International Economics and Geopolitics

Matteo Maggiori and Jesse Schreger, Organizers

July 11, 2024

Serrano Ballroom, Hotel Marlowe

Format: 25 minutes presentation, 15 minutes discussion, 10 minutes Q&A

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 11
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER

International Power
Discussant: Christopher Clayton, Yale University and NBER
9:50 am
Break
10:00 am
Mathias Thoenig, Université de Lausanne

Trade Policy in the Shadow of War: A Quantitative Toolkit for Geoeconomics
Discussant: Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
10:50 am
Break
11:00 am
John S. Becko, Princeton University
Daniel G. O'Connor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Strategic (Dis)Integration
Discussant: Diego J. Perez, New York University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
1:15 pm
Fernando Broner, Center for Research on International Economics
Alberto Martin, CREI, UPF and BSE
Josefin Meyer, DIW Berlin
Christoph Trebesch, Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Hegemonic Globalization
Discussant: Chenzi Xu, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:05 pm
Break
2:15 pm
Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER
Junxi Liu, University of Warwick
Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
David Y. Yang, Harvard University and NBER

Appropriate Entrepreneurship? The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital and the Developing World
Discussant: Sabrina T. Howell, New York University and NBER
3:05 pm
Break
3:15 pm
Péter Kondor, London School of Economics
Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston

All the President's Money: Market Concentration, Oligarchs and Sanctions in Hybrid Regimes
Discussant: Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
4:05 pm
Break
4:15 pm
Lukasz Rachel, University College London
Simon Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

A Theory of Price Caps on Non-Renewable Resources
Discussant: Pierre Yared, Columbia University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn