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SUMMARY:Tradability and Goods' Prices: A Tale of Two Regions
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Online\n\n\nIn this Academic Research seminar\, Joseba Martinez\, Assistant Professor of Economics at London Business School and a CEPR Research Affiliate\, will discuss his paper “Tradability and Goods’ Prices: A Tale of Two Regions.” \n\n\n\nPaper Abstract \n\n\n\nWe provide new evidence on manufacturing price inflation and the allocation of productivity gains by comparing US and EU industries from 1992 to 2017. Two patterns emerge. In tradable industries\, where global competition is strong\, prices have moved in lockstep across the Atlantic. In non-tradable industries\, relatively sheltered from foreign competition\, value-added deflators in the US have risen about four times faster than in Europe despite similar wages and industry compositions. The inflation differential is unrelated to compositional shifts\, and evident in narrowly defined product categories where unobserved quality differences are unlikely to matter. A decomposition attributes one-third of the differential to rising market power and two-thirds to slower productivity growth in US non-tradable manufacturing industries\, a pattern absent in tradable ones. Using variation in import penetration\, we find that greater trade exposure lowers prices and profit shares\, while competition policy remains crucial in non-tradable industries. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio \n\n\n\nJoseba Martinez is an Assistant Professor of Economics at London Business School and a CEPR Research Affiliate. His research studies how technology shapes productivity\, growth\, and the response of the economy to policy\, and how information asymmetry in financial markets affects investment and growth. Recent work examines the cost of the green energy transition when fossil-fuel-dependent capital cannot be easily repurposed\, the financial-market valuation of firms exposed to that transition\, the role of government-funded innovation in sustaining postwar U.S. growth\, the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy\, and the labour-market consequences of automation and AI. He has also developed natural-language methods on patent data to measure technical change and link it to aggregate productivity. His published research\, in Review of Economic Studies\, Journal of International Economics\, AEJ: Macroeconomics\, examines the design of bank stress tests\, capital-market integration in monetary unions\, and the role of technology diffusion and R&D in shaping business cycle dynamics. He teaches Macroeconomics to MBA and EMBA students and PhD Macroeconomics to doctoral candidates at London Business School. Beyond his academic role\, he has consulted for a New York-based investment fund and served as a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund. Dr Martinez brings substantial professional experience to his academic work. Before beginning his PhD\, he worked as a trader at ABN AMRO London and held the position of senior manager at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development\, where he developed expertise in financial markets that informs his current research and teaching. \n\n\n\nThe speaker will be virtual\, but you may join us in-person for a viewing in the Perkins Room (R-429). Whether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/tradability-and-goods-prices-a-tale-of-two-regions/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T130000
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SUMMARY:How Wyoming and New Mexico are Diversifying Fossil-Dependent Economies
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Online\n\n\nDespite their reliance on coal\, oil\, and natural gas for revenue and jobs\, Wyoming and New Mexico are actively seeking to diversify their economies amid a changing energy landscape. In this webinar\, Growth Lab research fellows Tim O’Brien and Juan Carlos Orrego Zamudio will share research insights from our work in New Mexico\, including the fiscal risks of economic reliance on fossil fuels\, potential growth industries\, and considerations for effective state policymaking. \n\n\n\nRead Tim and Juan Carlos’ working paper\, New Mexico’s Economy Over Time and Space\, and explore their regional diversification briefs. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of a webinar series hosted by the Resilient Energy Economies initiative.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/how-wyoming-and-new-mexico-are-diversifying-fossil-dependent-economies/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T110000
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SUMMARY:Faculty Webinar 2026: Leading Green Growth
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Online\n\n\nAs the world transitions to a lower carbon economy\, new industries\, markets\, and paths to economic prosperity are emerging. Join Harvard faculty Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag for a 1-hour webinar on how the current energy transition is reshaping economic opportunity around the world—opening new doors for some and posing threats to others—and explore what this transition means for you.  \n\n\n\nLearn more about their upcoming HKS Executive Education Program\, Leading Green Growth\, here. \n\n\n\nThis is a free\, live webinar that will last approximately 1 hour\, and the recording will be distributed to all registrants. This presentation does not qualify for a certificate.  \n\n\n\nPersons with disabilities who wish to request accommodations or who have questions about access\, please contact Grace Brown at gbrown@hks.harvard.edu in advance of the session. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/faculty-webinar-2026-leading-green-growth/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260108T140000
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SUMMARY:Venezuela After Maduro
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Online\n\n\nA timely discussion about the country’s future\, the region’s stability\, and America’s approach to the Hemisphere\n\n\n\nJoin the Institute of Politics for a timely virtual panel discussion examining recent political\, economic\, and democratic developments in Venezuela. Featuring leading voices from government\, academia\, and civil society\, the conversation will explore the country’s evolving challenges\, regional implications\, and prospects for democratic change. This event is open to all who are interested in understanding Venezuela’s future and its significance for the Western Hemisphere. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\nFreddy Guevara\, Ash Center Democracy Visiting Fellow; Venezuelan opposition politician\, former deputy and vice president of the National Assembly\, and key figure in the anti-Maduro movement who has faced political persecution and imprisonment \n\n\n\nRicardo Hausmann\, Harvard Kennedy School Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy; Director of the Growth Lab \n\n\n\nDr. Rebecca Bill Chavez\, President and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs \n\n\n\nJuan Gonzalez\, Resident Fellow at Georgetown Americas Institute; Former Senior Director of the National Security Council for the Western Hemisphere \n\n\n\nThis event will be moderated by Ned Price\, Interim Co-Director\, Institute of Politics; Former Deputy to the U.S. Representative to the United Nations\, and former Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsors: Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights; Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; The Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/venezuela-after-maduro/
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SUMMARY:The Geographic and Sectoral Impact of Productivity
DESCRIPTION:Development Talks Online\n\n\nFederico Huneeus will discuss the geographic and sectoral impact of productivity changes and the local and aggregate impact of development policies\, the growth of the lithium industry\, and the closure of a major steel company. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Federico Huneeus\, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Duke University\, Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile \n\n\n\nPaper Abstract: We study the geographic and sectoral impact of productivity changes in a model that includes production linkages throughout the supply chain\, labor migration\, international and domestic trade\, congestion of fixed factors\, firm entry and exit\, and knowledge diffusion. To quantify these impacts\, we construct\, for the first time for Chile\, input-output matrices disaggregated by geography and sector\, consistent with national accounts\, using administrative data and surveys. We use the model to study the local and aggregate impact of development policies\, the growth of the lithium industry\, and the closure of a major steel company. In addition to aggregate impacts\, we identify winners and losers from these events. \n\n\n\nThis event is online only. Please register in advance. The Zoom session is open to the public. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Federico Huneeus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Duke University. He is also a Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Chile. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale University Cowles Foundation. He has a PhD in economics from Princeton University. He is a trade economist who investigates issues related to firm behavior\, from a micro and macro perspective\, with a special focus on the study of production networks of firms\, how they are formed\, how they affect productivity growth and how they affect the impact of development policies. He also has a line of research on understanding equity-efficiency trade-offs. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/17292/
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