First Edition
1st Women in International Economics Conference
Friday, Sep 18, 2020
The first WIE Conference will be held online on September 18 2020 and is supported by the University of Maryland, College Park.
Local Organizers: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Eunhee Lee
Co-organizers: Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, Meredith Startz, Woan Foong Wong
11 am - Opening remark
11:10-11:40 am - Keynote speech by Gita Gopinath (IMF and Harvard)
Title: Integrated Monetary and Financial Policies for Small Open Economies
11:40-11:50 am - Break
11:50 am-1 pm - Session 1 - International Macro – Chair: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (U Maryland)
Nitya Pandalai-Nayar (UT Austin)
The Long and Short (Run) of Trade Elasticities
Discussant: Doireann Fitzgerald (FRB Minneapolis)
Liliana Varela (LSE)
Exchange Rate and Interest Rate Disconnect: The Role of Capital Flows and Political Risk Premia
Discussant: Hélène Rey (London Business School)
1-1:30 pm - Meal break
1:30 - 2:40 pm Session 2 - International Trade – Chair: Kala Krishna (Penn State)
Meredith Startz (Dartmouth)
Cutting Out the Middleman: The Structure of Chains of Intermediation
Discussant: Ina Simonovska (UC Davis)
Woan Foong Wong (U Oregon)
Entrepôt: Hubs, Scale, and Trade Costs
Discussant: Panle Jia Barwick (Cornell)
2:40-2:50 pm - Break
2:50 - 4 pm - Session 3 - International Finance – Chair: Yan Bai (U Rochester)
Wenxin Du (Chicago Booth)
Discussant: Linda Goldberg (FRB New York)
Chenzi Xu (Stanford GSB)
Reshaping Global Trade: The Immediate and Long Run Effects of Bank Failures
Discussant: Linda Tesar (U Michigan)
4-4:10 pm - Break
4:10 - 5:20 pm - Session 4 - International Trade – Chair: Nina Pavcnik (Dartmouth)
Pamela Medina (U Toronto)
Capital Reallocation Frictions and Trade Shocks
Discussant: Stefania Garetto (Boston University)
Eunhee Lee (U Maryland)
Trade, Jobs, and Worker Welfare
Discussant: Mine Senses (Johns Hopkins)
5:20 – 6:20 pm - Mentoring happy hour (by invitation only)