Young
Economist
Session I
15:45 - 17:15

Session chair: Céline Carrère (University of Geneva)

Empirical Productivity Distributions and International Trade.
Katharina Erhardt (ETH Zurich) with Peter Egger and Sergey Nigai

Trade and Frictional Unemployment in the Global Economy
Anja Grujovic (University of Geneva) with Céline Carrère and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud

17:15 - 17:30

Coffee break

Young
Economist
Session II
17:30 - 19:00

Using Text-as-data Analysis to Assess the Design and Impact of Trade Agreements 
Julia Seiermann (UNCTAD & Graduate Institute) with Wolfgang Alschner and Dimitry Skougaresvskiy

Skill Premia and Online Exports
Emmanuel Milet (University of Geneva) with Marcio Cruz and Marcelo Olarreaga

08:00 - 10:00

Session chair: Mostafa Beshkar (Indiana University)

"Nash-in-Nash" Tariff Bargaining with and without MFN
Kyle Bagwell (Stanford University) with Robert W. Staiger and Ali Yurukoglu

Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements and Lobbying
Kristy Buzard (Syracuse University)

10:30 - 12:30

Session chair: Marcelo Olarreaga (University of Geneva)

Choked by Red Tape? The Political Economy of Wasteful Trade Barriers
Monika Mrázová (University of Geneva) with Giovanni Maggi and Peter Neary

Preferential Trade Agreements and Global Sourcing
Emanuel Ornelas (São Paulo School of Economics, FGV) with Grant Bickwit and John L. Turner

17:00 - 18:00

Session chair: Ralph Ossa (University of Zurich)

Global Competition and the Rise of China
Caroline Freund (Peterson Institute for International Economics)

18:00 - 19:00

Session chair: Chad Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) 

Panel discussion: Future research on the Economics of International Trade Agreements
Richard Baldwin (Graduate Institute), Marion Jansen (International Trade
 Centre) and Robert Koopman (World Trade Organization)

08:00 - 10:00

Session chair: Theresa Carpenter (Graduate Institute)

Trade Collapses: The Role of Economic and Policy Uncertainty in the Great Recession
Nuno Limão (University of Maryland) with Jeronimo Carballo and Kyle Handley

Unequal Gains, Prolonged Pain:  Protectionist Overshooting in the Brexit\Trump Era
Emily Blanchard (Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth) with Gerald Willmann

10:30 - 12:30

Session chair: Frédéric Robert-Nicoud (HEC Lausanne)

Trade creation and trade diversion in deep agreements
Michele Ruta (World Bank) with Alen Mulabdic and Aaditya Mattoo

17:00 - 19:00

Session chair: Maria Masood (University of Geneva)

Tariff Scares: Trade policy uncertainty and foreign market entry by Chinese firms
Meredith Crowley (University of Cambridge) with Huasheng Song and Ning Meng

Multilateral Trade Bargaining: A First Look at the GATT Bargaining Records
Robert W. Staiger (Dartmouth College) with Kyle Bagwell and Ali Yurukoglu