Conferences & Events

Organized by Salome Baslandze, Veronika Penciakova, and Jon Willis of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. If you are interested in attending, please contact Kanda Cummings at kanda.cummings@atl.frb.org.

Agenda

Thursday, October 12
12:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30	Welcome
1:45	Keynote talk Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University
2:45	Session 1 Propagation and Amplification of Local Productivity Spillovers Simone Lenzu, New York University, with Xavier Giroud, Quinn Maingi, and Holger Mueller Discussant: Nelson Lind, Emory University
3:45	Break
4:00	Adoption of Foreign Products and Information Externalities across Domestic Networks Diana Van Patten, Yale University, with David Argente, Esteban Mendez Discussant: Harun Alp, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
5:00	Reception
6:00	Dinner
Friday, October 12
8:15 a.m.	Breakfast
8:45	Keynote talk Chad Syverson, University of Chicago
9:45	Session 2 On the Origins of the Multinational Premium Stefania Garetto, Boston University, with José L. Fillat Discussant: Vanessa Alviarez, Inter-American Development Bank
10:45	Break
11:00	The Gains from Foreign Multinationals in an Economy with Distortions Isabela Manelici, London School of Economics, with Jose P. Vasquez and Roman David Zarate Discussant: Simon Fuchs, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Noon	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Session 3 Structural Change and the Rise in Markups Ricardo Marto, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Discussant: Jon Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
2:00	Nonlinear Pricing and Misallocation Alessandra Peter, New York University, with Gideon Bornstein Discussant: Joel David, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
3:00	Adjournment