CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy 2022
CESifo, Munich
Scientific Organizer: Professor Peter Egger
The conference was held on-site. The keynote lectures were delivered by Monika Mrázová (University of Geneva) and Mathieu Parenti (Université Libre de Bruxelles).
CESifo gratefully acknowledges support from the Review of International Economics in sponsoring the Distinguished CESifo Affiliate award, which was awarded to Maria Ptashkina for her paper on Partial Equilibrium Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements.
Program
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08:55 – 09:00 Welcome and Introduction
PETER H. EGGER (ETH Zurich)Session 1
Innovation and the Diffusion of Knowledge
Chair: Emanuel Ornela09:00 - 09:25
Juncta in Uno: Foreign Powers and Trademark Protection in Shanghai's Concession Era
Laura Alfaro, Cathy Ge Bao, Maggie X. Chen, and CLAUDIA STEINWENDER (LMU Munich)09:25 - 09:50
Call Me Maybe: Barriers to Creation and Diffusion of Knowledge in the Multinational Firm
Cagatay Bircan, BEATA JAVORCIK (University of Oxford), and Stefan Pauly09:50 – 10:15 Strapped for Cash: The Role of Financial Constraints for Innovating Firms
ESTHER BøLER (Imperial College London)10:15 - 10:45
Break
Session 2
Investment and Credit
Chair: Christian Volpe Martincus10:45 - 11:10
Frictions to Intranational Investment
INGA HEILAND (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) and Julian Hinz11:10 - 11:35
The Political Economy of Immigration, Investment, and Naturalization
Atisha Ghosh and BEN ZISSIMOS (University of Exeter Business School)11:35 - 12:00
Economic Stabilizers in Emerging Markets: The Case for Trade Credit
BRYAN HARDY (Bank for International Settlements), Felipe Saffie, and Ina Simonovska12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
KEYNOTE I
Chair: Lisandra Flach13:00 - 14:00
Not My Standard? Regulatory Harmony versus Diversity
Giovanni Maggi and MONIKA MRÁZOVÁ (University of Geneva)14:00 - 14:30
Break
Session 3
Distinguished RIE – CESifo Affiliate Award Candidates
Prize sponsored by The Review of International Economics (RIE)
Chair: Beata Javorcik14:30 - 14:55
A Renminbi Block for East Asia? A Re-evaluation of Business Cycle Co-movements
LOUISA GRIMM (Osnabrück University)14:55 - 15:20
Partial Equilibrium Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements
MARIA PTASHKINA (Pompeu Fabra University)15:20 - 15:45
Learning from the Origins: Immigrants’ Networks, Political Preferences, and the European Refugee Crisis
ALEXANDER YARKIN (Brown University)15:45 - 16:15
Break
Session 4
Labor
Chair: Claudia Steinwender16:15 - 16:40
Offshoring and Job Polarisation between Firms
HARTMUT EGGER (University of Bayreuth), Udo Kreickemeier, Christoph Moser, and Jens Wrona16:40 - 17:05
Dream Jobs in a Globalized Economy: Wage Dynamics and International Experience
GIORDANO MION (ESSEC Business School), Luca David Opromolla, and Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano17:05 - 17:30
Tasks, Occupations, and Slowbalization: On the Limits of Fragmentation
Steven Brakman and CHARLES VAN MARREWIJK (Utrecht University)20:00
Conference Dinner
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Session 5
Globalization
Chair: Hartmut Egger09:00 – 09:25
Import Liberalization as Export Destruction? Evidence from the United States
Holger Breinlich, Elsa Leromain, Dennis Novy, and THOMAS SAMPSON (The London School of Economics and Political Science)09:25 – 09:50
Pound for Pound Export Diversification
James E. Anderson and YOTO V. YOTOV (Drexel University)09:50 – 10:15 Domestic Linkages and the Indirect Effects of Exporting: Evidence from Trade Promotion Policy
Jerónimo Carballo, Ignacio Marra de Artiñano, and CHRISTIAN VOLPE MARTINCUS (Inter-American Development Bank)10:15 - 10:45
Break
Session 6
Free Trade Agreements
Chair: Inga Heiland10:45 - 11:10
The Trade Effects of the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement: Heterogeneity across Time, Country Pairs, and Directions of Trade within Country Pairs
BENJAMIN JUNG (University of Hohenheim)11:10 - 11:35
The Costs and Benefits of Rules of Origin in Modern Free Trade Agreements
EMANUEL ORNELAS (Sao Paulo School of Economics - FGV) and John L. Turner11:35 - 12:00
Divergent Integration: How Free is Trade in Free Trade Agreements?
Jan I. Haaland and IAN WOOTON (University of Strathclyde)12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
Session 7
Theory
Chair: Peter H. Egger13:00 – 13:25
A Simple Model of Buyer-Seller Networks in International Trade
Philipp Herkenhoff, SEBASTIAN KRAUTHEIM (University of Passau), and Philip Sauré13:25 – 13:50
The Farsighted Stability of Global Trade Policy Arrangements
Stefan Berens, Lasha Chochua, and GERALD WILLMANN (Bielefeld University)13:50 – 14:15
Extraterritorial Trade Sanctions: Theory and Application to the US-Iran-EU Conflict
ECKHARD JANEBA (University of Mannheim)14:15 – 14:45
Break
KEYNOTE II
Chair: Carsten Eckel14:45 – 15:45
Profit Shifting Frictions and the Geography of Multinational Activity
Alessandro Ferrari, Sébastien Laffitte, Farid Toubal, and MATHIEU PARENTI (Université Libre de Bruxelles)15:45 – 16:00
Announcement of Prize Winner and farewell, end of conference