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8:50 - 9:00 AM: Opening Remarks
Antoni Estevadeordal, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank Mike Moore, George Washington University
Nuno Limao, University of Maryland
Discussant: Luciana Juvenal, IMF
Olga Timoshenko, George Washington University
Discussant: Ina Simonovska, University of Maryland
Christian Volpe Martincus, Inter-American Development Bank
Discussant: Maggie Chen, George Washington University
Cristina Tello-Trillo, U.S. Census Bureau
Discussant: Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University
Justin Pierce, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant: Fariha Kamal, U.S. Census Bureau
Fernando Parro, SAIS– Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Mariano Somale, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant: Paulo Bastos, World Bank
Michele Ruta, World Bank
Discussant: Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Inter-American Development Bank
Serge Shikher, USITC
Discussant: Kara Reynolds, American University
Rod Ludema, Georgetown University
Discussant: Paul Piveteau, SAIS– Johns Hopkins University
Aaron Flaaen, Federal Reserve Board
Christian Volpe Martincus, Inter-American Development Bank
"Trade, Inequality, and the Endogenous Sorting of Heterogeneous Workers”
Discussant: Lindsay Oldenski (Georgetown University)
“The Local Incidence of Trade Shocks”
Discussant: Illenin Kondo (Federal Reserve Board)
“An empirical dynamic model of trade with consumer accumulation”
Discussant: Colin Hottman (Federal Reserve Board)
“The Role of Transfer Prices in Profit Shifting by U.S. Multinationals: Evidence from the 2004 Homeland Investment”
Discussant: JaeBin Ahn (International Monetary Fund)
Keith Maskus (Chief Economist Department of State and University of Colorado-Boulder)
"An Anatomy of Foreign Investment News"
Discussant: Rod Ludema (Georgetown University)
"Industry Mix, Local Labor Markets, and the Incidence of Trade Shocks"
Discussant: Marisol Rodriguez Chatruc (Inter-American Development Bank)
“The Impact of Chinese Competition on Mexican Labor Outcomes”
Discussant: Claire Brunel (American University)
“Trade Creation and Trade Diversion in Deep Agreements”
Discussant: Peter Herman (United States International Trade Commission)
Friday, April 29, 2016
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University
Bernstein-Offit Building, Room 500, 1717 Massachusetts Ave. NW,
Washington D.C. 20036
"Reassessing the Productivity Gains from Trade Liberalization"
Discussant: Jennifer Poole (American University)
"Learning, Prices, and Firm Dynamics"
Discussant: Luca David Opromolla (Banco de Portugal, University of Maryland and CEPR)
"Trade Shocks and the Provision of Local Public Goods"
Discussant: Erhan Artuc (World Bank)
"The Tradability of Services: Geographic Concentration and Trade Costs"
Discussant: Jose Signoret (US International Trade Commission)
"Trade Policy in Practice: The TPP from an Insider's Perspective"
"Misallocation, Trade, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Data"
Discussant: Maggie Chen (George Washington University)
"Global Supply Chains and Trade Policy"
Discussant: Juan Blyde (Inter-American Development Bank)
"Green Innovation and Green Manufacturing: Links Between Environmental Policies, Innovation and Production"
Discussant: Cristina Tello Trillo (Census Bureau)
Fifth Annual Conference
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
1957 E ST. NW, Washington D.C. 20052
Session 1: "Overcoming the Tyranny of History: Evidence from Post-Apartheid South Africa"
Discussant: Remi Jedwab (GW)
Session 2: "The Impact of Skilled Foreign Workers on Firms: an Investigation of Publicly Traded U.S. Firms"
Discussant: Mine Senses (JHU)
Session 3: “Learning and the Value of Relationships in International Trade”
Discussant: Olga Timoshenko (GWU)
Session 4: "The Border Labyrinth: Information Technologies and Trade in the Presence of Multiple Agencies"
Discussant: Justin Peirce (FRB)
Session 5: "Learning and Reputation in Trade"
Discussant: Serge Shikher (USITC)
Session 6: "Trade-induced Quality Upgrading: Transaction-level Evidence from Portugal"
Discussant: Andrew McCallum (FRB)
Fourth Annual Day-Long Conference
Friday, April 25, 2014
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
1957 E ST. NW, Washington D.C. 20052
Download the conference schedule here.
