Spatial Macro International Labor Economics
In the SMILE reading group at the Aix-Marseille School of Economics, we discuss frontier papers in spatial trade theory and its quantitative analysis. This page will be regularly updated with our schedule and notes. Anyone who is interested is welcome to join. Seminars will be held every week Thursday from 14:30 to 16:30.
236, MEGA424, Chemin Du Viaduc, Aix-en-Provence, 13080.
Researchers
Trade/ Geography
Ricardo Guzman (Ph.D. student)
Lorenzo Rotunno (Professor)
Federico Trionfetti (Professor)
Ernesto Ugolini (Ph.D. student)
Priyam Verma (Postdoc)
Spatial/Labor
Despoina Balouktsi (Postdoc)
Laura Contreras (Ph.D. student)
Next Meeting
Paper: TBA
Author: TBA
Date: March 21, 2024
Papers to be covered in the upcoming meetings:
Past Presentations
Fall 2023
The Linear Algebra of Economic Geography Models - Klienman, Liu, and Redding (2023) Discussion Notes
Origin of power laws and their spatial fractal structure for city-size distributions - Tomoya Mori et al. (2022) Slides
Economic Activity across Space and Time - Treb Allen and Allen Arkolakis (JEP, 2023) Slides
The Regional Keynesian Cross - Marco Bellifemine, Adrien Couturier, and Rustam Jamilov (WP, 2023) Slides by Nastasia
Grounded by Gravity: A Well-Behaved Trade Model with Industry-Level Economies of Scale - Kucheryavyy, Lyn, and Rodríguez-Clare (AEJ Macro, 2023) Slides (part 1) (part 2)
The Great Reshuffle: Residential Sorting During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Welfare Implications - Wenli Li Yichen Su Slides
Spring 2023
General Equilibrium Effects in Space: Theory and Measurement - Rodrigo Adão, Costas Arkolakis, Federico Esposito - Slides
Mechanics of Spatial Growth - Sheng Cai, Lorenzo Caliendo, Fernando Parro, Wei Xiang - Slides (Theory) Slides (Quantitative)
The Housing Market of San Diego - Tim Landvoigt, Monika Piazzesi, and Martin Schneider - Slides
Trade and Informality in the presence of labor market frictions and regulations - Dix-Caneiro, Goldberg, Meghir, Olyssea - Slides
Who is getting Globalized? The size and implication of intra-national trade cost - David Atkin and Dave Donaldson - Slides (Theory) Slides (Empirical)
Notes on general equilibrium spatial model - Federico Trionfetti
Role of Trade and Economic Development - David Atkin and Dave Donaldson
Networks, Barriers, and Trade - David Baqaee and Emmanuel Farhi - Slides
Why has urban inequality increased? Baum-Snow, Pavan, and Freedman - Slides
Fall 2022
New Trade Models, New Welfare Implications - Marc Melitz and Stephen Redding (AER, 2015): Slides Derivation
New Trade Models, Same Old Gains? - Costas Arkolakis, Arnaud Costinot, Andrés Rodríguez-Clare (AER, 2012)
Technology, Geography, and Trade - Jonathan Eaton and Samuel Kortun (Econometrica, 2002)
Non-Parametric Counterfactual Predictions in Neoclassical Models of International Trade - Rodrigo Adao, Arnaud Costinot, Dave Donaldson (AER, 2017) Slides
A Spatial Knowledge Economy- Donald Davis and Jonathan Dingel (AER, 2019) Slides
Geography of Unemployment- Adrien Bilal (NBER WP 2021) Slides
Persistence and Path Dependence in a Spatial Economy - Treb Allen and Dave Donaldson Slides
Spring 2022
Trade and Topography of the Spatial Economy - Treb Allen and Costas Arkolakis (QJE, 2014) Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7
Fast Marching Method - Sethian (Proceedings of National Academy of Science, 1996) Week 1
Trade and Geography - Stephen Redding (Handbook of International Economics, 2021) Week 1, Week 2, Week 3
Trade and Labor Market Dynamics: General Equilibrium Analysis of China Trade Shock - Lorenzo Caliendo, Maximiliano Dvorkin, Fernando Parro (Econometrica, 2019) Week 1, Week 2
Skill-biased Technical Change and Regional Convergence - Elisa Giannnone (WP 2021) Week 1, Week 2-3
Bones, Bombs, and Break Points: The Geography of Economic Activity - Donald Davis and David Weinstein (AER) Week 1
Abbreviations for key spatial trade models - by Ricardo Guzman
Practice Codes
Giannnone (WP 2021) - Code