IES Summer Workshop
June 30 - July 2, 2008
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Monday, June 30                               300 Wallace Hall

12:30 p.m.                                           Lunch

2:00 p.m.                                             "Testing the Melitz Model: An Application to US Motion
                                                           Picture Exports"
                                                           by Gordon Hanson

3:00 p.m.                                            Discussion: Nina Pavcnik
3:10 p.m.                                            Discussion: Stephen Redding
3:20 p.m.                                            General Discussion

3:30 p.m.                                            Coffee Break

4:00 p.m.                                            "The Extensive Margin of Exporting Goods: A
                                                           Firm-level Analysis"
                                                           by Costas Arkolakis and Marc Muendler

5:00 p.m.                                            Discussion: Gilles Duranton
5:10 p.m.                                            Discussion: Kalina Manova
5:20 p.m.                                            General Discussion

                                                          Maclean House

6:30 p.m.                                           Cocktails
7:30 p.m.                                           Dinner

Tuesday, July 1                               300 Wallace Hall

8:30 a.m.                                           Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.                                           "Matching and Inequality in the World Economy"
                                                         by Arnaud Costinot and Jonathan Vogel

10:00 a.m.                                         Discussion: Robert Staiger
                                                         Discussion: Daniel Trefler
                                                         General Discussion

10:30 a.m.                                        Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.                                        "Incomplete Contracts and the Boundaries of the
                                                        Multinational Firm"
                                                        by Nathan Nunn and Daniel Trefler

12:00 p.m.                                        Discussion: Stephen Yeaple
                                                        Discussion: Ralph Ossa
                                                        General Discussion

12:30 p.m.                                        Lunch

2:00 p.m.                                          Canoe Trip or Bowling

                                                        Palmer House

6:30 p.m.                                          Cocktails
7:30 p.m.                                          Dinner

Wednesday, July 2                        300 Wallace Hall

8:30 a.m.                                          Breakfast

9:00 a.m.                                          "Foreign Firms, Domestic Entrepreneurial Skills and                                                          Development"
                                                         by Alexander Monge-Naranjo

10:00 a.m.                                        Discussion: George Alessandria
10:10 a.m.                                        Discussion: Thierry Verdier
10:20 a.m.                                        General Discussion

10:30 a.m.                                        Coffee Break

11:00 a.m.                                        "Inequality and Prices: Does China Benefit the Poor in                                                         America?"
                                                        by Christian Broda and John Romalis

12:00 p.m.                                       Discussion: Irene Brambilla
12:10 p.m.                                       Discussion: Robert Feenstra
12:20 p.m.                                       General Discussion

12:30 p.m.                                       Lunch

1:30 p.m.                                         "A Balls-and-Bins Model of Trade"
                                                        by Roc Armenter and Miklos Koren

2:30 p.m.                                         Discussion: Jonathan Eaton
2:40 p.m.                                         Discussion: Elhanan Helpman
2:50 p.m.                                         General Discussion

3:00 p.m.                                         Coffee Break

3:30 p.m.                                        "Task Trade between Similar Countries"
                                                        by Gene Grossman and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

4:30 p.m.                                         Discussion: Giovanni Maggi
4:40 p.m.                                         Discussion: Kei-Mu Yi
4:50 p.m.                                         General Discussion

5:00 p.m.                                         Adjourn

6:30 p.m.                                         Wine Tasting at the home of Marc Melitz
7:30 p.m.                                         Dinner at Marc's home