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SUMMARY:Research Seminar - AI-generated Production Networks: Measurement and Applications to Global Trade
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Thiemo Fetzer\, Professor of Economics at Warwick University and at the University of Bonn 	This is an online only event. Please register in advance. 	Paper Abstract: This paper leverages generative AI to build a network structure over 5\,000 product nodes\, where directed edges represent input-output relationships in production. We layout a two-step ‘build-prune’ approach using an ensemble of prompt-tuned generative AI classifications. The ’build’ step provides an initial distribution of edge-predictions\, the ‘prune’ step then re-evaluates all edges. With our AI-generated Production Network (AIPNET) in toe\, we document a host of shifts in the network position of products and countries during the 21st century. Finally\, we study production network spillovers using the natural experiment presented by the 2017 blockade of Qatar. We find strong evidence of such spillovers\, suggestive of on-shoring of critical production. This descriptive and causal evidence demonstrates some of the many research possibilities opened up by our granular measurement of product linkages\, including studies of on-shoring\, industrial policy\, and other recent shifts in global trade. \nAbout the Speaker: Thiemo Fetzer is Professor of Economics at Warwick University and at the University of Bonn. Thiemo is also an Academic Visitor at the Bank of England\, an Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a Fellow at the British National Institute for Social and Economic Research (NIESR). 	His work cross cuts many fields in economics ranging from international trade\, economic development\, finance\, to spatial economics and political economy leveraging frontier techniques from machine learning\, artificial intelligence and computer science. 	Thiemo has advised a range of players and policy makers in some G20 countries on issues around economic development and industrial policy\, with a special focus on the economic\, social and institutional and political-economic adjustments that are necessary to counter the climate crisis and help shift societies out of the non-cooperative loose-loose equilibria. His research has been featured in national and international media such as Bloomberg\, New York Times\, The Guardian\, Financial Times\, Le Monde\, El País\, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-ai-generated-production-networks-measurement-and-applications-to-global-trade/
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Demand & Supply Side Linkages in Exporting Multiproduct Firms
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. 	Speaker: Lisandra Flach\, Professor of Economics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and Director of the ifo Center for International Economics  	Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	Abstract: Products produced by a multiproduct firm can be linked through demand linkages or supply linkages. On the demand side\, changes in the price of one product can affect the demand for a firm’s other products through shifts in consumer expenditures. This is commonly referred to as the cannibalization effect. On the supply side\, joint inputs can create a dependency of one product’s marginal costs on the output of other products. The existence of these linkages is important for how firms respond to shocks and has major implications for several performance measures\, such as productivity and markups. This paper provides the first empirical evidence for the existence of cannibalization linkages in the presence of supply linkages\, which is implied evidence for market power. 	Link to the paper: https://cepr.org/publications/dp18627 	Bio: Lisandra Flach is a Professor of Economics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and Director of the ifo Center for International Economics. Her research focuses on international trade\, firm dynamics\, and global value chains\, with a particular interest in the effects of trade policy. She is a Research Fellow at CESifo\, a Research Affiliate at CEPR\, and serves as an Associate Editor for leading economic journals. Her work has been widely recognized\, earning her awards such as the “Top 40 under 40” and “Germany’s 10 Most Promising Young Economists.”
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-demand-supply-side-linkages-in-exporting-multiproduct-firms/
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar - Urban-Biased Growth: A Macroeconomic Analysis
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.  	Speaker: Fabian Eckert is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California\, San Diego 	Please register in advance. 	Abstract: After 1980\, larger US cities experienced substantially faster wage growth than smaller ones. We show that this urban bias mainly reflected wage growth at large Business Services firms. These firms stand out through their high per-worker expenditure on information technology and disproportionate presence in big cities. We introduce a spatial model of investment-specific technical change that can rationalize these patterns. Using the model as an accounting framework\, we find that the observed decline in the investment price of information technology capital explains most urban-biased growth by raising the profits of large Business Services firms in big cities. 	Link to the paper: https://fpeckert.me/papers/ubg.pdf 	Bio: Fabian Eckert is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California\, San Diego\, specializing in spatial economics\, macroeconomics\, international economics\, and urban economics. His research explores how geography\, urban development\, and economic policy shape inequality and growth. He serves as an Associate Editor at the Journal of International Economics and is a partner at UCSD’s Prosperity and Globalization Lab. Fabian holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-urban-biased-growth-a-macroeconomic-analysis/
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