When

April 29, 2018 | 11:45 am

April 30, 2018 | 4:00 pm

Where

Nittany Lion Inn

2018 New Faces Conference

Sunday, April 29

Time

Event

Speaker

Discussant

11:45-12:30

Boxed Lunch – Assembly Room Lobby

 

 

12:30-1:40

“Disentangling Global Value Chains”

Alonso De Gortari, Harvard University

Farid Farrokhi, Purdue University

1:40-1:50

Break – Assembly Room Lobby

 

 

1:50-3:00

“Imperfect Competition and the Transmission of Shocks: The Network Matters”

Ken Kikkawa, University of Chicago

Kevin Lim, University of Toronto

3:00-3:20

Break – Assembly Room Lobby

 

 

3:20-4:30

“Division of Labor and Extent of Market: Theory and Evidence from Brazil”

Lin Tian, Columbia University

Ferdinando Monte, Georgetown University

4:30-5:50

“Policy Effects of International Taxation on Firm Dynamics and Capital Structure”

Adam Spencer, University of Wisconsin

Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas

6:20-9:00

Reception at home of Jonathan Eaton

 

 

Monday, April 30

Time

Event

Speaker

Discussant

9:30-10:40

“Market Power and Spatial Competition in India”

Shoumitro Chatterjee, Princeton University

Meredith Startz, Princeton University

10:40-10:50

Break – Assembly Room Lobby

 

 

10:50-12:00

“The Distributional Effects of Trade: Theory and Evidence from the United States”

Kirill Borusyak, Harvard University

Cecilia Fieler, Princeton University

12:00-1:00

Lunch – Faculty Staff Club

 

 

1:00-2:10

“Economic Growth and the Evolution of
Comparative Advantage in an Occupation-
Based Network of Industries”

William Johnson, Boston University

Danial Lashkari, Yale University

2:10-2:30

Break – Assembly Room Lobby

 

 

2:30-3:40

“Market Power in Input Markets: Theory and Evidence from French Manufacturing”

Monica Morlacco, Yale University

Colin Hottman, Federal Reserve Board

 3:40

Adjourn

 

 

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