INSEAD-SMU International Economics Workshop 2024

• Professor Pol Antràs
  Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics, Harvard University
   
• Professor Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
  Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Amphi 105
INSEAD Asia Campus
1 Ayer Rajah Avenue
Singapore 138676

August 29. Morning session 1 (Chair: Mei Yuan)
9:15 - Registration 
9:30 – 9:45 - Opening Remark by Sameer Hasija (Dean of Executive Education, Dean of the Asia Campus)
9:45 – 11:00 - Talk by Esteban Rossi-Hansberg ("Banks in Space")
11:00 – 11:15 - Break
11:15 – 12:15 - Presentation by Dylan Glover (“Does Land Inequality magnify climate effects on primary production? Evidence from France”)
12:15 – 14:00 - Lunch

Afternoon session 1 (Chair: Dimitrije Ruzic)
14:00 – 15:00 - Presentation by Mei Yuan (“Tariffs as Bargaining Chips: A Quantitative Analysis of US-China Trade War”, joint with Naiyuan Hu and Tong Ni)
15:00 – 15:15 - Break
15:15 – 16:15 - Presentation by Lin Tian (“Human Capital and Labor Market Shocks in the Modern Economy”)
16:15 – 16:30 - Break
16:30 – 17:30 - Presentation by Pao-Li Chang (“The Balance of Concessions in Trade Agreements”, joint with Mostafa Beshkar and Shenxi Song)
18:00 – 19:00 - Cocktails at INSEAD Residence bar
19:30 - Dinner at Jumbo Dempsey (by invitation only)

August 30. Morning session 2 (Chair: Pao-Li Chang) 
9:30 – 10:45 - Talk by Pol Antras ("An 'Austrian' Model of Global Value Chains")
10:45 – 11:00 - Break
11:00 – 12:00 - Presentation by Dimitrije Ruzic (“Superstars or Supervillains? Large Firms in the South Korean Growth Miracle”)
12:00 – 13:30 - Lunch

Afternoon session 2 (Chair: Lin Tian) 
13:30 – 14:30 - Presentation by Yang Jiao (“Central Bank Swap Lines, Bank Risk Management and Currency Choice in Trade”, joint with Ohyun Kwon, Saiah Lee and Shang-Jin Wei)
14:30 – 14:45 - Break
14:45 – 15:45 - Presentation by Pushan Dutt (“Trade Creation and Trade Diversion Revisited”) 
15:45 – 16:00 - Break
16:00 – 17:00 - Presentation by Chenying Yang (“Industrial Policies for Multi-stage Production: The Battle for Battery-powered Vehicles”, joint with Keith Head, Thierry Mayer and Marc Melitz)
17:00 – 17:15 - Closing 
18:00 – 19:00 - Cocktails at INSEAD Residence bar
19:00 - Dinner at National Kitchen by Violet Oon (by invitation only)
 

For more information and to register, please contact: [email protected]