The workshop “Trade, Firms, and Economic Development” took place on September 7 and 8, 2023, at Hotel Hardtwald in Bad Homburg, bringing together scholars to discuss current research on international trade, firms, economic development, labor markets, supply chains, environmental policy, and regional inequality. Sponsored by the Collaborative Research Center Transregio 224 September 7 and 8, 2023 Program Thursday, September 7, 2023 09:00 – 09:10 09:10 – 09:50 09:55 – 10:35 10:35 – 10:55 10:55 – 11:35 11:40 – 12:30 12:30 – 14:00 14:00 – 14:40 14:45 – 15:25 15:25 – 15:45 15:45 – 16:25 16:30 – 17:10 17:15 – 17:45 19:00 Friday, September 8, 2023 09:00 – 09:40 09:45 – 10:25 10:25 – 10:45 10:45 – 11:25 11:30 – 12:30 12:30 – 14:00 14:00 – 14:40 14:45 – 15:25 Adjourn Travel Information Hardtwald Hotel From Frankfurt Airport: From Frankfurt Main Station: Map of Hardtwald Hotel in Bad Homburg
Trade, Firms, and Economic Development
Hotel Hardtwald, Bad Homburg
Opening
The Gains from Foreign Multinationals in an Economy with Distortions
with José P. Vasquez (LSE) and Román David Zárate (World Bank)
Isabela Manelici (LSE)
Multiproduct Firms, Horizontal Mergers, and International Trade
with Jackie M.L. Chan (Aarhus) and Michael Koch (Aarhus)
Michael Irlacher (Linz)
Coffee Break
Quantifying the Germany Shock: Structural Labor-Market Reforms and Spillovers in a Currency Union
with Harald Fadinger (Mannheim) and Philipp Herkenhoff (Mainz)
Jan Schymik (Mannheim)
Keynote #1: Mechanics of Spatial Growth
with Sheng Cai (Yale), Fernando Parro (Penn State), and Wei Xiang (Yale)
Lorenzo Caliendo (Yale)
Lunch Break
Firm Adaptation in Production Networks: Evidence from Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan
with Clare Balboni (LSE) and Mazhar Waseem (Manchester)
Johannes Boehm (Sciences Po)
Workers in Space: Evidence from Urban Bangladesh
with Gabriel Kreindler (Harvard)
Julia Cajal (IHEID)
Coffee Break
Community Networks and Trade
with Johannes Bokken (Warwick), Lucie Gadenne (QMU), and Tushar Nandi (Siena)
Marta Santamaria (Warwick)
On City Growth: The Role of Skill Portability
with Tommaso Sonno (Bologna)
Alessandro Sforza (Bologna)
Bringing Supply Chains Back Home: Effects on Regional Inequalities in the EU
with Alberto Palazzolo (ECARES)
Glenn Magerman (ECARES)
Dinner
Managing Export Complexity: The Role of Service Outsourcing
Frank Pisch (TU Darmstadt)
Strapped for Cash: The Role of Financial Constraints for Innovating Firms
with Andreas Moxnes (Oslo) and Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe (Oslo)
Esther Ann Bøler (Imperial College)
Coffee Break
When Growth Stumbles, Pollute? Trade War and Environmental Enforcement
with Xinming Du (NUS)
Lei Li (Mannheim)
Keynote #2: Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China's Economy
with Bingjing Li (HKU)
Davin Chor (Dartmouth)
Lunch Break
Go Wide or Go Deep: Margins of Export Growth
with Apporva Gupta (Düsseldorf)
Katharina Erhardt (Düsseldorf)
Designing Credible Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms
with Alessia Campolmi (Verona), Chiara Forlati (Southampton), Sabine Stillger (Mannheim), and Ulrich Wagner (Mannheim)
Harald Fadinger (Mannheim)
Philosophenweg 31
61350 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
Germany
Taxi Cab / Uber – around 30 minutes; 40-70 EUR depending on time and service.
Public Transport – roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes. Go to Frankfurt Main Station and take the S5 service to Friedrichsdorf/Bad Homburg. From Bad Homburg Station, you can walk to the hotel, approximately 25 minutes, take Bus 3 or 6, or take a cab.
Taxi Cab / Uber – around 30 minutes; 40-70 EUR depending on time and service.
Public Transport – roughly 45 minutes. Take the S5 service to Friedrichsdorf/Bad Homburg. From Bad Homburg Station, you can walk to the hotel, approximately 25 minutes, take Bus 3 or 6, or take a cab.