RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: GTDW WORKSHOP — spring SEMESTER 2024

Geneva Trade and Development Workshop(1)

Spring Semester 2024

Programme

Date

Speaker

Title

Tuesday, 27 February
12:30-13:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva
Petal 1, Room S5

Professor Esther Bøler
(Imperial College London)

“Shock Therapy for a Greener Future: The Dynamics of Firms' R&D Investments”
(co-authored with Katinka Holtsmark and Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe)

Monday 4 March
14:15-15:15
University of Geneva
Uni Mail, Room M 3250,
3rd Floor, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40
Hybrid via Zoom

Professor Thibault Fally
(University of California, Berkeley)

“Consumer Demand with Price Aggregators”
(co-authored with Ethan Ligon)

Tuesday, 12 March
12:30-13:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva
Petal 1, Room S5

Professor Natalie Chen
(University of Warwick, UK)

“Trade Diversion and Labor Market Outcomes”

Monday, 25 March
12:30-13:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva
Room S11

Professor Maggie Chen
(George Washington University)

“Omnia Juncta in Uno: Foreign Powers and Trademark Protection in Shanghai's Concession Era”
(co-authored with Laura Alfaro, Cathy Bao, Junjie Hong and Claudia Steinwender)

Tuesday, 9 April
12:30-13:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva
Petal 1, Room S5

Professor Martina Kirchberger
(Trinity College Dublin)

High-Frequency Human Mobility in Three African Countries
(co-authored with Paul Blanchard and Douglas Gollin)

Tuesday, 16 April
12:30-13:30
Maison de la Paix
2 Chemin Eugène Rigot, Geneva
Petal 1, Room S5

Professor Claudia Steinwender
(Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Germany)

 

Who Stands on the Shoulders of Chinese (Scientific) Giants? Evidence from Chemistry”
(co-authored with Shumin Qiu and Pierre Azoulay)

Monday 22 April
14:15-15:30
University of Geneva
Uni Mail, Room M 3250,
3rd Floor, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40
Hybrid via Zoom

Mathias Thoenig
(University of Lausanne)

Trade policy in the shadow of conflict: A quantitative toolkit for geoeconomics

Monday 13 May
14:15-15:30
University of Geneva
Uni Mail, Room M 3250,
3rd Floor, Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40
Hybrid via Zoom

Gene Grossman
(Princeton University)

“Optimal Resilience in Multi-Tier Supply Chains”
(co-authored with Elhanan Helpman and Alejandro Sabal)

 

Note:
1.
The workshop is a joint initiative organized by the Geneva School of Economics and Management (GSEM), the Graduate Institute (IHEID), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Its objectives are to provide a forum for discussion for academics and researchers working in the area of trade and development, to support high-quality research, and to facilitate outreach to policy makers.