SI 2019 International Trade & Investment

Costas Arkolakis and David Atkin, Organizers

July 8-11, 2019

Hotel Marlowe

Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 8
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Trade and Development
9:30 am

Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations
Discussant: James R. Tybout, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Scaling Up Agricultural Policy Interventions: Theory and Evidence from Uganda
Discussant: Rodrigo Adão, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
Trade and IO
1:00 pm

The Production Relocation and Price Effects of U.S. Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines
Discussant: L. Kamran Bilir, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Market Power in Input Markets: Theory and Evidence from French Manufacturing
Discussant: Teresa C. Fort, Dartmouth College and NBER
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 9
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Economic Geography
9:30 am

All Aboard: The Aggregate Effects of Port Development
Discussant: Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting
Discussant: Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
Trade Shocks
1:00 pm

Using Equity Market Reactions to Infer Exposure to Trade Liberalization
Discussant: Katheryn Russ, University of California, Davis and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Trade Shocks and Credit Reallocation
Discussant: Stefania Garetto, Boston University and NBER
3:30 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 10
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Firms and Trade
9:30 am

Global Firms in Large Devaluations
Discussant: Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Trade, Productivity and (Mis)allocation
Discussant: Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
Trade and Productivity
1:00 pm

Escaping Import Competition in China
Discussant: Stephen Yeaple, The Pennsylvania State University and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Production Network Dynamics and the Propagation of Shocks
Discussant: Andrew B. Bernard, Dartmouth College and NBER
3:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 11
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Trade Policy
9:30 am

The "New" Economics of Trade Agreements: From Trade Liberalization to Regulatory Convergence?
Discussant: Paola Conconi, University of Oxford
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Are Trade Agreements Good for You?
Discussant: Nuno Limão, Georgetown University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch and Adjourn