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King Center on Global Development Global Development

Workshop on Trade and the Chinese Economy

Event Details:

Thursday, April 12, 2018 - Friday, April 13, 2018
Koret-Taube Conference Center

The Workshop on Trade and the Chinese Economy aimed to connect and establish a network of prominent scholars who study the causes and implications of China’s emergence as a major trade partner with many nations and its engagement with globalization.

Organizing committee: Stanford economist Kyle Bagwell, Matilde Bombardini from the University of British Columbia and current Visiting Associate Professor at Stanford, Hongbin Li, the James Liang Director of the China Program at the Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development, and Heiwai Tang from Johns Hopkins University and current visiting Stanford scholar.

Schedule

Thursday, April 12, 2018

  • Shuttle pickup at Creekside Inn

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    Breakfast

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    Re-examining the Impact of US-China Trade on the US Labor Market: A Supply Chain Perspective

    Shangjin Wei, Presenter
    Isaac Sorkin, Discussant

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    Break

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    Escaping Import Competition and Backwards Tariffs

    Ann Harrison, Presenter
    Matilde Bombardini, Discussant

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    Break

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    Trade and Innovation: The Role of Scale and Competition Effects

    Daniel Trefler, Presenter
    Nick Bloom, Discussant

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    Lunch

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    The Political Economy Consequences of China's Export Slowdown

    Bingjing Li, Presenter 

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    Break

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    The Value of Reputation in Trade: Evidence from Alibaba

    Maggie Chen, Presenter
    Hiro Kasahara, Discussant

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    Break

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    Talent, Geography, and Offshore R&D

    Jingting Fan, Presenter
    Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, Discussant

  • Shuttle pickup at SIEPR to dinner restaurant

  • Dinner

Friday, April 13, 2018

  • Shuttle pickup at Creekside Inn

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    Breakfast

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    U.S. Exports and Employment

    Robert Feenstra, Presenter
    Peter Morrow, Discussant

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    Break

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    Productivity, Exporting, and Financial Constraints of Chinese SMEs

    Johannes Van Biesebroeck, Presenter
    Heiwai Tang, Discussant

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    Break

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    Lessons from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Debacle: Rethinking the Geostrategic Impact of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements

    Mark Wu, Presenter
    Alan Sykes, Discussant

  • Lunch

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