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
Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Duke University and NBER
Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Yale University and NBER
Costas Meghir, Yale University and NBER
Gabriel Ulyssea, University College London

Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations
Discussant: James R. Tybout, Pennsylvania State University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Lauren F. Bergquist, Yale University and NBER
Benjamin Faber, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Matthias Hoelzlein, University of Notre Dame
Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

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
Aaron B. Flaaen, Federal Reserve Board
Ali Hortaçsu, University of Chicago and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER

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
Monica Morlacco, University of Southern California

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
Cesar Ducruet, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER
Dávid Krisztián Nagy, CREI
Claudia Steinwender, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

All Aboard: The Aggregate Effects of Port Development
Discussant: Treb Allen, Dartmouth College and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Victor Couture, University of British Columbia
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER

Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting
Discussant: Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
Trade Shocks
1:00 pm
Andrew N. Greenland, North Carolina State University
Mihai Ion, The University of Arizona
John W. Lopresti, College of William and Mary
Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER

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
Fadi Hassan, Bank of Italy
Veronica Rappoport, London School of Economics
Stefano Federico, Bank of Italy

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
Joaquin Blaum, Boston University

Global Firms in Large Devaluations
Discussant: Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Kalina Manova, University College London
Antoine Berthou, Banque de France
Jong Hyun Chung, Stanford University
Charlotte Sandoz, International Monetary Fund

Trade, Productivity and (Mis)allocation
Discussant: Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
Trade and Productivity
1:00 pm
Ana Cecília Fieler, Yale University and NBER
Ann Harrison, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

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

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
Gene M. Grossman, Princeton University and NBER
Phillip McCalman, University of Melbourne
Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER

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
Giovanni Maggi, Yale University and NBER
Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich

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