Following upon the first six editions of WIEN, the University of Vienna will again host a two-day meeting that will draw together researchers interested in international economics, global value chains and economic geography.
The workshop is generously supported by the Heinrich Graf Hardegg’sche Stiftung, FIW, University of Vienna, wiiw, and the UKRI’s Economic and Social Research Council.
Date
July 5th, 6th, 2024
Venue
Sky lounge (12th floor), Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics,
University of Vienna, Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1, 1090 Vienna
Organisers:
Pol Antràs (Harvard), Alejandro Cuñat (University of Vienna), and Kalina Manova (UCL)
July 5th
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome
09:10 – 10:00 Keynote #1
Paola Conconi (Oxford) “The Boundaries of Multinational Corporations” (with L. Alfaro, F. Kamal, Z. Kroff and N. Ramondo)
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee break
10:20 – 11:00 PhD Student Session #1
Ninon Moreau-Kastler (Paris Saclay) “No Blood in My Mobile: Regulating Foreign Suppliers”
Andrii Tarasenko (Mannheim) “Effects of Input Trade Liberalization with Strategic Sourcing”
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 – 12:00 PhD Student Session #2
Lorenzo Pesaresi (Zurich) “Specialization, Complexity & Resilience in Supply Chains” (with A. Ferrari)
Oscar Perelló (UCL) “Trade Intermediation and Resilience in Global Sourcing”
12:00 – 12:20 Coffee break
12:20 – 13:00
Martina Magli (Munich) “Should We Stay or Should We Go? Firms’ Adjustment to Trade Shocks”
(with H. Breinlich)
13:00 – 14:20 Lunch
14:20 – 15:00
Nicolás Morales (Richmond Fed) “Weathering the Storm: Supply Chains and Climate Risk” (with J. Castro-Vincenzi, G. Khan and N. Pandalai-Nayar)
15:00 – 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 – 16:00
Paolo Zacchia (CERGE-EI) “Matching to Suppliers in the Production Network: an Empirical Framework” (with A. Alonso-Ureña)
Adjourn
July 6th
09:10 – 10:00 Keynote #2
Stephen R. Yeaple (Penn State) “Bilateral Economies of Scope” (with Y.A. Li, S. Xu and T. Zhao)
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee break
10:20 – 11:00 PhD Student Session #3
Asker N. Christensen (Copenhagen) “Globalisation and the Gender Gap in Mental Well-being” (with B.T. Anderson, B.S. Javorcik and J.R. Munch)
Matteo Neiri-Lainé (Paris Dauphine): “Sovereign Gravity: The Military Alliance Effect on Trade”
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 – 12:00 PhD Student Session #4
Giulia Lo Forte (Vancouver) “Trademarks and Gains from Variety: The Role of Multinational Enterprises”
Alina Mulyukova (Kiel) “Services Liberalization and Product Variety of Manufacturing Firms”
12:00 – 12:20 Coffee break
12:20 – 13:00
Feodora Teti (Munich) “Missing Tariffs”
13:00 – 14:20 Lunch
14:20 – 15:00
Alejandro Graziano (Nottingham) “International Trade, Market Concentration and Welfare”
15:00 – 15:20 Coffee break
15:20 – 16:00
Augusto Ospital (Toulouse) “Trade Barriers and Market Power: Evidence from Argentina’s Discretionary Import Restrictions” (with D. Atkin, J. Blaum and P. Fajgelbaum)
Closure
