International Trade Workshop 2009

8:45 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

9:15 a.m.

"Globalization, Technology, and the Skill Premium," Ariel Burstein, UCLA and NYU, and Jon Vogel, Columbia University (54 pages, 573 KB)

Discussants:

• Jonathan Eaton, Penn State University
• Stephen Yeaple, Penn State University

10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:15 a.m.

"Exports and Financial Shocks," Mary Amiti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and David Weinstein, Columbia University (35 pages, 308 KB)

Discussants:

• Vivian Yue, NYU
• Kalina Manova, Stanford and Princeton

12:45 p.m.

Lunch

2:00 p.m.

"Firm Trade, Entry, and Welfare in Zipf's World," Julian di Giovanni, International Monetary Fund, and Andrei Levchenko, University of Michigan (39 pages, 568 KB)

Discussants:

• Roc Armenter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• Amit Khandelwal, Columbia University

3:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

4:00 p.m.

"New Trade Models, Same Old Gains?" Costas Arkolakis, Yale University, Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Penn State University, and Arnaud Costinot, MIT (43 pages, 332 KB)

Discussants:

• Kim Ruhl, NYU
• Kei-Mu Yi, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn