Third IMF/WB/WTO Joint Trade Workshop

International Monetary Fund, HQ2 Conference Hall 1

November 6-7, 2014

The IMF, jointly with the World Bank and the World Trade Organization, organizes the third IMF/WB/WTO trade workshop. The event brings together trade experts from the three institutions to present cutting-edge research work and exchange views on current trade issues.

The workshop will be held at the IMF headquarters on November 6-7, 2014.

To register for the workshop, please e-mail (name and affiliation) to Pille Snydstrup at psnydstrup@imf.org. Registered attendees will be required to present photo identification on entering the IMF at 1900 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C.

Thursday, November 6, 2014
9:00-9:15 am

INTRODUCTORY VIDEO REMARKS


IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde
WTO Director General, Roberto Azevêdo
9:15-10:30 am

Session 1: Services Trade


Chair: Tamim Bayoumi

  • How foreign banks facilitate trade in tranquil and in crisis times: Finance or information?
    Stijn Claessens (IMF), Omar Hassib (Maastricht University) and Neeltje van Horen (De Nederlandsche Bank)
    Paper Paper
  • 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)
10:30-11:00 pm

COFFEE BREAK
11:00-12:45 pm

Session 2: Exporting Firms


Chair: Nigel Chalk

  • Export quality in advanced and developing economies: Evidence from a new dataset
    Christian Henn (WTO), Chris Papageorgiou (IMF) and Nikola Spatafora (WB)
    Paper Paper
  • 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)
    Paper Paper
12:45-2:00 pm

LUNCH
2:00-3:15 pm

Session 3: Trade, Growth and Business Cycles


Chair: Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti

  • Global trade slowdown: Cyclical or structural?
    Cristina Constantinescu (IMF), Aaditya Mattoo (WB) and Michele Ruta (IMF)
    Paper Paper
  • 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)
    Paper Paper
3:15-4:30 pm

Session 4: Global Supply Chains


Chair: Aaditya Mattoo

  • Knowledge spillovers through international supply chains
    Roberta Piermartini (WTO) and Stela Rubínová (Graduate Institute, Geneva)
    Paper Paper
  • Global supply chains and trade policy
    Emily Blanchard (Dartmouth College), Chad Bown (WB) and Rob Johnson (Dartmouth College)
4:30-5:00 pm

COFFEE BREAK
5:00-6:00 pm

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Future of Trade


Chair: Siddharth Tiwari

Panelists:

  • David Lipton (IMF)
  • Anabel Gonzalez (WB)
  • Robert Koopman (WTO)
7:00-9:00 pm

DINNER

TBD (by invitation only)

Friday, November 7, 2014
9:00-10:15 am

Session 5: Trade Finance


Chair: Michaela Erbenova

  • 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)
    Paper Paper
  • Understanding trade finance: Theory and evidence from transaction-level data
    JaeBin Ahn (IMF)
    Paper Paper
10:15-10:45am

COFFEE BREAK
10:45-12:00 pm

Session 6: Trade and Policy I


Chair: Hiau Looi Kee

  • 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)
12:00-1:15 pm

Session 7: Trade and Policy II


Chair: Martin Kaufman

  • All in the family: State capture in Tunisia
    Caroline Freund (Peterson Institute), Antonio Nucifora (WB) and Bob Rijkers (WB)
    Paper Paper
  • Trade policy substitution: Theory and evidence from specific trade concerns
    Cosimo Beverelli (WTO), Mauro Boffa (University of Geneva) and Alexander Keck (WTO)
    Paper Paper

Workshop organizers: Michele Ruta (IMF), Chad Bown (WB), Marc Auboin (WTO)