Friday, April 19th
8:15 am – 7:00 pm ET
Harry Harding Auditorium, Room 213
Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St NW
The Institute for International Economic Policy at the George Washington University was pleased to host the 13th Annual Washington Area International Trade Symposium (WAITS). This year’s workshop took place in person at the Elliott School of International Affairs on Friday, April 19th. Please see below for the complete agenda, including participants from many DC-area institutions.
WAITS was launched by IIEP in 2011 and is a forum that highlights trade research at institutions in the Washington, D.C. area. Its primary activity is sponsoring an annual research conference where scholars present their latest academic work. Researchers from George Washington University, American University, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve Board, Georgetown University, George Mason University, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), the U.S. International Trade Commission, the University of Maryland, and the World Bank have all participated in the symposium.
Conference Agenda
08:15-08:40 am: Breakfast
08:40-08:45 am: Opening Remarks
Session I: Domestic Subsidies
(Moderator: Yingyan Zhao, GWU)
8:45-9:25 am: Daniel Ramos (Johns Hopkins SAIS), “The Spatial Consequences of Financial Frictions: Evidence from Brazil”
Discussant: Jose Asturias (U.S. Census)
9:25-10:05 am: Lorenzo Rotunno (IMF), “Trade Spillovers of Domestic Subsidies”
Discussant: Yingyan Zhao (George Washington University)
10:05-10:20 am: Coffee Break
Session II: Firms and Industries
(Moderator: Maggie Chen, GWU)
10:20-11:00 am: Lorenz Ekerdt (U.S. Census), “The Rise of Specialized Firms”
Discussant: Mauricio Moreira (Inter-American Development Bank)
11:00-11:40 am: Ferdinando Monte (Georgetown), “Consumer Mobility and the Local Structure of Consumption Industries”
Discussant: Brian C. Fujiy (U.S. Census)
11:40 am-12:00 pm: Coffee Break
Keynote Presentation
12:00-12:45 pm: Emily Blanchard (Dartmouth, Former Chief Economist of the Department of State)
12:45-1:30 pm: Lunch
Session III: Tariffs and Trade Wars
(Moderator: Ariel Weinberger, GWU)
1:30-2:10 pm: Trang Hoang (Federal Reserve Board), “Trade Wars and Rumors of Trade Wars: The Dynamic Effects of the U.S.-China Trade War”
Discussant: Ariel Weinberger(George Washington University)
2:10-2:50 pm: Anne Beck (World Bank), “Help for the Heartland? The Employment and Electoral Effects of the Trump Tariffs in the United States”
Discussant: Nuno Limao (Georgetown University)
2:50-3:05 pm: Coffee Break
Session IV: Trade and Migration
(Moderator: Judy Dean, Brandeis)
3:05-3:45 pm: Juan Blyde (Inter-American Development Bank), “Exports, Technical Measures, and Regulatory Heterogeneity”
Discussant: Maurice Kugler (George Mason)
3:45-4:25 pm: Michael Clemens (George Mason), “Partial Legalization and Parallel Markets: The Effect of Lawful Crossing on Unlawful Crossing at the US Southwest Border”
Discussant: Austin Davis (American University)
4:25-5:05 pm: Daniel Bernhofen (American University), “A Revealed Resource Savings Formulation of the Gains from Trade”
Discussant: Andrew McCallum (Federal Reserve Board)
5:05-7:00 pm: Reception
