Midwest International Trade Conference, Spring 2014

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, Indiana

 

Program Notes and Index of Sessions

 

Summary of All Sessions

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#Date/TimeLocationTitlePapers
1May 30, 2014
14:15-15:45
ICTC (IT) 155 1-A3
2May 30, 2014
14:15-15:45
ICTC (IT) 157 1-B3
3May 30, 2014
16:15-17:45
ICTC (IT) 155 2-A3
4May 30, 2014
16:15-17:45
ICTC (IT) 157 2-B3
5May 31, 2014
9:00-10:30
ICTC (IT) 155 3-A3
6May 31, 2014
9:00-10:30
ICTC (IT) 157 3-B3
7May 31, 2014
9:00-10:30
ICTC (IT) 167 3-C3
8May 31, 2014
11:00-12:30
ICTC (IT) 155 4-A3
9May 31, 2014
11:00-12:30
ICTC (IT) 157 4-B3
10May 31, 2014
11:00-12:30
ICTC (IT) 167 4-C3
11May 31, 2014
14:15-15:45
ICTC (IT) 167 53
12May 31, 2014
16:15-17:45
ICTC (IT) 167 63
13June 1, 2014
9:00-10:30
ICTC (IT) 155 7-A3
14June 1, 2014
9:00-10:30
ICTC (IT) 157 7-B3
15June 1, 2014
11:00-12:30
ICTC (IT) 155 8-A2
16June 1, 2014
11:00-12:30
ICTC (IT) 157 8-B2
 

16 sessions, 46 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers


 

Midwest International Trade Conference, Spring 2014

Detailed List of Sessions

 
Session 1: 1-A
May 30, 2014 14:15 to 15:45
ICTC (IT) 155
 
Session Chair: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa
 

Endogenous Politics and the Design of Trade Agreements
By Kristy Buzard; Syracuse University
   Presented by: Kristy Buzard, Syracuse University
 

Why is the Effect of Financial Development on Exports Volatility the Lowest in the Middle Income Countries?
By ByeongHwa Choi; Indiana University
Volodymyr Lugovskyy; Indiana University
   Presented by: ByeongHwa Choi, Indiana University
 

An empirical analysis of trade related redistribution and the political viability of free trade
By James Lake; Southern Methodist University
Daniel Millimet; Southern Methodist University
   Presented by: James Lake, Southern Methodist University
 
Session 2: 1-B
May 30, 2014 14:15 to 15:45
ICTC (IT) 157
 
Session Chair: Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
 

The Good News About Disappearing Jobs: U.S. High School Dropout Rates and Import Exposure
By Andrew Greenland; Elon University
John Lopresti; College of William and Mary
   Presented by: John Lopresti, College of William and Mary
 

Management Quality, Firm Organization and International Trade
By cheng chen; Princeton Univeristy
   Presented by: cheng chen, Princeton Univeristy
 

Trade Policies, Firm Heterogeneity, and Variable Markups
By Svetlana Demidova; McMaster University
   Presented by: Svetlana Demidova, McMaster University
 
Session 3: 2-A
May 30, 2014 16:15 to 17:45
ICTC (IT) 155
 
Session Chair: Raymond Riezman, University of Iowa
 

Scope and Quality in International Networks
By Mengxiao Liu; University of Toronto
   Presented by: Mengxiao Liu, University of Toronto
 

Market Structure, Imperfect Tariff Pass-Through, and Household Welfare in Urban China
By Beyza Ural Marchand; Department of Economics
   Presented by: Beyza Ural Marchand, Department of Economics
 

Capital regulation and trade in banking services
By Andreas Haufler; University of Munich
Ian Wooton; Univ. of Strathclyde
   Presented by: Ian Wooton, Univ. of Strathclyde
 
Session 4: 2-B
May 30, 2014 16:15 to 17:45
ICTC (IT) 157
 
Session Chair: Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
 

The Elusive Effect of Trade on Growth: Export Diversity and Economic Take-Off
By Theo S. Eicher; University of Washington
David Kuenzel; University of Washington
   Presented by: David Kuenzel, University of Washington
 

Estimating Import Supply and Demand Elasticities: Analysis and Implications
By Anson Soderbery; Purdue University
   Presented by: Anson Soderbery, Purdue University
 

Offshoring and Dual Labor Markets in Developing Nations
By Subhayu Bandyopadhyay; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Arnab Basu; Cornell University
Nancy Chau; Cornell University
Devashish Mitra; Syracuse University
   Presented by: Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
 
Session 5: 3-A
May 31, 2014 9:00 to 10:30
ICTC (IT) 155
 
Session Chair: Ben Ferrett, Loughborough University
 

Trade Protection and Input Switching: Firm-level Evidence from Indian Importers
By Hylke Vandenbussche; Université Catholique de Louvain, CORE
Christian Viegelahn; ILO
   Presented by: Christian Viegelahn, ILO
 

