Estimados colegas,
Quedan cordialmente invitados al
último seminario del 2020 del Departamento de Economía de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana que se realizará
el próximo miércoles.
Dadas las circunstancias, este se realizará de forma virtual usando el siguiente link Zoom:
https://javeriana-edu-co.zoom.us/j/91312039386
A continuación les entrego la información del seminario:
Miércoles 9 de diciembre de 2020,
12:30 - 14:00,
Teleconferencia:
- Invitado: Luis Baldomero Quintana (William & Mary)
- Título: How Infrastructure Shapes Comparative Advantage
- Abstract: This paper provides evidence that domestic trade costs are a source of national comparative advantage. I build an international trade and internal geography model that
can be used to evaluate the impact of any road on the composition of the exports of a country. The framework includes multiple international shipping routes and input-output linkages. I use the model to simulate how an important road project, Ruta del Sol,
impacts the comparative advantage of Colombia, a nation with high domestic trade costs and large concentration of exports in mining. This road improves the access to global markets for both mining and manufacturing regions. To quantify the model and estimate
its parameters, I use customs records, input- output tables, a transportation survey, and geospatial data. Results suggest that Ruta del Sol would shift the comparative advantage of Colombia towards manufacturing. Lastly, I show that this shift is explained
by industry linkages because access to intermediate inputs benefits the manufacturing sector the most. The results demonstrate that a country’s comparative advantage is shaped materially by domestic trade costs, beyond the elements typically considered in
the literature such as factor endowments, technology and institutions.
- Sitio:
http://luisbq.com/
Atentamente,
Nicolás A. Lillo Bustos, Phd.
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Bogotá, Colombia
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