Organizers:

Justin R. Pierce, U.S. Census Bureau

Session Chairs:

Justin R. Pierce, U.S. Census Bureau

Papers:

"Quality Choice: Effects of Trade, Transportation Cost, and Relative Country Size"
Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Indiana University (Contact Author)

"Multi-Product Firms and Exchange Rate Fluctuations"
Rafael Dix-Carneiro, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"Productivity, Quality and the Distribution of U.S. Trade Prices"
Benjamin Mandel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Contact Author)

"How Geography Affects Quality"
Alexandre Skiba, University of Wyoming (Contact Author)
Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Indiana University

Discussants:

Teresa Fort, University of Maryland
Christopher J. Kurz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
Wenjie Chen, The George Washington University
Mine Senses, Johns Hopkins University

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Organizers:

Justin R. Pierce, U.S. Census Bureau

Session Chairs:

Justin R. Pierce, U.S. Census Bureau

Papers:

"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: How Firms Fragment Production Across Locations"
Teresa Fort, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"Trade Exposure and Firm Level Volatility"
Christopher J. Kurz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors. (Contact Author)
Mine Senses, Johns Hopkins University

"The Exchange Rate as a Determinant of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions"
Wenjie Chen, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ana Margarida Fernandes, The World Bank
Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology
Benjamin H. Liebman, Saint Joseph's University

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