Event Details:
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The International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Stanford King Center on Global Development hosted a two-day conference November 3-4, 2022 on the theme of “Firms, Trade, and Development.”
The conference took place simultaneously at Stanford University and at the London School of Economics. A livestream was also available.
- Stanford location: Gunn SIEPR Building, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford CA 94305. Both days took place at the Koret-Taube Conference Center.
- LSE location: LSE Central Building, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE. Nov 3 took place at the Yangtze Lecture Theatre – CBG 2.01 and Nov 4 at the LSE Lecture Theatre – G.01.
- Livestream: Remote attendees could watch all sessions.
The event was hosted by David Atkin (MIT), Matilde Bombardini (Berkeley), Dave Donaldson (MIT), Cecile Gaubert (Berkeley), Pete Klenow (Stanford), Imran Rasul (UCL), Meredith Startz (Dartmouth), Eric Verhoogen (Columbia), and Chris Woodruff (Oxford).
The keynote session and policymaker panel session are now available to watch on YouTube.
Schedule
Thursday, November 3, 2022
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Technology Adoption and Late Industrialization
Jaedo Choi (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), Younghun Shim (University of Chicago)
Presented at Stanford
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Break
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Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillover, and Industrial Quality Upgrades: Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry
Shengmao Cao (Kellogg School of Management & Northwestern University), Jie Bai (Harvard Kennedy School & NBER), Panle Jia Barwick (Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison & NBER), Shanjun Li (Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, NBER & RFF)
Presented at Stanford
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Break
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Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports
Robin Kaiji Gong (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Yao Amber Li (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Kalina Manova (University College London), Stephen Teng Sun (City University of Hong Kong)
Presented at LSE
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Lunch Service (eaten during keynote)
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Keynote
Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford)
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Break
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Growth and the Fragmentation of Production
Johannes Boehm (Sciences Po & CEPR), Ezra Oberfield (Princeton University & NBER)
Presented at Stanford
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Do Marketing Channel Reforms Increase Competition? Evidence from Indian Produce Markets
Beáta Itin-Shwartz (Hebrew University)
Presented at LSE
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The Who, What, When, and How of Industrial Policy: A Text-Based Approach
Réka Juhász (UBC, NBER & CEPR), Nathan Lane (University of Oxford), Emily Oehlsen (University of Oxford), Verónica C. Pérez (Columbia University)
Presented at LSE
Friday, November 4, 2022
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Policymaker Panel Session
Pedro Couto (Government of Mozambique, former), Floor Overbeeke (Technoserve), Arame Tall (World Bank)
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Break
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Information and Strategy in Lemon Markets: Improving Safety in Informal Transit
Gregory Lane (University of Chicago), Erin Kelley (World Bank), David Schönholzer (IIES)
Presented at Stanford
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Break
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Consumer Search and Firm Location: Evidence from the Garment Sector in Uganda
Anna Vitali (University College London)
Presented at LSE
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Break
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Microequity and Mutuality: Experimental Evidence on Credit with Performance-Contingent Repayment
Marcel Fafchamps (Stanford University), Francesco Cordaro (Economics of Mutuality), Colin Mayer (University of Oxford), Muhammad Meki (University of Oxford), Simon Quinn (University of Oxford), Kate Roll (University College London)
Presented at Stanford
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Worker Mobility in Production Networks
Cian Ruane (IMF), Nicola Pierri (IMF), Francesco Grigoli (IMF), Marvin Cardoza (Directorate General of Internal Taxes of the Dominican Republic)
Presented at Stanford
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Lunch
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