Fourth Conference on Global Value Chains, Trade and Development - Programme

 

Friday 12 January 2018

13:00 - 13:00 COFFEE ON ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

​13:30 - 13:45 Welcome remarks by conference organisers

13:45 - 14:00  Welcome remarks by conference organisers and Ms. Paulina Nazal, Director General of International Economic Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chile)

​14:00 - 14:50  RODRIGO WAGNER, University of Chile and Center for International Development

Bad Neighbors: Bordering Institutions as Compa rative (Dis)Advantage (with Rodrigo Miranda)  Presentation Slides

14:50 - 15:40 PAOLA CONCONI, Université Libre de Bruxelles, ECARES 

Globalization for Sale (with Mathieu Parenti and Michael Blanga-Gubbay) Presentation Slides

15:40 - 16:10 COFFEE BREAK

16:10 - 17:00 ANDREW BERNARD, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

The Origins of Firm Heterogeneity: A Production Network Approach (with Emmanuel Dhyne, Glenn Magerman, Kalina Manova, and Andreas Moxnes) Presentation Slides

17:10 - 18:00 Keynote speech by LORENZO CALIENDO, Yale University

Tariff Reductions, Entry, and Welfare: Theory and Evidence for the Last Two Decades (with Robert Feenstra, John Romalis, and Alan Taylor) Presentation Slides

18:00 - 18:50 Panel Discussion - Chilean Women Leaders and Entrepreneurs: Insights of Global Value Chains, Trade and Development Chaired by: TBC

20:00 RECEPTION FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS

Saturday 13 January 2018

09:00-09:50 JERONIMO CARBALLO, University of Colorado, Boulder

Global Sourcing under Uncertainty Presentation Slides

09:50-10:40 KEI-MU YI, University of Houston

Global Value Chains and Inequality with Endogenous Labor Supply (with Eunhee Lee) Presentation Slides

10:40 -11:10 COFFEE BREAK

11:10 - 12:00 FERNANDO PARRO, Johns Hopkins University 

Distortions and the Structure of the World Economy (with Lorenzo Caliendo and Aleh Tsyvinski) Presentation Slides

12:00 - 12:50 HEIWAI TANG, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University 

Production Networks, Trade, and Misallocation (with Pravin Krishna) Presentation Slides

12:50 - 13:50 Lunch

13:50 - 14:40  Keynote speech - GIANMARCO OTTAVIANO, London School of Economics

Appropriability of Intellectual Assets and the Organization of Global Supply Chains (with Alireza Naghavi, Stefano Bolatto, and Katja Zajc) Presentation Slides

14:40 - 15:30 FEODORA TETI, Ifo Institute

Free Trade Agreements, Customs Unions in Disguise? ( with Gabriel Felbermayr and Erdal Yalcin) Presentation Slides

15:30 - 16:00 COFFEE BREAK

16:00 -16:50 GUILLERMO NOGUERA, Yale University

International Buyers and Firm Performance in Bangladeshi Garments (with Rocco Macchiavello and Julia Cajal Grossi)

16:50 - 17:40  SEBASTIAN CLARO, Central Bank of Chile

Distribution Costs, Product Quality, and Cross -Country Income Differences (with Bernardo Blum, Kunal Dasgupta and Ignatius Horstmann) Presentation Slides