Workshop

RTG Workshop on

"Ports, Cities, and Borders in International Trade"

Organizers

Christiane Hellmanzik
(TU Dortmund) 

Sanne Kruse-Becher
(Ruhr-University Bochum)

Jens Wrona 
(University Duisburg-Essen)

 

Dates

September 6th 2022

Presentations 08:45-18:00 

(German Local Time, CEST)

September 7th, 2022

Presentations 08:45-18:00 

(German Local Time, CEST)

Location:

Nikolauskloster Jüchen,

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Speaker

Jan Bakker (Bocconi University)

Marius Brüllhart (University of Lausanne)

Inga Heiland (IfW Kiel)

Laura Hering (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Maren Kaliske (TU Dortmund)

Felix Kersting (Humbold University Berlin)

Seda Koymen (Baskent University)

Ziv Oren (Michigan State University)

Ferdinand Rauch (Oxford University)

Georg Schaur (University of Tenesse)

Program, September 6th

08:00-08:30

Transfer from Hotel Schloss Dyck to the Nikolauskloster

1. Presentation session (chair: Christiane Hellmanzik) 

08:45 – 09:45

Georg Schaur 

(University of Tennessee)

Border Processing and Trade Costs

( w. with Jeronimo Carballo, Alejandro Graziano and Christian Volpe Martincus)

 

09:45 – 10:45

Oren Ziv

(Michigan State University)

Entrepôt: Hubs, Scale and Trade Costs

(w. Sharat Ganapati and Woan Foong Wong)

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00

Inga Heiland

(IfW Kiel)

Trade from Space: Shipping Networks and The Global Implications of Local Shocks

(w. Andreas Moxnes, Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe and Yuan Zi)

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch at Nikolauskloster

2. Presentation session (chair: Sanne Kruse-Becher) 

13:30 – 14:30

Seda Köymen Özer

(Baskent University)

Brexit Blues: Are European Multinationals Giving up on the British Market?

(w. Beata Javorcik and Banu Demir Pakel)

14:30 – 15:30

Maren Kaliske

(TU Dortmund)

Convergence in Political Preferences and the EU Single Market

(w. Christiane Hellmanzik and Jens Wrona)

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00

Felix Kersting

(Humboldt University Berlin)

Trade Shocks, Labor Markets, and Elections in the First Globalization

(w. Richard Bräuer and Wolf-Fabian Hungerland)

17:00 – 18:00

Ferdinand Rauch

(Oxford University)

Trade Persistence and Trader Identity – Evidence from the Demise of the Hanseatic League

(w. Max Marczinek and Stephan Maurer)

18:00 – 19:00

Walk from the Nikolauskloster to Schloss Dyck (2 km)

19:00 – 20:30

Dinner at Schloss Dyck

20:30 – 21:30

Visiting the Illumination Festival at Schloss Dyck

Program, September 7th

08:00-08:30

Transfer from Hotel Schloss Dyck to the Nikolauskloster

3. Presentation session (chair: Jens Wrona) 

08:45 – 09:45

Jan Bakker

(Bocconi University)

Cities, Heterogenous Firms and Trade

(w. Alvaro Garcia Marin, Andrei Potlogea, Nico Voigtländer and Yang Yang)

09:45 – 10:45

Marius Brülhart

(University of Lausanne)

Let There Be Light: Trade and the Development of Border Regions

(w. Olivier Cadot and Alexander Himbert)

10:45 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00

Laura Hering

(Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Looking for the Bright Side of the China Syndrome: Rising Export Opportunities and Life Satisfaction in China

(w. Matthieu Crozet and Sandra Poncet)

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch at Nikolauskloster

13:30 – 15:00

Departure

“Thanks for the Photo, Levke Jessen-Thiese!”