Export-Learning and FDI with Heterogeneous Firms
By Amanda Jakobsson; Singapore Management University
   Presented by: Amanda Jakobsson, Singapore Management University
 

Institutions and Heterogeneous Firms: Asymmetric Effects of Trade on Productivity
By Mathilde Lebrand; European University Institute
   Presented by: Mathilde Lebrand, European University Institute
 
Session 6: 3-B
May 31, 2014 9:00 to 10:30
ICTC (IT) 157
 
Session Chair: Yoto Yotov, Drexel University
 

Reconciling the assumption of Pareto distribution of firm productivities with the exporter data
By Zhanar Akhmetova; University of New South Wales
Cristina Mitaritonna; CEPII
   Presented by: Zhanar Akhmetova, University of New South Wales
 

Firm efficiency and Input market integration: Trade versus FDI
By Michele Imbruno; IMT Lucca and GEP, Nottingham University
   Presented by: Michele Imbruno, IMT Lucca and GEP, Nottingham University
 

Are global trade negotiations behind a fragmented world of "gated globalization"?
By James Lake; Southern Methodist University
Santanu Roy; Southern Methodist University
   Presented by: Santanu Roy, Southern Methodist University
 
Session 7: 3-C
May 31, 2014 9:00 to 10:30
ICTC (IT) 167
 
Session Chair: Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth
 

Grin and Bear It: Producer-Financed Exports from an Emerging Market
By Banu Demir; Bilkent University
Beata Javorcik; Department of Economics
   Presented by: Banu Demir, Bilkent University
 

The Impact of Competition on Managerial Incentives and Productivity
By Cristina Tello-Trillo; Yale University
   Presented by: Cristina Tello-Trillo, Yale University
 

Trade Liberalization, Industrial Productivity and Informality
By Taylan Yenilmez; Erasmus University Rotterdam
   Presented by: Taylan Yenilmez, Erasmus University Rotterdam
 
Session 8: 4-A
May 31, 2014 11:00 to 12:30
ICTC (IT) 155
 
Session Chair: Ben Ferrett, Loughborough University
 

FDI and endogenous market shares with multiproduct multinational firms
By Gaetano Alfredo Minerva; University of Bologna
   Presented by: Gaetano Alfredo Minerva, University of Bologna
 

Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights in a
By Hung-Ju Chen; National Taiwan University
   Presented by: Hung-Ju Chen, National Taiwan University
 

Does tax competition make mobile firms more footloose?
[slides]
By Ben Ferrett; Loughborough University
Andreas Hoefele; Loughborough University
Ian Wooton; Univ. of Strathclyde
   Presented by: Ben Ferrett, Loughborough University
 
Session 9: 4-B
May 31, 2014 11:00 to 12:30
ICTC (IT) 157
 
Session Chair: Yoto Yotov, Drexel University
 

Price Discrimination, Income Inequality, and Trade
By Gina Pieters; Trinity University
   Presented by: Gina Pieters, Trinity University
 

Top Income Inequality, Capital Accumulation and the Gains from Trade
By Lixin Tang; University of Maryland
   Presented by: Lixin Tang, University of Maryland
 

Production and Distribution in International Trade: Evidence from Matched Exporter-Importer Data
By Felipe Benguria; University of Virginia
   Presented by: Felipe Benguria, University of Virginia
 
Session 10: 4-C
May 31, 2014 11:00 to 12:30
ICTC (IT) 167
 
Session Chair: Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth
 

Industrial output fluctuations in developing countries: General equilibrium consequences of agricultural productivity shocks
[slides]
By Hyojung Lee; Purdue University
   Presented by: Hyojung Lee, Purdue University
 

Apples and Oranges: Iceberg Trade Costs Revisited
By Ahmad Lashkaripour; Penn State university
   Presented by: Ahmad Lashkaripour, Penn State university
 

Skills, Tasks and the Scarcity of Talent in a Global Economy
By Michael Koch; University of Bayreuth
   Presented by: Michael Koch, University of Bayreuth
 
Session 11: 5
May 31, 2014 14:15 to 15:45
ICTC (IT) 167
 
Session Chair: James Lake, Southern Methodist University
 

Domestic Road Infrastructure and International Trade: Evidence from Turkey
By Banu Demir; Bilkent University
A. Kerem Cosar; University of Chicago
   Presented by: Banu Demir, Bilkent University
 

Price, Quantity, and Exchange Rate in Offshoring
By Ben Li; Boston College
   Presented by: Ben Li, Boston College
 

Economic Integration Agreements, Border Effects, and Distance Elasticities in the Gravity Equation
By Jeffrey Bergstrand; University of Notre Dame
Mario Larch; University of Bayreuth
Yoto Yotov; Drexel University
   Presented by: Yoto Yotov, Drexel University
 
Session 12: 6
May 31, 2014 16:15 to 17:45
ICTC (IT) 167
 
Session Chair: James Lake, Southern Methodist University
 

The Heterogeneous Costs of Port-of-Entry Delays
By Georg Schaur; The University of Tennessee
   Presented by: Georg Schaur, The University of Tennessee
 

Growth and Trade: A Structural Approach
By James Anderson; Boston College
Mario Larch; University of Bayreuth
Yoto Yotov; Drexel University
   Presented by: Mario Larch, University of Bayreuth
 

International price negotiations under the threat of a compulsory license
By Eric Bond; Vanderbilt University
Kamal Saggi; Vanderbilt University
   Presented by: Eric Bond, Vanderbilt University
 
Session 13: 7-A
June 1, 2014 9:00 to 10:30
ICTC (IT) 155
 
Session Chair: Maurizio Zanardi, Lancaster University Management School
 

Heterogeneous firms and informality: the effects of trade liberalization on labor markets
By Dennis Becker; Cornell University
   Presented by: Dennis Becker, Cornell University
 

Protecting the European Automobile Industry through Environmental Regulation: The Adoption of Diesel Engines
By Jeff Thurk; University of Notre Dame
   Presented by: Jeff Thurk, University of Notre Dame
 

Markups, Misallocation and Welfare with Trade and Heterogeneous Firms
By Ariel Weinberger; UC Davis
   Presented by: Ariel Weinberger, UC Davis
 
Session 14: 7-B
June 1, 2014 9:00 to 10:30
ICTC (IT) 157
 
Session Chair: Alexandre (Sasha) Skiba, University of Wyoming
 

Multinational Production and Comparative Advantage
By Vanessa Alviarez; University of Michigan
   Presented by: Vanessa Alviarez, University of Michigan
 

Firm Productivity, Occupational Choice, and Inequality in a Global Economy
By Elias Dinopoulos; University of Florida
Bulent Unel; Louisiana State University
   Presented by: Elias Dinopoulos, University of Florida
 

From Mine to Coast: Transport Infrastructure and the Direction of Trade in Developing Countries
By Roberto Bonfatti; University of Nottingham
   Presented by: Roberto Bonfatti, University of Nottingham
 
Session 15: 8-A
June 1, 2014 11:00 to 12:30
ICTC (IT) 155
 
Session Chair: Maurizio Zanardi, Lancaster University Management School
 

Relative Prices, Hysteresis, and the Decline in American Manufacturing
By Douglas Campbell; UC Davis
   Presented by: Douglas Campbell, UC Davis
 

Antidumping Echoing
By Chrysostomos Tabakis; KDI School of Public Policy and Management
Maurizio Zanardi; Lancaster University Management School
   Presented by: Maurizio Zanardi, Lancaster University Management School
 
Session 16: 8-B
June 1, 2014 11:00 to 12:30
ICTC (IT) 157
 
Session Chair: Alexandre (Sasha) Skiba, University of Wyoming
 

Population Aging and Comparative Advantage
By Andrey Stoyanov; York University
Jie Cai; University of New South Wales
   Presented by: Andrey Stoyanov, York University
 

Transportation Costs Spillovers
By Alexandre (Sasha) Skiba; University of Wyoming
   Presented by: Alexandre (Sasha) Skiba, University of Wyoming
 

16 sessions, 46 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers
 
Index of Participants

Legend: C=chair, P=Presenter, D=Discussant
#ParticipantRoles in Conference
1Akhmetova, ZhanarP6
2Alviarez, VanessaP14
3Bandyopadhyay, SubhayuC2, C4, P4
4Becker, DennisP13
5Benguria, FelipeP9
6Bond, EricP12
7Bonfatti, RobertoP14
8Buzard, KristyP1
9Campbell, DouglasP15
10Chen, Hung-JuP8
11chen, chengP2
12Choi, ByeongHwaP1
13Demidova, SvetlanaP2
14Demir, BanuP7, P11
15Dinopoulos, EliasP14
16Ferrett, BenC5, C8, P8
17Imbruno, MicheleP6
18Jakobsson, AmandaP5
19Koch, MichaelP10
20Kuenzel, DavidP4
21Lake, JamesP1, C11, C12
22Larch, MarioC7, C10, P12
23Lashkaripour, AhmadP10
24Lebrand, MathildeP5
25Lee, HyojungP10
26Li, BenP11
27Liu, MengxiaoP3
28Lopresti, JohnP2
29Minerva, Gaetano AlfredoP8
30Pieters, GinaP9
31Riezman, RaymondC1, C3
32Roy, SantanuP6
33Schaur, GeorgP12
34Skiba, Alexandre (Sasha)C14, C16, P16
35Soderbery, AnsonP4
36Stoyanov, AndreyP16
37Tang, LixinP9
38Tello-Trillo, CristinaP7
39Thurk, JeffP13
40Ural Marchand, BeyzaP3
41Viegelahn, ChristianP5
42Weinberger, ArielP13
43Wooton, IanP3
44Yenilmez, TaylanP7
45Yotov, YotoC6, C9, P11
46Zanardi, MaurizioC13, C15, P15

 

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