SI 2023 International Trade & Investment

Oleg Itskhoki and Ina Simonovska, Organizers

July 10-13, 2023

Hotel Marlowe

Serrano Ballroom, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 10
10:15 am
Coffee and Pastries
10:29 am
Firms and Trade
10:45 am

Wage Inequality and the Spatial Expansion of Firms
Discussant: Jonathan Vogel, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
11:45 am

Firm Export Dynamics in Interdependent Markets
Discussant: Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER
12:45 pm
Lunch
1:29 pm
Trade and History
1:45 pm

The Death and Life of Great British Cities
Discussant: Kerem Coşar, University of Virginia and NBER
2:45 pm

The Who, What, When, and How of Industrial Policy: A Text-Based Approach
Discussant: Linda Tesar, University of Michigan and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
3:59 pm
Trade with Market Power
4:00 pm

Gravity with Granularity
Discussant: Katheryn Russ, University of California, Davis and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 11
9:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:29 am
Spatial Growth and Dynamics
9:30 am

A Dynamic Spatial Knowledge Economy
Discussant: Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University
10:30 am

Heterogeneous Agents Dynamic Spatial General Equilibrium
Discussant: Sharon Traiberman, New York University and NBER
11:30 am
Lunch
12:30 pm
ITM at Sonesta (Parkview Room)
Wednesday, July 12
10:15 am
Coffee and Pastries
10:44 am
Trade, Development, and Political Economy
10:45 am

No Country for Dying Firms: Evidence from India (slides)
Discussant: Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
11:45 am

The Topography of Nations
Discussant: Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, Center for Research in International Economics
12:45 pm
Lunch
1:44 pm
Trade Policy and Political Economy
1:45 pm

Why is Trade Not Free? A Revealed Preference Approach
Discussant: Pablo D. Fajgelbaum, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
2:45 pm

Reciprocity and the China Shock
Discussant: Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Policy Panel on the Future of Global Value Chains
Moderator: Stephen Redding, Princeton University and NBER
Panelists:
Renee Bowen, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Chad Bown, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Ralph Ossa, Chief Economist, World Trade Organization
5:15 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 13
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:59 am
Trade and Environment
9:00 am

The Carbon Footprint of Multinational Production (slides)
Discussant: Grace Weishi Gu, University of California, Santa Cruz
10:00 am

Clean Growth
Discussant: David Hémous, University of Zurich
11:00 am
Break
11:14 am
Trade and Labor Market
11:15 am

Escaping the Losses from Trade: The Impact of Heterogeneity and Skill Acquisition
Discussant: Tatjana Kleineberg, The World Bank
12:15 pm
Lunch and Adjourn