Session 1: "Customs: What are the Effects on International Trade" (Paper)
Discussant: Nick Zolas (Census)
Session 2: "Comparative Advantages of Rich and Poor Countries" (Paper)
Discussant: Kara Reynolds (American)
Session 3: “Foreign Rivals are Coming to Town: Responding to the Threat of Foreign Multinational Entry” (Paper)
Discussant: Bill Lincoln (JHU-SAIS)
Session 4: "Estimating the Effects of the Container Revolution on World Trade" (Paper)
Discussant: Gisela Rua (Federal Reserve Board)
Session 5: "Import Dynamics and Demands for Protection" (Paper)
Discussant: Lindsay Oldenski (Georgetown)
Session 6: "The Structure of Export Entry Costs"
Discussant: Wenjie Chen (GWU)
Session 7: "Buyer-Seller Relationships in International Trade: Do your Neighbors Matter?" (Paper)
Discussant: Olga Timoshenko (GWU)
Third Annual Day-Long Conference
Friday, April 12, 2013
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
1957 E ST. NW, Washington D.C. 20052
Download the conference schedule here.
Second Annual Conference
April 6, 2012
1957 E Street
Session 1: 8:30-9:20
Rafael Dix-Carneiro "Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Dynamics" University of Maryland
Kara Reynolds as discussant - Comments
Session 2: 9:20-10:10
Mine Senses "Globalization, Labor Markets and the Role of Human Capital" Johns Hopkins University-SAIS (with Pravin Krishna and Guru Sethupathy)
Teresa Fort as discussant - Comments
Coffee Break
Session 3: 10:30-11:20
Anna Maria Mayda "Protection for Free? The Political Economy of U.S. Tariff Suspensions" Georgetown University (with Rod Ludema and Prachi Mishra)
Michael Moore as discussant - Comments
Session 4: 11:20-12:10
Robert Feinberg "Exports-at-Risk: The Effect of Multi-Market Contact in International Trade" American University
Zhi Wang as discussant - Comments
Lunch
Session 5: 1:20-2:10
Erhan Artuc "Trade Policy and Wage Inequality: A Structural Analysis with Occupational and Sectoral Mobility" World Bank (with John McLaren)
Session 6: 2:10-3:00
Tani Fukui, "A Global Database of Foreign Affiliate Activity" U.S. International Trade Commission (with Csilla Lakatos)
Andrei Zlate as discussant - Comments
Coffee Break
Session 7: 3:20-4:10
Chris Kurz "Trade and Volatility at the Firm and Plant Level" Federal Reserve Board (with Mine Senses)
Logan Lewis as discussant - Comments
Session 8: 4:10-5:00
Maggie Chen "Selection, Reallocation, and Knowledge Spillovers: Identifying the Impact of Multinational Activity on Aggregate Productivity" George Washington University (with Laura Alfaro)
Laura Alfaro as discussant - Comments
First Annual Day-Long Conference
March 11, 2011
1957 E Street
8:00-8:45: Continental breakfast
8:45-9:00: Opening remarks by Michael Moore (GWU)
9:00-10:00: J. Bradford Jensen, Georgetown University
Multi Market Service Firms
Presentation
Jose Signoret (ITC) as discussant10:00-11:00: Nuno Limao, University of Maryland-College Park
Trade and Investment under Policy Uncertainty: Theory and Firm Evidence
Paper , Presentation
Chris Kurz (Fed) as discussant - CommentsCoffee break
11:20-12:20: Pravin Krishna, Mine Senses - Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), and Jennifer Poole - UC-Santa Cruz
Trade Liberalization, Firm Heterogeneity, and Wages: New Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
Presentation
Rod Ludema (Georgetown) as discussant - Comments1:30-2:30: Hiau Looi Kee, The World Bank
Local Intermediate Inputs, Foreign Direct Investment and the Performance of Domestic Firms: When Firms Share Common Local Input Suppliers
Paper , Presentation
Michael Moore (GWU) as discussant - Comments2:30-3:30: Maggie Chen, George Washington University and Institute for International Economic Policy
The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms
Paper, Presentation
Michael Ferrantino (ITC) as discussant - CommentsCoffee break
3:45-4:45: Benjamin Mandel, Federal Reserve Board
Offshoring, Terms of Trade and the Measurement of U.S. Productivity Growth.
Related Papers:
Offshoring Bias in U.S. Manufacturing: Implications for Productivity and Value Added
Effects of Terms of Trade Gains and Tariff Changes on the Measurement of U.S. Productivity Growth
Paper , Presentation
Justin Pierce (Census) as discussant - Comments
12:20-1:30: Lunch Break
The conference this year will be held at The Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.
George Washington University's Institute for International Economic Policy, housed at the Elliott School of International Affairs, is dedicated to producing and disseminating high-quality non-partisan academic and policy relevant research on international economic policy. Areas of focus include international trade, international finance, and development economics.