Third Edition

3rd Women in International Economics  Conference

September 9-10, 2022

Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Minnesota




Day 1: Friday September 9


International Trade


08:30-09:00 Breakfast


09:00-10:00 “Two-sided Market Power in Firm-to-Firm Trade


Presenter: Monica Morlacco, University of Southern California

Discussant: Ina Simonovska, UC-Davis


10:15-11:15 “Risk Sharing and Amplification in the Global Financial Network


Presenter: Leslie Shen, Federal Reserve Board

Discussant: Wenxin Du, University of Chicago-Booth


11:30-12:30 Keynote Address


"Women in International Economics: The past, the present and how we can

change the future"

Speaker: Linda Tesar, University of Michigan


12:30-13:30 Lunch


13:30-14:30 Increasing Inventories: The Role of Delivery Times


Presenter: Maria Jose Carreras Valle, Purdue University

Discussant: Stefania Garetto, Boston University


14:45-15:45 Trade, Internal Migration and Human Capital: Who Gains from India’s IT Boom?


Presenter: Devaki Ghose, World Bank

Discussant: Ana Maria Santacreu, Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis


16:00-17:30 Mentoring event


Reception: Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 S 4th St, Minneapolis



Day 2: Saturday September 10


International Macro and Finance



08:30-09:00 Breakfast

09:00-10:00 “Financial Frictions and Firm Exit”


Presenter: Laura Castillo Martinez, Duke University

Discussant: Yan Bai, University of Rochester


10:15:11:15 “Inequality, Taxation and Sovereign Default Risk


Presenter: Minjie Deng, Simon Fraser University

Discussant: Cristina Arellano, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis


11:30:12:30 “Tax Competition and Geography of Trade-in-Services


Presenter: Mathilde Muñoz, UC Berkeley

Discussant: Kjetil Storesletten, University of Minnesota


12:30 Lunch and Adjourn


The Organizing Committee:

Doireann Fitzgerald (FRB Minneapolis)

Eunhee Lee (Federal Reserve Board and University of Maryland)

Nitya Pandalai-Nayar (University of Texas at Austin)

Meredith Startz (Dartmouth College)

WoanFoong Wong (University of Oregon)


This conference is supported by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and the University of Minnesota Department of Economics.