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2018 Conference on Firms, Trade and Development

Event Details:

Thursday, December 6, 2018

On December 6, the Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development and the International Growth Centre (IGC) hosted a one-day conference at Stanford on the theme of “Firms, Trade and Development.” The event was organized by Nick Bloom, Dave Donaldson, Pete Klenow, Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Eric Verhoogen, and Chris Woodruff.

Admission: by invitation only

Schedule

Thursday, December 6, 2018

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    Registration and breakfast

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    A New Engel on Measuring Price Indices and Welfare

    David Atkin (MIT), Benjamin Faber (UC Berkeley), Thibault Fally (UC Berkeley), Marco Gonzalez-Navarro (UC Berkeley)

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    Session break / Coffee & Tea

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    Knowledge Exchange and Productivity Spill-overs in Bangladeshi Garment Factories

    Andreas Menzel (CERGE-EI Prague)

    View slides

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    Session break / Coffee & Tea

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    Financial Technology Adoption and Retailer Competition

    Sean Higgins (UC Berkeley)

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    Lunch Keynote - The Effects of Trade Policy: A Global Perspective

    Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth)

    View slides

    Read the paper

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    Financial Constraints and Propagation of Shocks in Production Networks

    Banu Demir (Bilkent University), Beata Javorcik (Oxford), Tomasz Michalski (HEC Paris), Evren Örs (HEC Paris)

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    Session break / Coffee & Tea

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    Eliminating Uncertainty in Market Access: The Impact of New Bridges in Rural Nicaragua

    Wyatt Brooks (Notre Dame), Kevin Donovan (Notre Dame)

    Read the paper

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    Session break / Coffee & Tea

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    I've Been Waiting on the Railroad: The Effects of Congestion on Firm Production

    John Firth (Notre Dame)

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    Session break / Coffee & Tea

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    The Effects of Joining Multinational Supply Chains: New Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Linkages

    Alonso Alfaro-Ureña (Banco Central de Costa Rica), Isabela Manelici (UC Berkeley), Jose Vasquez (UC Berkeley)

    Read the paper

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    Faculty and Presenter Dinner

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