Sponsored by Development Research Group - International Trade and Integration (DECTI) of the World Bank and the Trade Group at the International Growth Center (IGC). Summary: The Trade and International Integration Team of the World Bank's Research Department (DECTI) and the Trade Group at the International Growth Center (IGC) hosted a one-day workshop entitled "Trade Policy for Growth" at World Bank headquarters, Washington DC, on October 14, 2011. New Research on some of the most pressing trade policy questions covered in the three sessions of the workshop: - Understanding Export Success - The Use of Exporter Level Database
- Measuring Barriers to International Integration
- Impact Evaluation of Export Promotion
Agenda: | 9:50 - 10:00 am  | Opening remarks - Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University
- Andres Rodriguez-Clare, University of California at Berkeley
- Aaditya Mattoo, World Bank
| Session 1: Understanding Export Success - The Use of Exporter Level Database
| | 10:00 - 10:45 am | Export Superstars - Caroline Freund, World Bank
- Martha Pierola, World Bank
Presentation (pdf - 562k)
| | 10:45 - 11:30 am | The Extensive Margin of Exporting Products: A Firm-level Analysis - Marc Muendler, University of California at San Diego
- Costas Arkolakis, Yale University
Paper (pdf - 420k) | Presentation (pdf - k)
| Session 2: Measuring Barriers to International Integration
| | 11:45 - 12:30 pm | Non-Tariff Barriers - Hiau-Looi Kee, World Bank
- Ileana Cristina Neagu, World Bank
Presentation (pdf - 500k)
| | 12:30 - 1:15 pm  | How Large are the Gains from Market Integration? Theory and Evidence from Agricultural Markets, 1840-2002 - Arnaud Costinot, MIT
- Dave Donaldson, MIT
Presentation (pdf - 1.5mb)
| Session 3: Impact Evaluation of Export PromotionÂ
| | 2:30 - 3:15 pm |  An Evaluation of Tunisia’s Export Promotion Program - Olivier Cadot, Universite de Lausanne
- Ana M. Fernandes, World Bank
- Julien Gourdon, CEPII
- Aaditya Mattoo, World BankÂ
Presentation (pdf - 590k)
| | 3:15 - 4:00 pm  | Spillovers in Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer Ball Manufacturers in Pakistan - Amit Khandelwal, Columbia University
- David Atkin, Yale University
- Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University
| | 4:15 - 4:30 pm | Final remarks - Eric Verhoogen, Columbia University
- Andres Rodriguez-Clare, University of California at Berkeley
- Aaditya Mattoo, World BankÂ
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