Sponsored by the Collaborative Research Center Transregio 224 Program Thursday, September 7, 2023 Friday, September 8, 2023 Adjourn
Trade, Firms, and Economic Development
Trade, Firms, and Economic Development
The workshop “Trade, Firms, and Economic Development” took place on September 7 and 8, 2023, at Hotel Hardtwald in Bad Homburg, bringing together scholars to discuss current research on international trade, firms, economic development, labor markets, supply chains, environmental policy, and regional inequality.
September 7 and 8, 2023
Hotel Hardtwald, Bad Homburg
09:00 – 09:10
Opening
09:10 – 09:50
The Gains from Foreign Multinationals in an Economy with Distortions
with José P. Vasquez (LSE) and Román David Zárate (World Bank)
Isabela Manelici (LSE)
09:55 – 10:35
Multiproduct Firms, Horizontal Mergers, and International Trade
with Jackie M.L. Chan (Aarhus) and Michael Koch (Aarhus)
Michael Irlacher (Linz)
10:35 – 10:55
Coffee Break
10:55 – 11:35
Quantifying the Germany Shock: Structural Labor-Market Reforms and Spillovers in a Currency Union
with Harald Fadinger (Mannheim) and Philipp Herkenhoff (Mainz)
Jan Schymik (Mannheim)
11:40 – 12:30
Keynote #1: Mechanics of Spatial Growth
with Sheng Cai (Yale), Fernando Parro (Penn State), and Wei Xiang (Yale)
Lorenzo Caliendo (Yale)
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:40
Firm Adaptation in Production Networks: Evidence from Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan
with Clare Balboni (LSE) and Mazhar Waseem (Manchester)
Johannes Boehm (Sciences Po)
14:45 – 15:25
Workers in Space: Evidence from Urban Bangladesh
with Gabriel Kreindler (Harvard)
Julia Cajal (IHEID)
15:25 – 15:45
Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:25
Community Networks and Trade
with Johannes Bokken (Warwick), Lucie Gadenne (QMU), and Tushar Nandi (Siena)
Marta Santamaria (Warwick)
16:30 – 17:10
On City Growth: The Role of Skill Portability
with Tommaso Sonno (Bologna)
Alessandro Sforza (Bologna)
17:15 – 17:45
Bringing Supply Chains Back Home: Effects on Regional Inequalities in the EU
with Alberto Palazzolo (ECARES)
Glenn Magerman (ECARES)
19:00
Dinner
09:00 – 09:40
Managing Export Complexity: The Role of Service Outsourcing
Frank Pisch (TU Darmstadt)
09:45 – 10:25
Strapped for Cash: The Role of Financial Constraints for Innovating Firms
with Andreas Moxnes (Oslo) and Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe (Oslo)
Esther Ann Bøler (Imperial College)
10:25 – 10:45
Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:25
When Growth Stumbles, Pollute? Trade War and Environmental Enforcement
with Xinming Du (NUS)
Lei Li (Mannheim)
11:30 – 12:30
Keynote #2: Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China's Economy
with Bingjing Li (HKU)
Davin Chor (Dartmouth)
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:40
Go Wide or Go Deep: Margins of Export Growth
with Apporva Gupta (Düsseldorf)
Katharina Erhardt (Düsseldorf)
14:45 – 15:25
Designing Credible Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms
with Alessia Campolmi (Verona), Chiara Forlati (Southampton), Sabine Stillger (Mannheim), and Ulrich Wagner (Mannheim)
Harald Fadinger (Mannheim)