SI 2026 International Finance and Macroeconomics Data Session
Organized by Jesse Schreger and Chenzi Xu
July 13, 2026
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Monday, July 13

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

A Unified US Tariff Database: Tariff Rates and Imports Since 1789

Miguel Acosta, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Lydia Cox, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Andrew N. Greenland, North Carolina State University
John W. Lopresti, William & Mary
Christopher M. Meissner, University of California, Davis and NBER
Martin Rotemberg, New York University
Sharon Traiberman, New York University and NBER

2:00 pm

Break

2:15 pm

The AI-GPR Index: Measuring Geopolitical Risk using Artificial Intelligence

Matteo Iacoviello, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Jonathan Tong, University of Wisconsin - Madison

2:45 pm

Geopolitical Barriers to Globalization

Tianyu Fan, Yale University
Mai Wo, Yale University
Wei Xiang, University of Michigan

3:15 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Five Facts About Stablecoins

Lin William Cong, Nanyang Technological University and NBER
Gordon Y. Liao, Circle
Eswar S. Prasad, Cornell University and NBER
Tony Zhang, Arizona State University

4:00 pm

Adjourn