Thursday, November 6
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS (9:00 – 9:15 am)
Session 1: Services Trade (9:15 – 10:30 am)
· How foreign banks facilitate trade: Know thy neighbor as thyself
Stijn Claessens (IMF), Omar Hassib (Maastricht University) and Neeltje van Horen (Bank of Holland)
· Modeling services trade, trade costs and output
James E. Anderson (Boston College), Ingo Borchert (University of Sussex), Aaditya Mattoo (WB) and Yoto V. Yotov (Drexel University)
COFFEE BREAK (10:30 – 11:00 am)
Session 2: Exporting Firms (11:00 – 12.45 pm)
· Export quality in advanced and developing economies: Evidence from a new dataset
Christian Henn (WTO), Chris Papageorgiou (IMF) and Nikola Spatafora (WB)
· The life cycle of exporting firms
Paulo Bastos (WB) and Daniel Dias (University of Illinois)
· Evidence on productivity, comparative advantage, and networks in the export performance of firms
Luca A. Ricci (IMF) and Federico Trionfetti (Aix-Marseille University)
LUNCH (12:45 – 2:00 pm)
Session 3: Trade, Growth and Business Cycles (2:00 – 3:15 pm)
· Global trade slowdown: Cyclical or structural?
Cristina Constantinescu (IMF), Aaditya Mattoo (WB) and Michele Ruta (IMF)
· Trade integration and business cycle synchronization: Trade in value-added is what matters
Romain Duval (IMF), Richa Saraf (University of Albany) and Dulani Seneviratne (IMF)
Session 4: Global Supply Chains (3:15 – 4:30 pm)
· Knowledge spillovers through international supply chains
Roberta Piermartini (WTO) and Stela Rubínová (Graduate Institute, Geneva)
· Global supply chains and trade policy
Emily Blanchard (Dartmouth College), Chad Bown (WB) and Rob Johnson (Dartmouth College)
COFFEE BREAK (4:30 – 5:00 pm)
PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future of Trade (5:00 – 6:00 pm)
Panelists:
· David Lipton (IMF)
· Anabel Gonzalez (WB)
· Robert Koopman (WTO)
DINNER (7:00 – 9:00 pm) – TBD (by invitation only)
Friday, November 7
Session 5: Trade Finance (9:00 – 10:15 am)
· The impact of Basel III on trade finance: The potential unintended consequences of the leverage ratio
Marc Auboin (WTO) and Isabella Blengini (University of Lausanne)
· Understanding trade finance: Theory and evidence from transaction-level data
JaeBin Ahn (IMF)
COFFEE BREAK (10:15 – 10:45 am)
Session 6: Trade and Policy I (10:45 – 12:00 pm)
· Trade policy uncertainty as a barrier to trade
Alberto Osnago (WB), Nadia Rocha (WTO) and Roberta Piermartini (WTO)
· Customs reform and trade growth: Evidence from Albania
Ana M. Fernandes (WB), Russell Hillberry (WB) and Alejandra Mendoza (WB)
Session 7: Trade and Policy II (12:00 – 1:15 pm)
· All in the family: State capture in Tunisia
Caroline Freund (Peterson Institute), Antonio Nucifora (WB) and Bob Rijkers (WB)
· Trade policy substitution: Theory and evidence from specific trade concerns
Cosimo Beverelli (WTO), Mauro Boffa (University of Geneva) and Alexander Keck (WTO)