Minnesota-Wisconsin International/Macro
Student Workshop: Spring 2023

Friday, April 28

Conference location: 8417 Sewell Social Sciences

Time Event
12:30-1:30 Networking lunch in 8417 Sewell Social Sciences
1:30-2:30 Zau Aitkulova (UW)
FDI vs Exports under Demand Uncertainty for Multiproduct Firms
2:45-3:45 Ricardo Alves Monteiro (UMN)
Optimal Sovereign Debt Auctions
4:00-5:00 Nisha Chikhale (UW)
Parental Beliefs, Learning, and Intergenerational Mobility
6:00-7:30 Networking reception

Saturday, April 29

Conference location: 8417 Sewell Social Sciences

Time Event
8:00-8:20 Coffee and pastries
8:20-9:20 Simeng Zeng (UMN)
Multi-Product Exporters, Trade Liberalization and Misallocation
9:40-10:40 Jingnan (Jane) Liu (UW)
Firm and Worker Dynamics with Knowledge Diffusion
11:00-12:00 Braulio Britos-Hernandez (UMN)
Weather Shocks and Rural International Migration in Guatemala
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Mengqi Wang (UW)
Spatial Implications of Trade Cost Reductions with Resource Reallocation Frictions
2:20-3:20 Juliana Gamboa-Arbelaez (UMN)
Hidden Chinese Lending
3:40-4:40 April Meehl (UW)
Bailouts, Bail-ins, and Banking Industry Dynamics
5:00-6:00 Entian Zhang (UMN)
Financial Frictions and Choice of Import Sources
7:00 Conference dinner