European Research Workshop in International Trade
held jointly with the
2nd EFIGE Scientific Workshop and Policy Conference
16-18 June 2010
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Papers
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ERWIT Day One, Wednesday, 16 June
Venue: EIEF, Via Sallustiana 62
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09:15-09:30
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Welcoming remarks
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09:30-10:30
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Antidumping hurts Exporters: Firm-level Evidence from France
Hylke Vandenbussche,
Université Catholique de Louvain and CEPR
(with Jozef Konings)
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11:00-12:00
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Firm Exports and Multinational Activity under Credit Constraints
Shang-Jin Wei,
Columbia University and CEPR
(with Kalina Manova and Zhiwei Zhang)
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12:00-13:00
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The Global Network of Multinational Firms
Maggie Chen,
George Washington University
(with Laura Alfaro)
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13:00-14:00
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Lunch
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14:00-15:00
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Skill-biased Heterogeneous Firms and Trade
Ariell Reshef,
University of Virginia
(with James Harrigan)
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15:00-15:30
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Coffee break
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15:30-16:30
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Innovation, Diffusion and Trade: Theory and Measurement
Ana Maria Santacreu,
INSEAD
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16:30-17:30
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Managers Mobility, Trade Status and Wages
Giordano Mion,
London School of Economics and CEPR
(with Luca David Opromolla)
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ERWIT Day Two, Thursday 17 June
Venue: Banca d'Italia, Via Nazionale 91
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09:30-10:30
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Relocating the Value Chain: Off-Shoring and Agglomeration in the Global Economy
Tony Venables,
University of Oxford and CEPR
(with Richard Baldwin)
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10:30-11:00
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Coffee break
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11:00-12:00
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Multi-Product Firms at Home and Away
J. Peter Neary,
University of Oxford and CEPR
(with Carsten Eckel, Leonardo Iacovone and Beata Javorcik)
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12:00-13:00
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Income Distribution, Product Quality, and International Trade
Pablo Fajgelbaum, Princeton University
(with Gene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman)
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13:00-14:00
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Lunch
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14:00-15:00
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The Extensive Margin of Exporting Goods: A Firm-level Analysis
Marc-Andreas Mündler,
University of California, San Diego
(with Costas Arkolakis)
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15:30-16:30
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WTO Accession and Firm-level Productivity in Chinese Manufacturing
Johannes van Biesebroeck,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CEPR
(with Loren Brandt and Yifan Zhang)
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16:30-17:30
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Export Entrepreneurs: Evidence from Peru
Caroline Freund,
The World Bank
(with Martha Denisse Pierola)
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EFIGE Policy Conference, Morning Friday, 18 June
Venue: Banca d'Italia, Via Nazionale 91
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Chair:
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Salvatore Rossi (Managing Director, Head of Research Unit, Bank of Italy)
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8:30
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Opening Remarks
Mario Draghi, Governor, the Bank of Italy
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09:00-09:45
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Trade and the Global Recession
John Romalis,
University of Chicago
(with Jonathan Eaton, Sam Kortum and Brent Neiman)
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10:15-10:30
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The EFIGE Project
Gianmarco Ottaviano,
Bocconi University, Bruegel and CEPR
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10:30-11:00
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The EFIGE Second Policy Report
The Global Operations of European Firms
Giorgio Barba Navaretti,
University of Milan and LdA
(with Matteo Bugamelli, Daniel Horgos, Daniela Maggioni, Fabiano Schivardi)
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11:00-13:00
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Policy Roundtable
Introduction: Fabrizio Saccomanni (Director General, Bank of Italy)
Panellists:
Alessandro Profumo (CEO, UniCredit Group)
Giuseppe Recchi (CEO, General Electric - South Europe)
Giorgio Squinzi (CEO, Mapei)
Tony Venables (University of Oxford and CEPR)
Concluding remarks:
Michel Barnier (EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services)
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13:00-14:30
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Lunch
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EFIGE Scientific Workshop, Afternoon Friday, 18 June
Venue: Banca d'Italia, Via Nazionale 91
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14:30-15:15
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Ricardian Selection
Andrea Finicelli, Bank of Italy
(with Patrizio Pagano and Massimo Sbracia)
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15:15-16:00
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Why Do within Firm-Product Export Prices Differ across Markets?
László Halpern,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences and CEPR
(with Holger Görg and Balázs Muraközy)
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16:00-16:45
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Local Export Spillovers in France
Florian Mayneris,
CORE, Université catholique de Louvain
(with Pamina Koenig and Sandra Poncet)
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16:45-17:15
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Coffee break
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17:15-18:00
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International Trade with Heterogeneous Firms and Asymmetric Product Varieties
Carlo Altomonte,
Bocconi University and Bruegel
(with Italo Colantone and Enrico Pennings)
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18:00-18:45
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The Age of the Dragon: Chinese Competition and the Pricing Behavior of Italian Firms
Enrico Sette, Bank of Italy
(with Matteo Bugamelli and Silvia Fabiani)
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