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6th Mid-Atlantic International Trade Workshop 
Friday April 28th, Saturday April 29th
Robins School of Business, University of Richmond 
Agenda
 
Friday, April 28th
 
11:00 am to 11:15 am Registration
11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Lunch
 
Session 1: Market Failures in Urban Economics
Chair: Carlos Hurtado (University of Richmond)
Presentation 1 (12:45 pm to 1:30 pm): “Monopoly Power and Land Ownership”
  • Authors: Luke Watson* (FDIC) and Oren Ziv (Michigan State University).
  • Discussant: Sharat Ganapati (Georgetown).
Presentation 2 (1:30 pm to 2:15 pm): “New Residential Investment and Gentrification”
  • Authors: Divya Singh (Amazon) and Luis Baldomero-Quintana* (William & Mary)
  • Discussant: Elsie Peng (University of Pennsylvania)
 
2:15 pm to 2:45 pm: Coffee Break
Session 2: Trade and Development 
Chair: James Harrigan (University of Virginia)
Presentation 3 (2:45 pm to 3:30 pm): “Demonetization and Firm Exports”
  • Authors: Ritam Chaurey (SAIS, Johns Hopkins), Ryan Kim* (SAIS, Johns Hopkins), Pravin Krishna (SAIS, Johns Hopkins). 
  • Discussant: Tom Zylkin (University of Richmond).
Presentation 4 (3:30 pm to 4:15 pm): “Efficiency and Redistribution in Environmental Policy: An Equilibrium Analysis of Agricultural Supply Chains”
  • Author: Tomas Dominguez-Iino* (FED Board)
  • Discussant: Nicolas Morales (FED Richmond). 
 
4:15 to 4:45 pm: Coffee Break
 
Session 3: Macroeconomics and International Trade
Chair: Nicolas Morales (FED Richmond). 
Presentation 5 (4:45 pm to 5:30 pm): “Globalization, Inflation Dynamics, and the Slope of the Phillips Curve”
  • Authors: Colin Hottman (FED Board) and Ricardo Reyes-Heroles* (FED Board). 
  • Discussant: Felipe Benguria (University of Kentucky) 
 
5:30 pm to 6:00 pm: Tour of the University of Richmond campus
6:00 pm: Dinner (@ University of Richmond)
7:30 pm: Social event in Richmond Brewery
 
Saturday, April 29th
 
8:00 to 8:30 am: Breakfast
 
Session 4: Housing Markets
Chair: Luis Baldomero-Quintana (William & Mary). 
Presentation 6 (8:30 am to 9:15 am): “The Dynamics of Urban Development: Evidence from Zoning Reform in New York” 
  • Author: Elsie Peng* (University of Pennslyvania)
  • Discussant: Santiago Pinto (FED Richmond) 
Presentation 7 (9:15 am to 10:00 am): “Supply and Demand Responses to Tax Kinks in Rental Housing Consumption: Evidence from Iran”
  • Authors: David Albouy (University of Illinois), Carlos Hurtado* (University of Richmond), Kaveh Nafari (Deloitte)
  • Dicussant: Cory Smith (AREC Maryland)
 
10:00 am to 10:30 am: Coffee Break
 
Keynote Speaker
10:30 am to 11:45 am: Albert Saiz (MIT). 
 
 
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm: Lunch
 
Session 5: History and Economic Geography
Chair: Kerem Cosar (University of Virginia). 
Presentation 8 (1:15 pm to 2:00 pm): “A Penny for your Thoughts.”  
  • Authors: Walker Hanlon (Northwestern), Stephan Heblich (Toronto), Ferdinando Monte* (Georgetown), Martin B. Schmitz (Vanderbilt)
  • Discussant: Kerem Cosar (University of Virginia)
Presentation 9 (2:00 pm to 2:45 pm): “Agglomeration Over the Long-Run: Evidence from County Seat Wars”
  • Authors: Amrita Kulka (Warwick) and Cory Smith* (AREC Maryland)
  • Discussant: Tate Twinam (William & Mary)
 
2:45 pm to 3:15 pm: Coffee Break
Session 6: Causes and Consequences of Firm-to-Firm Trade
Chair: John McLaren (University of Virginia). 
Presentation 10 (3:15 pm to 4:00 pm): “Two-Sided Market Power in Firm-to-Firm Trade”
  • Authors: Vanessa Alviarez* (IADB), Michele Fioretti (Sciences Po), Ken Kikkawa (UBC Sauder), and Monica Morlacco (USC). 
  • Discussant: Colin Hottman (FED Board)
 
Presentation 11 (4:00 pm to 4:45 pm): “U.S. Robots and their Impacts in the Tropics: Evidence from Colombian Labor Markets”
  • Authors: Adriana Kugler (Georgetown and World Bank), Maurice Kugler* (GMU), Laura Ripani (IADB), Rodimiro Rodrigo (GWU)
  • Discussant: John McLaren (University of Virginia). 
 
4:45 pm: Adjourn
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