Event – CESifo Area Conference

CESifo Area Conference on Global Economy 2022

Keynote Speakers: Monika Mrázová (Univ. of Geneva) and Mathieu Parenti (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
6 – 7 May 2022


CESifo, Munich
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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

  • Friday, 6 May 2022
    • 08:55 – 09:00 Welcome and Introduction
      PETER H. EGGER (ETH Zurich)
       

      Session 1
      Innovation and the Diffusion of Knowledge  
      Chair: Emanuel Ornela

      09:00 - 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 Pauly

      09:50 – 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 Martincus

      10:45 - 11:10

      Frictions to Intranational Investment
      INGA HEILAND (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) and Julian Hinz

      11:10 - 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 Simonovska

      12:00 - 13:00

      Lunch

       

      KEYNOTE I
      Chair: Lisandra Flach

      13:00 - 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 Javorcik

      14:30 - 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 Steinwender

      16:15 - 16:40

      Offshoring and Job Polarisation between Firms
      HARTMUT EGGER (University of Bayreuth), Udo Kreickemeier, Christoph Moser, and Jens Wrona

      16:40 - 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. Ottaviano

      17:05 - 17:30

      Tasks, Occupations, and Slowbalization: On the Limits of Fragmentation
      Steven Brakman and CHARLES VAN MARREWIJK (Utrecht University)

      20:00

      Conference Dinner

  • Saturday, 7 May 2022
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      Session 5
      Globalization  
      Chair: Hartmut Egger

      09:00 – 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 Heiland

      10:45 - 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. Turner

      11:35 - 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. Egger

      13:00 – 13:25

      A Simple Model of Buyer-Seller Networks in International Trade
      Philipp Herkenhoff, SEBASTIAN KRAUTHEIM (University of Passau), and Philip Sauré

      13:25 – 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 Eckel

      14:45 – 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

Contact
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Katja Gramann

Research Network Manager and Conference Organizer
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