Past Workshops:

Online Workshop

"Policy Making, Institutions and Regional Development:

Theory and Evidence"

Organizers

Nadine Riedel
(WWU Münster)

Galina Zudenkova
(TU Dortmund) 

Dates

July 1st, 2021
13:45 – 19:00
(German Local Time, CEST)
July 2nd, 2021
14:00 – 18:00
(German Local Time, CEST)

Program, July 1st

13:45 – 14:00 

Opening remarks

14:00 – 15:00 

Olle Folke
(Uppsala University)

Politicians’ neighbourhoods: Where do they live and does it matter?

(w. Johanna Rickne, Linna Martén, and Matz Dahlberg)

15:00 – 15:15 

Break

15:15 – 16:15 

Micael Castanheira
(Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Electoral Systems and Inequalities in Government Interventions: on the impact of redistricting in India

(w. Laurent Bouton, Guilhem Cassan, Garance Génicot, and Francesca Gensenius)

16:15 – 16:45 

Break

16:45 – 17:45 

Albert Sole-Olle
(Universitat de Barcelona & IEB)

The power of developers

17:45 – 18:00 

Break

18:00 – 19:00 

Peter Buisseret
(Harvard University)

Pandora’s Ballot Box: Electoral Politics of Referendums

(w. Richard Van Weelden)

Program, July 2nd

14:00 – 15:00 

Pamela Campa
(SITE – Stockholm School of Economics)

Facing the hard truth: Evidence from climate change ignorance

(w. Ferenc Szucs)

15:00 – 15:15

Break

15:15 – 16:15

Andrea Mattozzi
(European University Institute)

Public versus Secret Voting in Committees
(w. Marcos Nakaguma)

16:15 – 16:45

Break

16:45 – 17:45 

Quoc-Anh Do
(Northwestern University, Sciences Po)

Emperors without Scepters: Early Colonial Leaders’ Personality and Civil Conflicts in French Western Africa

17:45 – 18:00

Open Lounge

The workshop will be hosted via ZOOM. There is no registration fee.

Past Workshops:

Online Workshop

"Advances in Research on Housing Markets"

Organizers

Thomas Bauer
(Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Christian Hilber
(London School of Economics)

Tobias Seidel
(Universität Duisburg-Essen)

Dates

June 17th, 2021 
13:45-19:00
(German Local Time, CEST)
June 18th, 2021
14:00-18:00
(German Local Time, CEST)

Program, June 17th

13:45 – 14:00 

Welcome and opening remarks

14:00 – 15:00

Joe Gyourko (Wharton)

Keynote: “Urban Economics and Inequality: The Role of Housing”

15:00 – 15:15

Break

15:15 – 16:15

Kamila Sommer (Fed)

The Effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the Housing Market
(w. Paul Sullivan)

16:15 – 17:00

Break & short PhD presentations

17:00 – 18:00

Lu Han (Toronto & Wisconsin)

To Own or to Rent? The Effects of Transaction Taxes on Housing Markets
(w. Rachael Ngai and Kevin Sheedy)

18:00 – 18:15

Break

18:15 – 19:15

Moritz Schularick (Bonn)

Superstar Returns
(w. Francisco Amaral, Martin Dohmen, Sebastian Kohl)

19:15 – 20:15

Open Lounge

Program, June 18th

14:00 – 15:00

Dan McMillan (Illinois)

Assessment Persistence
(w. Ruchi Singh)

15:00 – 15:15

Break

15:15 – 16:15

Andreas Mense (Nuremberg)

Why Have House Prices Risen So Much More Than Rents in Superstar Cities?
(w. Christian Hilber)

16:15 – 17:00

Break

17:00 – 18:00

Andreas Fuster (SNB)

How Resilient is Mortgage Credit Supply? 
Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic

(w. Aurel Hizmo, Lauren Lambie-Hanson, James Vickery, Paul Willen)

18:00 – 18:15

Break

18:15 – 19:15

Sophie Calder-Wang (Wharton)

The Distributional Impact of the Sharing Economy on the Housing Market

19:15 – 20:15

Open Lounge

The workshop will be hosted via ZOOM. There is no registration fee.