00 pm
Lunch
Spatial Development
1:00 pm

The Aggregate and Distributional Effects of Urban Transit Infrastructure: Evidence from Bogota’s TransMilenio
Discussant: Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:15 pm

Market Power and Spatial Competition in Rural India
Discussant: Meredith Startz, Dartmouth College and NBER
3:15 pm
Break
3:30 pm

The Geography of Path Dependence
Discussant: David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 10
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Urban Economics
9:30 am

Location as an Asset
Discussant: Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Division of Labor and Productivity Advantage of Cities: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
Discussant: Victor Couture, University of Toronto
12:00 pm
Lunch at Hotel Marlowe
After lunch, sessions will be held at Royal Sonesta Hotel in Charles Suites
1:15 pm
Policy Panel on the Economic Consequences of Trade:
Robert Feenstra, University of California at Davis and NBER
Pinelopi Goldberg, Yale University and NBER
Gordon Hanson, University of California at San Diego and NBER
Douglas Irwin, Dartmouth College and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Immigrants' Residential Choices and Their Consequences
Discussant: Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER
3:45 pm
Adjourn
The Feldstein Lecture follows at 4:30 in the West Tower Ballroom at the Sonesta
Wednesday, July 11
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Price Changes and Welfare
9:30 am

A New Engel on the Gains from Trade
Discussant: Pablo D. Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

What Are the Price Effects of Trade? Evidence from the U.S. and Implications for Quantitative Trade Models
Discussant: Amit Khandelwal, Yale University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
Identification and Tariff Negotiations
1:00 pm

Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How
Discussant: Kirill Borusyak, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Quantitative Analysis of Multi-Party Tariff Negotiations
Discussant: Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich
3:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 12
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Optimal Policy
9:30 am

Robots, Trade, and Luddism
Discussant: Pol Antràs, Harvard University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Optimal Spatial Policies, Geography and Sorting
Discussant: Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch and Adjourn