{"638729":{"#nid":"638729","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The School of Economics co-hosts the Sardinian Empirical Trade Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Friday, September 4, the School of Economics will co-host and co-sponsor the 4th annual\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.freit.org\/SETC\/2019\/\u0022\u003ESardinian Empirical Trade Conference\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference\u0026nbsp;will now take place virtually, rather than on the campus of the University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference will feature presentations by leading trade economists, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/paola-conconi-website\/\u0022\u003EPaola Conconi\u003C\/a\u003E (Universit\u0026eacute; Libre de Buxelles), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/antras\/home\u0022\u003EPol Antr\u0026agrave;s\u003C\/a\u003E (Harvard University), and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/econ\/people\/faculty\/alev.html\u0022\u003EAndrei Levchenko\u003C\/a\u003E (University of Michigan).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis\u0026nbsp;conference is part of the umbrella of conferences on empirical international trade organized annually by the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.freit.org\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EForum for Research in Empirical International Trade\u003C\/a\u003E, which is directed by School of Economics faculty member,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/tibor-besedes\u0022\u003EProfessor Tibor\u0026nbsp;Besede\u0026scaron;\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference will take place on a new platform for virtual conferences, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gather.town\/\u0022\u003EGather\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Economics co-hosts the Sardinian Empirical Trade Conference."}],"uid":"35230","created_gmt":"2020-09-02 19:43:59","changed_gmt":"2020-09-08 19:51:43","author":"schristmas3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"638782":{"id":"638782","type":"image","title":"Sardinian Empirical Trade Conference (SETC)","body":null,"created":"1599200280","gmt_created":"2020-09-04 06:18:00","changed":"1599200280","gmt_changed":"2020-09-04 06:18:00","alt":"","file":{"fid":"242898","name":"Sardinian Trade 346.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sardinian%20Trade%20346.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Sardinian%20Trade%20346.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":197508,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Sardinian%20Trade%20346.jpeg?itok=lzQVkFfR"}}},"media_ids":["638782"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/freit.org","title":"Forum for Research in International Trade"}],"groups":[{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"130","name":"Alumni"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"169733","name":"SOE"},{"id":"602","name":"economics"},{"id":"171861","name":"FREIT"},{"id":"6605","name":"Trade"},{"id":"999","name":"IAC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Tibor Besedes\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Etibor.besedes@econ.gatech.edu\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}