SI 2021 International Trade & Macroeconomics

Andrei A. Levchenko and Katheryn Russ, Organizers

July 13, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 13
Format: 25 minutes presentation, 15 minutes discussion, 10 minutes Q&A.
2:00 pm
Marta A. Santamaría, University of Warwick
Jaume Ventura, CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and NBER
Uğur Yeşilbayraktar, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Borders within Europe
Discussant: Doireann Fitzgerald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
2:50 pm
Break
3:00 pm
Konstantin Kucheryavyy, Baruch College

Welfare Gains from International Risk Sharing and (Non-)Specialization According to Comparative Advantage
Discussant: Zhen Huo, Yale University
3:50 pm
Break
4:10 pm
Raphael Auer, Bank for International Settlements
Ariel Burstein, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Sarah M. Lein, University of Basel and CEPR
Jonathan Vogel, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Unequal Expenditure Switching: Evidence from Switzerland
Discussant: David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
5:00 pm
Break
5:10 pm
Vanessa I. Alviarez, Inter-American Development Bank
Michele Fioretti, Sciences Po
Ken Kikkawa, University of British Columbia and NBER
Monica Morlacco, University of Southern California

Two-Sided Market Power in Firm-to-Firm Trade
Discussant: Yuriy Gorodnichenko, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
6:00 pm
Adjourn