ERWIT Programme & Papers

European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT) Hosted and Sponsored by ESOP, Department of Economics, University of Oslo Oslo, 4-6 June 2014 Agenda (pdf) Wednesday 4 June
08:30-09:00	Registration
09:00-10:00	The Product Mix and Productivity of Exporters Gianmarco Ottaviano, London School of Economics and CEPR (with Thierry Mayer and Marc J. Mélitz)
10:00-11:00	The Sources of Firm Heterogeneity David E Weinstein, Columbia University (with Colin Hottman and Stephen Redding)
11:00-11:30	Break
11:30-12:30	The Rhetoric of Closed Borders: Quotas, Tax Enforcement and Illegal Immigration Giovanni Facchini, University of Nottingham and CEPR (with Cecilia Testa)
12:30-13:30	Dynamic Selection: An Idea Flows Theory of Entry, Trade and Growth Thomas Sampson, London School of Economics
13:30-14:30	Lunch
14:30-15:30	Not so Demanding: Preference Structure, Firm Behavior, and Welfare Peter Neary, Oxford University and CEPR (with Monika Mrázová)
15:30-16:30	The Impact of Regional and Sectoral Productivity Changes on the U.S. Economy Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Princeton University and CEPR (with Lorenzo Caliendo, Fernando Parro, and Pierre-Daniel Sarte)

Thursday 5 June
09:00-10:00	Industrialisation Pathways: Sparking, Spreading and Stalling Richard Baldwin, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, and CEPR (with Tony Venables)
10:00-11:00	Trade Adjustment: Worker Level Evidence David Dorn, CEMFI (with David Autor, Gordon Hanson and Jae Song)
11:00-11:30	Break
11:30-12:30	Production Networks, Geography, and Firm Performance Andrew B. Bernard, Dartmouth College and CEPR (with Andreas Moxnes and Yukiko Saito)
12:30-13:30	Diversification in the Small and in the Large: Evidence from Trade Networks Isabelle Méjean, Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR (with Francis Kramarz and Julien Martin)
13:30-14:30	Lunch
14:30-15:30	Growth, Trade and Inequality Gene Grossman, Princeton University and CEPR (with Elhanan Helpman)
15:30-16:30	Globalization and the Gender Wage Gap Beata Javorcik, Oxford University and CEPR (with Esther Ann Boler and Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe)

Friday 6 June
09:00-10:00	The Margins of Global Sourcing: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Firms Teresa Fort, Dartmouth College (with Pol Antràs and Felix Tintelnot)
10:00-11:00	Host Country Financial Development and MNC Activity Kalina Manova, Stanford University (with Kamran Bilir and Davin Chor)
11:00-11:30	Break
11:30-12:30	Measuring the Unequal Gains from Trade Amit Khandelwal, Columbia Business School (with Pablo Fajgelbaum)
12:30-13:30	Trade and Labor Market Dynamics Oleg Itskhoki, Princeton University and CEPR (with Elhanan Helpman)
13:30-14:30	Lunch

European Research Workshop in International Trade