SI 2021 International Trade & Investment
Laura Alfaro, Pablo D. Fajgelbaum, and Stephen J. Redding, Organizers
July 12-15, 2021
on Zoom.us, Times in US EDT
| Monday, July 12 | ||||
| FORMAT: All one-hour sessions will have 35 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion, and 15 minutes Q&A and extended discussion. | ||||
| Optimal Policy | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Import Tariffs and Global Sourcing
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| 12:00 pm |
When Does Procompetitive Entry Imply Excessive Entry?
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| 1:00 pm | Break | |||
| Impacts of Trade Policy | ||||
| 2:00 pm |
Trade-Induced Urbanization and the Making of Modern Agriculture
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:05 pm |
Import Liberalization as Export Destruction? Evidence from the United States
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| 4:05 pm | Break | |||
| 4:10 pm |
The Long-Run Labor Market Effects of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
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| 5:10 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, July 13 | ||||
| Firms in Trade | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Exporting Ideas: Knowledge Flows from Expanding Trade in Goods
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| 12:00 pm |
Search and Information Frictions on Global E-Commerce Platforms: Evidence from AliExpress
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| 1:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 2:00 pm | International Trade & Macroeconomics | |||
| Wednesday, July 14 | ||||
| Immigration | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Immigration and Occupational Comparative Advantage
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| 12:00 pm |
Immigrants, Legal Status, and Illegal Trade
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| 1:00 pm | Break | |||
| Multinationals and Development | ||||
| 1:30 pm |
Language Barriers in Multinationals and Knowledge Transfers
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| 2:30 pm |
Policy Panel Trade Disruptions: Short-Run Impacts and Long-Term Consequences Chad Bown, Peterson Institute for International Economics Caroline Freund, Dean of UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS) Beata Javorcik, Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
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| 3:30 pm |
Responsible Sourcing? Theory and Evidence from Costa Rica
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn and Meet on Wonder platform for virtual happy hour | |||
| Thursday, July 15 | ||||
| Trade Costs | ||||
| 11:00 am |
Entrepot: Hubs, Scale, and Trade Costs
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| 12:00 pm |
Cutting Out the Middleman: The Structure of Chains of Intermediation
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| 1:00 pm | 30 minute break, plus one-hour unstructured meetings | |||
| Spatial Economics | ||||
| 2:30 pm |
Spatial Production Networks
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| 3:30 pm |
Sufficient Statistics for Dynamic Spatial Economics
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |||