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
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.