Spring 2015 Seminars

SPRING, 2015 SCHEDULE

International Trade Seminar

Fall 2014

DATE / SPEAKER / PRESENTATION

February 12
Matthew Turner, Brown University
“Subways and Urban Growth: Evidence from Earth”

February 19
Jonathan Dingel, The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
“Spatial and Social Frictions in the City: Evidence from Yelp”

February 26
Michael Waugh, New York University, Stern School of Business
“Information Globalization, Risk Sharing, and International Trade”

March 5
Walker Hanlon, University of California, Los Angeles
“Temporary Shocks and Persistent Effects in Urban Economies: Evidence from British Cities after the U.S. Civil War”

March 12

Ferdinando Monte, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (IES Kenen Fellow 2014-2015)
“Commuting, Migration and Local Employment Elasticities”

March 19
No Seminar, Spring Break

March 26
Treb Allen, Northwestern University
“Volatility, Insurance, and the Gains from Trade”

April 2
***The Frank D. Graham Memorial Lecture***
Mervyn King, House of Lords
“Money and Nations”

April 9
No Seminar

April 16
Luigi Pascali, University of Warwick
“TheWind of Change: Maritime Technology, Trade and Economic Development”

April 23
Thierry Mayer, Sciences PO
“From Micro to Macro: Demand, Supply, and Heterogeneity in the Trade Elasticity”

April 30
Keith Head, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
“Brands in Motion: Estimating Multinational Frictions in the Car Industry”

May 7
Kamran Bilir, University of Wisconsin-Madison (IES Kenen Fellow 2014-2015)
“The Impact of Innovation in the Multinational Firm”

***The Frank D. Graham Memorial Lecture will take place at Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall
from 4:30-6:00 p.m.***

ALL SEMINARS WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAYS FROM 4:15 TO 5:45 P.M. AT THE JULIS ROMO RABINOWITZ BUILDING, ROOM 217 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  

For further information, contact Sharon Ernst at sernst@princeton.edu or 258-5715.