Academic Perspectives on Industrial Policy

The purpose of the conference was to offer an opportunity to the Geneva-based trade policy community to be informed about the results of research by leading academics on subsidies and industrial policy more broadly.

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The conference took place in Auditorium Ivan Pictet A1B at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Maison de la Paix, Geneva

For questions regarding the presentations and remarks please e-mail michele.himmelrich@econ.uzh.ch.

9:00 - 9:05 | Welcome and Opening Remarks watch 
David Yanagizawa-Drott, Professor, University of Zürich

9:05 - 10:20 | Economic Development watch the session 

• 9:05 - 9:20 | Industrial Policies for Avoiding the Middle-income Trapwatch the presentationJustin Lin (remotely), Professor, Peking UniversityS11 Industrial Policies for Avoiding Middle-income Trap-WTO & Zurich University.pdfIndustrial policies for avoiding the middle income trap a new structural economics perspective.pdf
• 9:20 - 9:35 | Industrial Policy Implementation: Empirical Evidence from China’s Shipbuilding Industrywatch the presentation
  Panle Barwick (remotely), Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  ​​​​​​S12 Yr25_Shipbuilding.pdf watch the presentationIndustrial Policy Implementation: Empirical Evidence from China’s Shipbuilding Industry.pdfIndustrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding.pdf
• 9:35 - 10:05 | Discussantswatch
  Juan Carlos Hallak, Professor, University of Buenos Aires
  Chang-Tai Hsieh, Professor, University of Chicago
  Augustin Fosu (remotely), Professor, University of Ghana
• 10:05 - 10:20 | Questions from Audience

10:20 - 10:45 | Coffee Break 

10:45 - 12:00 | Digital Transformation watch the session 

• 10:45 - 11:00 | Promoting Bricks, Chips and Bits: Recent government policy changes along the technological value chainwatch the presentation
  Johannes Fritz, CEO, St.Gallen Endowment for Prosperity through Trade
  S21 JF SGEPT@WTO 250310.pdf
• 11:00 - 11:15 | Industrial Policy in the Global Semiconductor Sectorwatch the presentation
  Réka Juhász, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
  S22 RJ Chips_UZurich_2025March.pdf
• 11:15 - 11:45 | Discussantswatch
  Alicia Garcia Herrero (remotely), Adjunct Professor, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at NATIXIS
  Dan Trefler, Professor, University of Toronto  (slides)
  David Yanagizawa-Drott, Professor, University of Zürich
• 11:45 - 12:00 | Questions from Audience

12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch Break 

13:00 - 14:15 | Green Transitionwatch the session 

• 13:00 - 13:15 | The Role of Government Policies in Renewable Energywatch the presentation
  Mar Reguant, Professor, Northwestern University
  S31 MR renewables_slides.pdf
  31 MR wto_renewables_current_draft.pdf
• 13:15 - 13:30 | Subsidies and Other Government Policies in the Global Electric Vehicle Marketwatch the presentation
  Shanjun Li (remotely), Professor, Cornell University 
  S32 SL ElectricVehicles_ShanjunLi.pdf
  S32 SL Paper LBDEVBattery.pdf
  Drive Down the Cost: Learning by Doing and Government Policies in the Global EV Battery Industry.pdf
• 13:30 - 14:00 | Discussantswatch
  Joelle Noailly, Senior Lecturer, the Geneva Graduate Institute and Associate Professor, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  Joseph Shapiro (remotely), Associate Professor, University of California Berkeley
  Hongsong Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong
• 14:00 - 14:15 | Questions from Audience

14:15 - 14:45 | Coffee Break

14:45 - 15:45 | Measurement Challengeswatch the session 

• 14:45 - 15:00 | Penny Goldberg, Professor, Yale Universitywatch the presentation
  S41 PG Goldberg_MeasurementChallenges_Geneva.pdf
• 15:00 - 15:15 | Camille Boullenois and Daniel Rosen, Rhodium Group watch the presentation
  S42 CB DR Rhodium_Subsidies-Geneva presentation.pdf
• 15:15 - 15:30 | Simon Evenett, Professor, International Institute for Management Developmentwatch the presentation
  43 SE UZH Subsidy Measurement Session 10 March 2025 Evenett GTA.pdf
• 15:30 - 15:45 | Questions from Audiencewatch the Q/A

15:45 - 16:00 | Short Break 

16:00 - 17:15 | International Cooperationwatch the session 

• 16:00 - 16:15 | Reflections on Previous Presentations and Implications for International Cooperationwatch the presentation
  Penny Goldberg, Professor, Yale University
• 16:15 - 16:30 | International Disciplines of Government Subsidieswatch the presentation
  Gene Grossman, Professor, Princeton University
  Alan Sykes, Professor, Stanford University
  S52 GGAS Subsidies Presentation Geneva 031025.pdf
  S52 GGAS Subsidies Draft 030325.pdf
• 16:30 - 17:00 | Discussantswatch
  Bernard Hoekman, Professor, European University Institute
  Emanuel Ornelas, Professor, Sao Paulo School of Economics
  Tu Xinquan, Professor, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing
• 17:00 - 17:15 | Questions from Audience

17:15 - 17:30 | Closing Remarkswatch 
Robert Staiger, Professor, Dartmouth College (slides)