Co-organized by Emory University and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Friday, March 20
- 8:30 · Breakfast
- 9:10–9:15 · Welcome remarks
Session 1: Firms and Trade
9:15–10:30 · Recovering Credible Trade Elasticities from Incredible Trade Reforms
Presenter: George Alessandria, University of Rochester
Discussant: Anson Soderbery, Purdue University
- 10:30–10:45 · Break
10:45–12:00 · Growth Is Getting Harder to Find, Not Ideas
Presenter: Teresa Fort, Dartmouth College
Discussant: Santiago Caicedo, Northeastern University
- 12:00–1:30 · Lunch
Session 2: International Finance
1:30–2:45 · How Good Is International Risk Sharing?
Presenter: Mark Aguiar, Princeton University
Discussant: Rafael Guntin, University of Rochester
- 2:45–3:00 · Break
Session 3: Trade
3:00–4:15 · Market Distortion under Weak State: Evidence from China’s Millennia-Long Salt Administration
Presenter: Xian Jiang, University of California, Davis
Discussant: Martin Rotemberg, New York University
- 4:15–4:30 · Break
4:30–5:45 · Optimal Macro Tariff
Presenter: Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard University
Discussant: Ina Simonovska, University of California, Davis
- 5:45–7:00 · Reception
- 7:00 · Dinner
Saturday, March 21
- 8:30–9:15 · Breakfast
International Finance
9:15–10:30 · Transitory and Permanent Import Tariff Shocks in the United States: An Empirical Investigation
Presenter: Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University
Discussant: Lukas Boer, International Monetary Fund
- 10:30–10:45 · Break
10:45–12:00 · On the Real Transmission of the Global Financial Cycle
Presenter: Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland
Discussant: Moritz Lenel, Princeton University
- 12:00 · Closing remarks
Each paper session allocated 55 minutes to the presentation, 10 minutes to the discussion, and 10 minutes to questions from the audience.