SI 2020 International Trade & Investment

Laura Alfaro, Costas Arkolakis, and Stephen J. Redding, Organizers

July 6-9, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 6
 Trade Policy
11:00 am

The Effect of the U.S.-China Trade War on U.S. Investment (slides)
Discussant: Peter K. Schott, Yale University and NBER (slides)
12:00 pm

Globalization for Sale (slides)
Discussant: Giovanni Maggi, Yale University and NBER (slides)
1:00 pm
Break
1:30 pm
One-hour unstructured meetings in random chat rooms
Trade Dynamics
2:30 pm

Taking Stock of Trade Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from China's Pre-WTO Accession (slides)
Discussant: Doireann Fitzgerald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (slides)
3:30 pm

The Geography of Unemployment (slides)
Discussant: Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University (slides)
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 7
 Multinationals and Welfare
11:00 am

Multinationals, Markets, and Markups (slides)
Discussant: Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER (slides)
12:00 pm

Multinationals, Monopsony and Local Development: Evidence from the United Fruit Company (slides)
Discussant: Natalia Ramondo, Boston University and NBER (slides)
1:00 pm
Adjourn
2:00 pm
ITM meeting
Wednesday, July 8
 Trade and Labor
11:00 am

Tasks, Occupations, and Wage Inequality in an Open Economy (slides)
Discussant: Nina Pavcnik, Dartmouth College and NBER
12:00 pm

Automation, Globalization and Vanishing Jobs: A Labor Market Sorting View (slides)
Discussant: Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER
COVID 10 min lightning talks
1:00 pm

Aggregate and Firm-Level Stock Returns During Pandemics, in Real Time (slides)
1:10 pm

Globalization and Pandemics (slides)
1:20 pm

Optimal Lockdown in a Commuting Network (slides)
1:30 pm

The Cost of Privacy: Welfare Effects of the Disclosure of COVID-19 Cases (slides)
1:40 pm

Global Supply Chains in the Pandemic (slides)
1:50 pm

The (Structural) Gravity of Epidemics (slides)
2:00 pm
Break
Trade and Inequality
2:30 pm

Trade, Jobs, and Worker Welfare (slides)
Discussant: Pablo D. Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER (slides)
3:30 pm

Exports, Imports, and Earnings Inequality: Micro-Data and Macro-Lessons From Ecuador (slides)
Discussant: Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Virtual cocktail hour
Thursday, July 9
 Trade and Global Networks
11:00 am

O-Ring Production Networks (slides)
Discussant: Jennifer La'O, Columbia University and NBER (slides)
12:00 pm

Contracting Frictions in Global Sourcing: Implications for Welfare (slides)
Discussant: Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
1:00 pm
Break
1:30 pm
Panel on The Future of Globalization
Pol Antràs, Harvard University and NBER
Gordon Hanson, Harvard University and NBER
Anne Krueger, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
Trade and Geography
2:30 pm

Is Tourism good for Locals? Evidence from Barcelona (slides)
Discussant: Cécile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:30 pm

Plants in Space (slides)
Discussant: Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER (slides)
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Proposed Session Structure: 30 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion, 10 minutes Q&A, 10 minutes break.