European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT) 2018
European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT) 2018 -
Hosted and Sponsored by
University of St. Gallen and Swiss National Science Foundation
St Gallen, 6-8 June, 2018
Room Number: 09-011 in the B-Building
Agenda
Wednesday 6 June |
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08:30- 09:00 |
Registration |
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09:00-10:00 |
Commodity Trade Matters - Thibault Fally, UC Berkeley ARE and CEPR (with James Sayre) |
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10:00-11:00 |
Globalization for Sale - Paola Conconi, Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ECARES), CEPR and CESifo (with Michael Blanga-Gubbay and Mathieu Parenti) |
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30-12:30 |
The Effect of the H-1B Quota on Foreign Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor (Presentation)- Anna Maria Mayda, Georgetown University and CEPR (with Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri, Kevin Shih and Chad Sparber) |
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12:30-13:30 |
Preferential Trade Agreements and Global Sourcing - Emanuel Ornelas, London School of Economics, University of Sao Paulo and CEPR (with John L. Turner and Grant Bickwit) |
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13:30-14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30-15:30 |
Unequal Gains, Prolonged Pain: A Model of Protectionist Overshooting and Escalation - Emily Blanchard, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and CEPR (with Gerald Willmann) |
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15:30-16:30 |
Globalization and Inequality (Presentation)- Elhanan Helpman, Harvard and CEPR |
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19:00 |
Dinner at the Restaurant Lokremise, Grünbergstr. 7, St. Gallen. That’s right behind the main-station: https://goo.gl/maps/hgcXWPrz32D2 |
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Thursday 7 June |
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09:00-10:00 |
The Birth of a Multinational: Innovation and Foreign Acquisitions - Veronica Rappoport, London School of Economics and CEPR (with Jim Goldman and Maria Guadalupe) |
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10:00-11:00 |
Multinational Expansion in Time and Space - Stefania Garetto, Boston University and CEPR (with Lindsay Oldenski and Natalia Ramondo) |
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30-12:30 |
Business Groups as Knowledge-based Hierarchies (Presentation) - Carlo Altomonte, Bocconi University and CEPR (with Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano and Armando Rungi) |
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12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-14:30 |
Experimenting with Ash: The Trade-Effects of Airspace Closures in the Aftermath of Eyjafjallajökull - Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology (with Antu Panini Murshid) |
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14:30-16:00 |
POSTER SESSION PROGRAMME with coffee break - Room Number: 01-U121 |
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16:00-17:00 |
Consumption-led Growth - Oleg Itskhoki, Princeton University and CEPR (with Markus Brunnermeier and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas |
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17:00-18:00 |
Misallocation within Firms: Finance, Organization, and the Product-mix of exporters - Dalia Marin, University of Munich and CEPR (with Davide Suverato and Thierry Verdier) |
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19:00 |
Dinner at the Restaurant Lagerhaus, Davidstrasse 42, St. Gallen https://goo.gl/maps/mQkGR5Enyx12 |
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Friday 8 June |
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09:00-10:00 |
Political Economy of Export Promotion Agencies - Bernard Hoekman, European University Institute, Firenze and CEPR (with Mauro Boffa and Matteo Fiorini) |
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10:00-11:00 |
Quality and Gravity in International Trade - Lisandra Flach, University of Munich, CESifo and CEPR (with Florian Unger) |
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30-12:30 |
Globalization and CEO Pay: Good Managers or Good Luck? - Jakob Munch, University of Copenhagen and IZA (with Svend Andersen and David Hummels) |