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Cowles Foundation for
Research in Economics
New Perspectives on International Trade,
Development, and Macroeconomics
June 16–17, 2011
Conference Location: Yale SOM, Watson Center, 60 Sachem St., Room A53
Organizers: Costas Arkolakis and Ariel Burstein |
| THURSDAY |
8:00–9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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SESSION 1 |
TRADE AND GROWTH |
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9:00–10:00 |
Andres Rodriguez-Clare, "Proximity
versus Comparative Advantage: A Quantitative Theory of Trade and Multinational
Production" (with Arkolakis, Ramondo, and Yeaple)
Discussant: Pol Antras |
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10:00–10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15–11:15 |
Robert Lucas "Ideas and Growth"
(with Alvarez and Buera)
Discussant: Mike Waugh |
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11:15–11:30 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30–12:30 |
Chang-Tai Hsieh, "The Life-Cycle of
Plants in India and Mexico" (with Pete Klenow)
Discussant: Daniel Xu |
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12:30–2:00 |
Lunch |
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SESSION 2 |
TRADE AND PRODUCTIVITY |
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2:00–3:00 |
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Princeton
University, "The Impact of Trade
on Organization and Productivity" (with Lorenzo Caliendo)
Discussant: Alex Monge-Naranjo |
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3:00–3:15 |
Coffee Break |
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3:15–4:15 |
Brent Neiman (University of Chicago &
NBER), "Trade Adjustment and Productivity
in Large Crises" (with Gita Gopinath)
Discussant: Virgiliu Midrigan |
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4:15–4:30 |
Coffee Break |
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4:30–5:30 |
Jim Schmitz, "Does Foreign Competition
Spur Productivity: Evidence from Post WWII US Cement Manufacturing" (with Dunne and
Klimek)
Discussant: David Lagakos |
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7:00 |
Dinner, Ibiza, 39 High Street |
| FRIDAY |
8:00–9:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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SESSION 3 |
TRADE AND MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS |
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9:00–10:00 |
Nancy Stokey "Specific Technical
Change, Trade Dynamics, and the Skill Premium"
Discussant: Joe Kaboski |
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10:00–10:15 |
Coffee Break |
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10:15–11:15 |
Samuel Kortum, "Staggered Adjustment
and Trade Dynamics" (with Arkolakis and Eaton)
Discussant: Lukasz Drozd |
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11:00–11:15 |
Coffee Break |
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11:30–12:30 |
Rob Feenstra, "In Search of the
Armington Elasticity" (with Obstfeld and Russ)
Discussant: Doireann Fitzgerald |
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12:30–2:00 |
Lunch |
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SESSION 4 |
TRADE AND POLICIES |
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2:00–3:00 |
Arnaud Costinot, "Trade Protection and
Currency Manipulation" (with Lorenzoni and Werning)
Discussant: Oleg Itshoki |
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3:00–3:15 |
Coffee Break |
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3:15–4:15 |
George Alessandria,
"Establishment Heterogeneity, Exporter Dynamics, and the Effects of Trade
Liberalization" (Horag Choil)
Discussant: Fabrizio Perri |
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4:15–4:30 |
Coffee Break |
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4:30–5:30 |
Peter Schott, "Trade Liberalization
when Institutions Misallocate Resources" (with Khandelwal and Wei)
Discussant: Paco Buera |
ATTENDEES
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Alessandria, George
Allen, Treb
Antras, Pol
Arkolakis, Costs
Atkin, David
Bachmann, Ruediger
Berger, David
Buera, Francisco
Burstein, Ariel
Caliendo, Lorenzo
Cohen, Alex
Cosar, A. Kerem
Eaton, Jonathan
Feenstra, Robert
Fitzgerald, Doireann
Garetto, Stefania
Goldberg, Pinelopi
Gollin, Douglas
Grossman, Gene
Hsieh, Chang-Tai
Itskhoki, Oleg
Kaboski, Joseph
Kortum, Samuel
Lagakos, David
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Lu, Dan
Midrigan, Virgiliu
Monge-Naranjo, Alexander
Mutreja, Piyusha
Neiman, Brent
Ossa, Ralph
Perri, Fabrizio
Phelan, Gregory
Rodriguez-Clare, Andres
Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban
Ruhl, Kim
Schmitz, James
Schott, Peter
Simonovska, Ina
Sinha, Arunima
Smith, Tony
Stokey, Nancy
Tello Trillio, Cristina
Timoshenko, Olga
Tybout, James
Vavra, Joseph
Waugh, Michael
Xu, Daniel Yi
Zhang, Jing |
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