European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT) 2020 - Programme

European Research Workshop in International Trade

(ERWIT) 2020

Hosted and Sponsored by

Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milan, Baffi Carefin Centre - Bocconi University,

Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the Horizon 2020 MICROPROD Project

With the contribution of the Achille and Giulia Boroli Chair in European Studies - Bocconi University

21-23 October 2020, Online via Zoom

*All timings are in Central European Summer Time

For each 30 min slot, presenters have 20 mins to present their paper and a total 5-10 mins has been allocated for general discussion.

Programme

Wednesday 21 October
14:00-14:10	Introduction - Beata Javorcik (EBRD, University of Oxford and CEPR)
14:10-14:40	Exporting Ideas: Knowledge Flows from Expanding Trade in Goods Marc Melitz, Harvard University and CEPR (with Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud, Timothee Gigout and Matthieu Lequien)
14:40-15:10	The Geography of Knowledge Production: Connecting Islands and Ideas Andreas Moxnes, Princeton University, University of Oslo and CEPR (with Andrew Bernard and Yukiko U. Saito)
15:10-15:40	*Trade and Worker Deskilling* Swati Dhingra, London School of Economics and CEPR (with Rui Costa and Stephen Machin)
15:40-16:00	Virtual Coffee Break
16:00-16:30	Misallocation in the Market for Inputs: Enforcement and the Organization of Production (Presentation Slides) Johannes Boehm, Sciences Po (with Ezra Oberfield)
16:30-17:00	*Jobs and Technology in General Equilibrium: A Three-Elasticites Approach (Presentation Slides)* Jan Haaland, Norwegian School of Economics and CEPR (with Richard Baldwin and Anthony Venables)
17:00-17:30	*MICROPROD SESSION* - Can My SME Join your GVC? Measuring and Explaining the Nature of Buyer-Supplier Relationships Across Firms (Presentation Slides) Gábor Békés, Central European University, CERS and CEPR (with Miklós Koren, Balázs Muraközy and Álmos Telegdy)
Thursday 22 October
14:00-14:10	Introduction - Giorgio Barba Navaretti (Università degli Studi di Milano, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano and CEPR)
14:10-14:40	*Trade Disruption, Industrialisation, and the Setting Sun of British Colonial Rule in India* Roberto Bonfatti, Universities of Padua and Nottingham (with Björn Brey)
14:40-15:10	*When Tariffs Disturb Global Supply Chains (Presentation Slides)* Gene Grossman, Princeton University and CEPR (with Elhanan Helpman)
15:10-15:40	Disputes in International Investment and Trade (Presentation Slides) Ralph Ossa, University of Zurich and CEPR (with Robert Staiger and Alan Sykes)
15:40-16:00	Virtual Coffee Break
16:00-16:30	*Consumption-led Growth (Presentation Slides)* OIeg Itskhoki, Princeton University (with Markus Brunnermeier and Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas)
16:30-17:00	*Firm Organization with Multiple Establishments (Presentation Slides)* Anna Gumpert, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and CEPR (with Henrike Steimer and Manfred Antoni)
17:00-17:30	*MICROPROD SESSION* - How Does TFP react to Financial Crises? Mixed Evidence from Three European Countries Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Paris School of Economics, University Paris 1 Panth´eon-Sorbonne (with Christian Abele and Lionel Fontagné)
Friday 23 October
14:00-14:10	Introduction - Carlo Altomonte (Bocconi University and MICROPROD)
14:10-14:40	*Reshaping Global Trade: The Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Bank Failures* Chenzi Xu, Stanford University
14:40-15:10	*Trade from Space: Shipping Networks and The Global Implications of Local Shocks (Presentation Slides)* Inga Heiland, University of Oslo, Statistics Norway and CEPR (with Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe, Andreas Moxnes and Yuan Zi)
15:10-15:40	*Robot Imports and Firm-level Outcomes (Presentation Slides)* Harald Fadinger, University of Mannheim and CEPR (with Alessandra Bonfiglioli, Rosario Crinò and Gino Gancia)
15:40-16:00	Virtual Coffee Break
16:00-16:30	*Relationship Stickiness and Economic Uncertainty* Isabelle Mejean, CREST-Ecole Polytechnique and CEPR (with Julien Martin and Mathieu Parenti)
16.30-17:00	*Markups, Quality, and Trade Costs (Presentation Slides)* Natalie Chen, University of Warwick and CEPR (with Luciana Juvenal)
17:00-17:30	*MICROPROD SESSION* - Firm-to-Firm Trade: Imports, Exports, and the Labor Market (Presentation Slides) Francis Kramarz, CREST(ENSAE), Institut Polytechnique de Paris and CEPR (with Jonathan Eaton and Samuel Kortum)

Event Type:

Workshop