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ROUNDTABLE “GEOGRAPHY, TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT”
Salón Centenario, Hotel El Panamá, Panamá
September 20 – 21, 2016
Preliminary Programme
DAY 1
September 20, 2016
8.00 – 9.00 OPENING CEREMONY
SESSION 1: LESSONS FROM THE PAST: THE EFFECTS OF THE SUEZ AND PANAMA
CANALS
9.00 - 10.00
Distance, Trade, and Income: The 1967 to 1975 Closing of the Suez Canals as a Natural
Experiment
James FEYRER, Dartmouth College
10.00-11.00
When did 19th century economic globalization begin? Evidence from the opening of
the Suez Canal
Daniel BERNHOFEN, American University
11.00 - 11.30 Break
11.30 - 12.30
Who Benefited from the Suez and Panama Canals?
Jules HUGOT, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Camilo UMANA, Sciences Po
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
SESSION 2: TRANSPORT AND CITIES
13.30 - 14.30
Advancements in Gravity Models of Spatial Economics
Costas ARKOLAKIS, Yale University
14:30 – 15:30
To Box, or Not To Box? Determinants of Containerization
Kerem COSAR, Stockholm School of Economics
15.30 - 16.00 Break
SESSION 3: TRANSPORT AND DEVELOPMENT
16.00 - 17.00
Trade and the Spatial Distribution of Transport Infrastructure
Gabriel FELBERMAYR, University of Munich
17.00-18.00
The Geography of Development
Klaus DESMET, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
DAY 2
September 21, 2016
9.00-10:30
POLICY PANEL: THE PANAMA CHANNEL AND GLOBAL TRADE
Central America: regional endeavours to reduce trade and logistic costs
Jaime GRANADOS, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Towards Open Regionalism in the Americas: Geography, Growth and Volatility
Samuel PIENKNAGURA, World Bank
Urban Logistics: An opportunity to unleash the benefits of the Panama Canal expansion
in Panama City
Harvey SCORCIA, CAF
The impacts of transportation infrastructure investment on economic welfare
Costas ARKOLAKIS, Yale University
The historic impact of the opening of the canal
James FEYRER, Dartmouth College
10.30 - 11.00Break
11.00 - 12.00
Economic impact of the Panama Canal expansion
Dr. Ruben LACHMAN, Intracorp. Panamá.
12.00 - 13.30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30
The impact on the Panamanian ports, the expansion of the Panama Channel
Dr. Octavio DOERR, Especialista Portuario de la CEPAL
14:30 - 15:30
La Expansión del Canal de Panamá y su impacto en la Economía Panameña
Dr. Nicolas ARDITO BARLETTA, Ex presidente de la República de Panamá, ex
administrador de la ARI
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:00
The expansion of the Panama Channel and its economic impact
Mag. Onésimo SANCHEZ, Vicepresidente de Planificación de la Autoridad del Canal de
Panamá
17:00 - 18:00
National Plan for Logistics and New Business Development
Lic. Ana REYES, Secretaria de Logística de la Presidencia de la República
Maritime Business with the Panama Canal expansion project
Ing. Rommel TROTSCH, Presidente de la Cámara Marítima de Panamá
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