New Perspectives on International Trade, Development, and Macroeconomics
June 16-17, 2011
Organizers: Costas Arkolakis and Ariel Burstein
THURSDAY | |
8:00 | Continental Breakfast |
SESSION 1. TRADE AND GROWTH | |
9:00 | Andres Rodriguez-Clare, "Proximity versus Comparative Advantage: A Quantitative Theory of Trade and Multinational Production" (with Arkolakis, Ramondo, and Yeaple) Discussant: Pol Antras |
10:00 | Break |
10:15 | Robert Lucas, "Ideas and Growth" (with Alvarez and Buera) Discussant: Mike Waugh |
11:15 | Break |
11:30 | Chang-Tai Hsieh, "The Life-Cycle of Plants in India and Mexico" (with Pete Klenow) Discussant: Daniel Xu |
12:30 | Lunch |
SESSION 2. TRADE AND PRODUCTIVITY | |
2:00 | Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, "The Impact of Trade on Organization and Productivity" (with Lorenzo Caliendo) Discussant: Alex Monge-Naranjo |
3:00 | Break |
3:15 | Brent Neiman, "Trade Adjustment and Productivity in Large Crises" (with Gita Gopinath) Discussant: Virgiliu Midrigan |
4:15 | Break |
4:30 | Jim Schmitz, "Does Foreign Competition Spur Productivity: Evidence from Post WWII US Cement Manufacturing" (with Dunne and Klimek) Discussant: David Lagakos |
7:00 | Dinner, Ibiza, 39 High Street |
FRIDAY | |
8:00 | Continental Breakfast |
SESSION 3. TRADE AND MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS | |
9:00 | Nancy Stokey, "Specific Technical Change, Trade Dynamics, and the Skill Premium" Discussant: Joe Kaboski |
10:00 | Break |
10:15 | Samuel Kortum, "Staggered Adjustment and Trade Dynamics" (with Arkolakis and Eaton) Discussant: Lukasz Drozd |
11:15 | Break |
11:30 | Rob Feenstra, "In Search of the Armington Elasticity" (with Obstfeld and Russ) Discussant: Doireann Fitzgerald |
12:30 | Lunch |
SESSION 4. TRADE AND POLICIES | |
2:00 | Arnaud Costinot, "Trade Protection and Currency Manipulation" (with Lorenzoni and Werning) Discussant: Oleg Itshoki |
3:00 | Break |
3:15 | George Alessandria, "Establishment Heterogeneity, Exporter Dynamics, and the Effects of Trade Liberalization" (Horag Choil) Discussant: Fabrizio Perri |
4:15 | Break |
4:30 | Peter Schott, "Trade Liberalization when Institutions Misallocate Resources" (with Khandelwal and Wei) Discussant: Paco Buera |
Attendees |
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Alessandria, George Allen, Treb Antras, Pol Arkolakis, Costs Atkin, David Bachmann, Ruediger Berger, David Buera, Francisco Burstein, Ariel Caliendo, Lorenzo Cohen, Alex Cosar, A. Kerem Eaton, Jonathan Feenstra, Robert Fitzgerald, Doireann Garetto, Stefania |
Goldberg, Pinelopi Gollin, Douglas Grossman, Gene Hsieh, Chang-Tai Itskhoki, Oleg Kaboski, Joseph Kortum, Samuel Lagakos, David Lu, Dan Midrigan, Virgiliu Monge-Naranjo, Alexander Mutreja, Piyusha Neiman, Brent Ossa, Ralph Perri, Fabrizio Phelan, Gregory |
Rodriguez-Clare, Andres Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban Ruhl, Kim Schmitz, James Schott, Peter Simonovska, Ina Sinha, Arunima Smith, Tony Stokey, Nancy Tello Trillio, Cristina Timoshenko, Olga Tybout, James Vavra, Joseph Waugh, Michael Xu, Daniel Yi Zhang, Jing |