Trade and Agriculture Conference
Dave Donaldson, Organizer
May 17-18, 2018
Supported by the Economic Research Service at USDA and the Giannini Foundation at the University of California
NBER, Feldstein Conference Room, 2nd Floor, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA
| Thursday, May 17 | ||||
| FORMAT: 40 mins presenter, 10 mins discussant, 10 mins general discussion | ||||
| 9:00 am | Shuttle Van Leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER (taxis and uber for overflow) | |||
| 9:15 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 9:45 am | Opening Remarks by Gopinath Munisamy, USDA | |||
| 10:00 am |
Thibault Fally, University of California, Berkeley and NBER James E. Sayre, University of California, Davis Commodity Trade Matters
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| 11:00 am | Break | |||
| 11:15 am |
Christophe Gouel, INRAE David Laborde, International Food Policy Research Institute The Crucial Role of International Trade in Adaptation to Climate Change
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| 12:15 pm |
Keynote Lecture and Lunch Daniel B. Whitley, Acting Associate Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service |
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| 1:30 pm |
Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER Solomon M. Hsiang, Stanford University and NBER Kyle C. Meng, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER The Spatial Structure of Productivity, Trade, and Inequality: Evidence from the Global Climate
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| 2:30 pm | Break | |||
| 2:45 pm |
Uris Baldos, Purdue University Thomas Hertel, Purdue University Frances Moore, University of California at Davis The Biophysical and Economic Geographies of Global Climate Impacts on Agriculture
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| 3:45 pm | Break | |||
| 4:00 pm |
Kari Heerman, Office of the United States Trade Representative Ian M. Sheldon, Ohio State University Gravity and Comparative Advantage: Estimation of Trade Elasticities for the Agricultural Sector
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| 5:00 pm |
Shilpa Aggarwal, Indian School of Business Brian J. Giera, Amazon Research Dahyeon Jeong, World Bank Jonathan Robinson, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER Alan Spearot, University of California at Santa Cruz Market Access, Trade Costs, and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Northern Tanzania
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| 6:00 pm |
Adjourn Shuttle Van Leaves NBER for Royal Sonesta Hotel (taxis and uber for overflow) |
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| 6:30 pm |
Dinner Bambara Restaurant (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd. Cambridge, MA |
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| Friday, May 18 | ||||
| 8:15 am | Shuttle Van Leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER (taxis and uber for overflow) | |||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 9:00 am |
Jayson Beckman, US Department of Agriculture Carmen Estrades, Universidad de la República (Uruguay) Manuel Flores, Universidad de la República (Uruguay) Angel H. Aguiar, Purdue University The Impacts of Export Taxes on Agricultural Trade
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| 10:00 am | Break | |||
| 10:15 am |
Douglas Gollin, Tufts University Casper W. Hansen, University of Copenhagen Asger Wingender, University of Copenhagen Two Blades of Grass: The Impact of the Green Revolution
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| 11:15 am | Break | |||
| 11:30 am |
Colin A. Carter, University of California at Davis Sandro Steinbach, North Dakota State University Trade Diversion and the Initiation Effect: A Case Study of U.S. Trade Remedies in Agriculture
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:15 pm |
Osea Giuntella, University of Pittsburgh and NBER Matthias Rieger, Erasmus University Lorenzo Rotunno, International Monetary Fund Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico
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| 2:15 pm | Break | |||
| 2:30 pm |
Marshall Burke, Stanford University and NBER Lauren F. Bergquist, Yale University and NBER Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Sell Low and Buy High: Arbitrage and Local Price Effects in Kenyan Markets
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| 3:30 pm | Adjourn | |||