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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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Faculty and Presenter Dinner
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