European Research Workshop in
International Trade
held jointly with the
1st EFIGE Scientific Workshop
and Policy Conference

Madrid, 1-3 June 2009


Agenda

ERWIT Day One, Monday, 1 June
Venue: CEMFI, Casado del Alisal 5, Madrid

 

09:15-09:30 Welcoming remarks

 

09:30-10:30 ) Policymakers' Horizon and Economic Reforms

Paola Conconi, ECARES and CEPR
Giovanni Facchini, Università degli Studi di Milano, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, Erasmus, University Rotterdam, and CEPR
(with Maurizio Zanardi)

 

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

 

11:00-12:00 Competition and Quality Upgrading

Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and CEPR
(with Amit Khandelwal)

 

12:00-13:00 Globalization, Competition, and the US Price Level

David E. Weinstein, Columbia University
(with Robert C. Feenstra)

 

13:00-14:00 Lunch: CEMFI

 

14:00-15:00 A Balls-and-Bins Model of Trade

Miklós Koren, Central European University, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and CEPR
(with Roc Armenter)

 

15:00-15:30 Coffee break

 

15:30-16:30 Trade Integration and Multi-product Firms: Empirical Evidence

Antoine Berthou, Paris School of Economics
(with Lionel Fontagné)

 

16:30-17:30 Sequential Exporting

Gregory Corcos, Norwegian School of Economics
(with Facundo Albornoz, Hector Calvo, and Emanuel Ornelas)

 

21:00 Dinner: Paradis Casa América, Paseo Recoletos 2

 


ERWIT Day Two, Tuesday, 2 June
Venue: CEMFI, Casado del Alisal 5, Madrid

 

09:30-10:30 Markups and Firm-Level Export Status

Jan De Loecker, Princeton University and CEPR
(with Frederic Warzynski)

 

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

 

11:00-12:00 Landlocked Countries and Holdup

Richard Friberg, Stockholm School of Economics and CEPR
(with Katrin Tinn)

 

12:00-13:00 Endogenous Borders? Exploring a Natural Experiment on Border Effects

Nikolaus Wolf, University of Warwick and CEPR
(with Hans-Christian Heinemeyer and Max- Stephan Schulze)

 

13:00-14:00 Lunch: CEMFI

 

14:00-15:00 External Economies and International Trade Redux

Gene Grossman, Princeton University and CEPR
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Princeton University and CEPR

 

15:00-15:30 Coffee break

 

15:30-16:30 Trade and Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Fabiano Schivardi, Università di Cagliari and CEPR
(with Mario Macis)

 

16:30-17:30 Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy

Stephen J Redding, London School of Economics and CEPR
(with Elhanan Helpman and Oleg Itskhoki)

 

21:00 Dinner: La Ancha, Zorrilla 7

 


EFIGE Scientific Workshop,
Morning Wednesday, 3 June
Venue: Banco de España, Alcalá 48, Madrid

 

09:00-10:00 Learning and the Dynamics of Exporting: Theory and Evidence from French Firms

Harald Fadinger, University of Vienna
(with Romain Aeberhardt and Ines Buono)

 

10:00-11:00 Firm Dynamics, Job Turnover, and Wage Distributions in an Open Economy

James R. Tybout, Pennsylvania State University
Nezih Guner, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
(with Kerem Cosar)

 

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

 

11:15-12:15 Exporting to Insecure Markets: A Firm-Level Analysis

Matthieu Crozet, Universite de Paris I and CNRS
(with Pamina Koenig and Vincent Rebeyrol)

 

12:15-13:15 Manufacturing Restructuring and the Role of Real Exchange Rate Shocks

Karolina Ekholm, Stockholm School of Economics, Sveriges Riksbank, and CEPR
Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe, University of Oslo and CEPR
(with Andreas Moxnes)

 

13:15-14:30 Lunch: Banco de España

 


EFIGE Policy Conference,
Afternoon Wednesday, 3 June
Venue: Banco de España, Alcalá 48, Madrid

 

14:30-15:30 Uncertainty and Entry into Export Markets

Rubén Segura-Cayuela, Banco de España
(with Josep Vilarrubia)

 

15:30-16:30 How Do Different Exporters React to Exchange Rate Changes? Theory and Empirics

Philippe Martin, Sciences Po and CEPR
Thierry Mayer, University of Paris I and CEPR
(with Nicolas Berman)

 

16:30-17:00 Coffee break

 

17:00-17:30 Presentation about European Firms in a Global Economy

Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University, Bruegel and CEPR

 

17:30-19:00 Roundtable International Trade Finance

Moderator:
Pilar L'Hotellerie-Fallois, Bank of Spain

Speakers:
Marc Auboin, World Trade Organization
Guillermo de la Dehesa, Banco Santander Central Hispano and CEPR
Jonathan Eaton, New York University
David Weinstein, Columbia University
Jean Pisani-Ferry, Bruegel

 

21:00 Dinner: El Caldero, Huertas 15