NOITS 2021 - Iceland
NOITS 2021 - Iceland
NOITS 2021 - Iceland
NOITS 2021 - Reykjavik
NOITS Annual Conference on International Economics
The NOITS Conference 2021
The 22nd annual NOITS conference (www.noits.org) will be held on September 30th – October 1st 2021 in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Scientific Committee of NOITS 2021
Andreas Moxnes
Jakob Munch
Björn Thor Arnarson
Local Organizer of NOITS 2021
Helga Kristjánsdóttir
The Volcanic Group Pictures
Group pictures from end-of-day hike to the Geldingardalir eruption
NOITS 2021 - Keynote Speaker
Program
Workshop location: Lestrarsalur Safnahús, Hverfisgötu 15, 101 Reykjavík
Thursday 30th of September
ChairsHelga Kristjánsdóttir, University of Akureyri (9.00-11:45)
Andreas Moxnes, University of Oslo (13.00-15:30)
| Time | Presenter | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30-9:00 | Registration and coffee | |
| 9:00-10:00 | Keynote: Miklós Koren (Central European University) | Foreign Firms and Foreign Managers |
| 10:00-10:45 | Valerie Smeets (Aarhus) | High-Skill Immigration, Offshoring R&D, and Firm Dynamics |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Alessandro Sforza (University of Bologna) | The Value of Managers’ Export Experience: Lessons from the Angolan Civil War |
| 11:45-13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00-13:45 | Rikard Forslid (Stockholm U) | Imports and the CO2 Emissions of Firms |
| 13:45-14:30 | Dóra Zsuzsanna Simon (Uni Stavanger) | To Beef, or Not To Beef: Trade, Meat, and the Environment |
| 14:30-14:45 | Coffee break | |
| 14:45-15:30 | Tibor Besedes (Georgia Institute of Technology) | Experimenting with Ash: The Trade-Effects of Airspace Closures in the Aftermath of Eyjafjallajökull |
| 15:45-22:00 | Sightseeing and street food |
Friday 1st of October
ChairsJakob Munch, University of Copenhagen (9.00-12:15)
Rikard Forslid, Stockholm University (13:15-16:30)
| Time | Presenter | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30-9:00 | Coffee | |
| 9:00-9:45 | Luca Macedoni (Aarhus) | Pricing in Firm-to-Firm Trade Evidence from a Danish Multinational |
| 9:45-10:30 | Julian Hinz (Bielefeld University) | Frictions to intranational investment |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45-11:30 | Per Botolf Maurseth (BI) | Globalization of intellectual property rights |
| 11:30-12:15 | Alejandro G. Graziano (University of Nottingham) | Hybrid Competition in International Trade |
| 12:15-13:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:15-14:00 | Michael Koch (Aarhus University) | Tasks, Occupations, and Wage Inequality in an Open Economy |
| 14:00-14:45 | Giuseppe Pulito (Aarhus) | Offshoring, reskilling and the role of occupational task content |
| 14:45-15:00 | Coffee break | |
| 15:00-15:45 | Frederic Warzynski (Aarhus) | Market Size, Competition, and Multiproduct Firms |
| 15:45-16:30 | Ricard Gil (Queen's University) | The Dynamics of Shipping Transactions in a Global Pandemic |
| 18:00 | Dinner |
Travel and Vaccination information
Due to COVID-19 some restrictions are on travel to Iceland.
The likely travel restrictions to Iceland for the conference are the following. All participants must be:
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- fully vaccinated 2 weeks prior to arrival
- and get antigen or PCR test prior to arrival.
NOTE: For official information on entering Iceland please refer to the following website and links provided within the page: https://www.covid.is/english
Practical information
Conference Venue
Safnahus (The Culture House)
Hotel
Center Hotels Arnarhvoll
Map
Sponsors and Hosts of NOITS 2021
The NOITS 2021 conference has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 715147). Funding from the Central Bank of Iceland is also acknowledged. The conference is hosted by the University of Akureyri in co-operation with the University of Oslo.
