Organizers:

Kathryn Graddy, Brandeis University
Douglas Hodgson, University of Quebec at Montreal

Session Chairs:

Rachel Pownall, Maastricht University

Papers:

"Investment in Visual Arts: Evidence from International Transactions"
Benjamin Mandel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Contact Author)

"Myopic Bidders in Internet Auctions"
Rachel Pownall, Maastricht University (Contact Author)
Leonard Wolk, Maastricht University

"The Relation Between Pre-Sale Price Estimates and the Hammer Price for Australian Paintings Sold at Auction"
Tim R.L. Fry, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Rachel Pownall, Maastricht University
Roman Kraussl, VU University Amsterdam
Benjamin Mandel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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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:

Michael Anderson, Washington and Lee University
Stephen Smith, Gordon College

Session Chairs:

Michael Anderson, Washington and Lee University
Stephen Smith, Gordon College

Papers:

"Networks and Price Dispersion"
Michael Anderson, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)
Martin Davies, Washington and Lee University
Stephen Smith, Gordon College

"Policy-Relevant Exchange Rate Pass-Through to U.S. Import Prices"
Etienne Gagnon, Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Contact Author)
Benjamin Mandel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Robert Vigfusso, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

"Quality Competition, Pricing-to-Market and Non-Tariff Measures: A Unified Framework for the Analysis of Bilateral Unit Values"
Michael Ferrantino, U.S. International Trade Commission (Contact Author)
Robert M. Feinberg, American University
Lauren Deason, University of Maryland

Discussants:

TBA

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Organizers:

Justin R. Pierce, U.S. Census Bureau

Session Chairs:

Justin R. Pierce, U.S. Census Bureau

Papers:

"Globalization, Human Capital and Labor Income"
Guru Sethupathy, Johns Hopkins University (Contact Author)
Mine Senses, Johns Hopkins University

"The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment"
Justin R. Pierce, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)

"Does Protection Stimulate Innovation?"
Kara Reynolds, American University (Contact Author)
Benjamin H. Liebman, Saint Joseph's University

Discussants:

Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Indiana University
Rafael Dix-Carneiro, University of Maryland
Benjamin Mandel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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