## Workshop on International Economics

December 11-12, 2015

**Co-sponsored by NYU Stern School of Business and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Two-sided Search in International Buyer Seller Networks."**Eaton, Jinkins, Tybout, and Xu

Presenter: Daniel Xu (Duke University)

Discussant: Lukasz Drozd (Philadelphia Fed and University of Pennsylvania - Wharton)

**"[Trade and Labor Market Dynamics.](http://faculty.som.yale.edu/lorenzocaliendo/CDP.pdf)"**

Caliendo, Dvorkin, and Parro

Presenter: Lorenzo Caliendo (Yale School of Management)

Discussant: Jonathan Vogel (Columbia University)

**"[Optimal City Structure.](http://www.econ.yale.edu/~ka265/research/OptimalCity/AAL%20-%20City%20Structure.pdf)"**

Allen, Arkolakis, and Li

Presenter: Costas Arkolakis (Yale University)

Discussant: Stephen Redding (Princeton University)

**"[Distributional Incentives in an Equilibrium Model of Domestic Sovereign Default.](http://www.nber.org/papers/w21574.pdf)"**

D'Erasmo and Mendoza

Presenter: Enrique Mendoza (University of Pennsyvania)

Discussant: Martin Uribe (Columbia University)

**"[Reverse Speculative Attacks.](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/perri-reverse-speculative-attacks.pdf)"**

Amador, Bianchi, Bocola, and Perri

Presenter: Fabrizio Perri (University of Minnesota)

Discussant: Christopher Tonetti (Stanford GSB)

**"[Pareto weights as wedges in two-country models](http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~dbackus/BCFL/BCFL_Gerzensee_latest.pdf)"**

Backus, Coleman, Ferrierre, Lyon

Presenter: Dave Backus (NYU Stern)

**"[The Global Diffusion of Ideas.](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/draft_4.pdf)"**

Buera and Oberfield

Presenter: Ezra Oberfield (Princeton University)

Discussant: Jeff Thurk (Notre Dame)

**"[Financial Frictions and Export Dynamics in Large Devaluations.](http://dept.econ.yorku.ca/~flei/KLS2.pdf)"**

Kohn, Leibovici, and Szkup

Presenter: Fernando Leibovici (York University)

Discussant: Vivian Yue (Emory University and Atlanta Fed)

**"[Obstfeld and Rogoffs International Macro Puzzles: A Quantitative Assessment.](http://www.nber.org/papers/w21774.pdf)"**

Eaton, Neiman, and Kortum

Presenter: Sam Kortum (Yale University)

Discussant: Michael Waugh (NYU Stern)