Programme Area International trade

International Trade and Regional Economics

Globalisation has been credited with many economic achievements and blamed for many ills around the world over the past decades. It has been perceived as a promoter of growth and prosperity, lifting hundreds of millions in the developing world out of poverty, as well as a force causing inequality and economic and political polarisation. The International Trade and Regional Economics programme is a platform for leading economists engaged in cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research to share their findings and exchange views on topics related to cross-border trade, investment and migration as well as economic geography. In addition to pushing the frontiers of knowledge, the programme aims to generate research findings that can lead to useful and actionable policy advice.

Key areas covered are:

international trade
economic geography, urban and regional economics
multinationals and foreign direct investment
cross-border trade in services
migration
WTO and regional integration

Symposia

The ITRE programme has two highly successful annual Symposia. The first is the European Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT), held annually since 1988. It has become the leading research forum in international trade and has played a significant role in raising the profile and quality of research in international economics in Europe and beyond.

The programme also organizes the annual Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE). CURE brings together circa 30 urban and regional economists from across the world.

Event Series

The European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT)

ERWIT, held annually since 1988, has become the leading research forum in international trade and has played a significant role in raising the profile and quality of research in international economics in Europe and beyond.

Participants are selected to include a mix of established European researchers with international reputations, young academics at the outset of their careers, and prominent authors from North America.

International trade

Event Series

The Annual Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (CURE)

CURE brings together circa 30 urban and regional economists from across the world. Alternating across the Atlantic, CURE is held in the USA on even years and hosted by the Wharton School (formerly Princeton University) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The European editions take place on odd years and is organised through the ITRE programme in different locations such as Madrid, Basel, Paris and Milan.

Global economy
International trade

Programme Directors

Beata Javorcik

Chief Economist European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Professor of Economics University Of Oxford

Research Fellows

Gabriel Ahlfeldt

Professor of Urban Economics and Land Development London School Of Economics And Political Science

Facundo Albornoz-Crespo

Professor and Head of the School of Economics University Of Nottingham

Francisco Alcalá

Research Professor Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (Ivie)

Laura Alfaro

Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration Harvard University

Mary Amiti

Vice President Federal Reserve Bank Of New York

Kym Anderson

Honorary Professor of Economics at the Crawford School of Public Policy Australian National University; Professor Emeritus of Economics University of Adelaide

Pol Antràs

Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics Harvard University

Raphael Auer

Head, BIS Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre Bank For International Settlements

Affiliate, International Macroeconomics and Finance / Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics / RPN Member, Fintech and Digital Currencies

Richard Baldwin

Professor of International Economics IMD Business School, Lausanne; VoxEU Founder & Editor-in-Chief VoxEU.org

Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics / VoxEU Editor in Chief

Giorgio Barba Navaretti

Paulo Bastos

Senior Economist, Development Research Group The World Bank

Kristian Behrens

Professor of Economics University of Quebec at Montreal

Nicolas Berman

CNRS Researcher Associate Professor (on leave) Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID); Holder of Research Chair University of Aix-Marseille

Andrew Bernard

Kadas T'90 Distinguished Professor, Tuck School of Business Tuck School Of Business At Dartmouth College

Emily Blanchard

Associate Professor Tuck School Of Business At Dartmouth College

Johannes Boehm

Associate Professor of Economics Sciences Po Paris University

Matilde Bombardini

Associate Professor in the Business and Public Policy Group University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Alessandra Bonfiglioli

Professor of Economics (on leave) Queen Mary University Of London; Professor of Economics University Of Bergamo

Maarten Bosker

Professor Erasmus University Rotterdam

T. Renee Bowen

Professor of Economics University of California, San Diego

Chad Bown

Reginald Jones Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Holger Breinlich

Professor of Economics University of Surrey

Marius Brülhart

Professor of Economics Hec Lausanne

Paula Bustos

ICREA Research Professor Pompeu Fabra University

Thomas Chaney

Professor of Economics Sciences Po Paris University; Professor of Economics University Of Southern California

Natalie Chen

Professor of Economics University Of Warwick

Pierre-Philippe Combes

CNRS Professor Sciences Po Paris University

Paola Conconi

Professorial Fellow at New College Oxford and a Professor of Economics (Statutory Chair) University Of Oxford

Kerem Cosar

Professor of Economics University Of Virginia

Arnaud Costinot

Professor of Economics and Associate Head Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Rosario Crinò

Professor of Economics University Of Bergamo

Meredith A. Crowley

Professor of Economics; Fellow, St. John's College Cambridge University Of Cambridge

Jan De loecker

Full Professor - Research Professor Full Professor - Research Professor Professor Ku Leuven; Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University

Jaime de Melo

Advisor Foundation for studies and Research on International Development; Emeritus professor University Of Geneva

Klaus Desmet

Professor of Real Estate, Cox School of Business; Ruth and Kenneth Altshuler Centennial Interdisciplinary Professor of Cities, Regions and Globalization in the Department of Economics Southern Methodist University

Swati Dhingra

Associate Professor, Department of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Jonathan Dingel

Associate Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business University Of Chicago

Dave Donaldson

Professor of Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

David Dorn

UBS Foundation Professor of Globalization and Labor Markets University Of Zurich

Axel Dreher

Professor of Economics and Chair of International and Development Politics Heidelberg University

Gilles Duranton

Professor and Dean's chair in real estate The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics / RPN Steering Committee, Spatial Disparities and Policy

Carsten Eckel

Professor of Economics Bibliothek Wirtscharftswiseneschaften - University of Munich; Chair Holder Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU); Professor Ludwig-maximilians-universität München

Jan Eeckhout

Professor ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics

Peter Egger

Professor of Applied Economics Eth Zurich

Barry Eichengreen

George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science University Of California, Berkeley

Karolina Ekholm

Deputy Governor Sveriges Riksbank

Simon Evenett

Professor of International Trade University Of St Gallen

Giovanni Facchini

Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Social Sciences University Of Nottingham

Harald Fadinger

Professor of Economics University Of Mannheim

Thibault Fally

Associate Professor University Of California, Berkeley

Rikard Forslid

Professor of Economics Stockholm University

Joseph Francois

Managing Director of the World Trade Instituta (WTI), University Bern and Professor of International Economics University Of Bern

Caroline Freund

Dean of the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy University of California, San Diego

Richard Friberg

Jacob Wallenberg Professor of Economics Stockholm School Of Economics

Gino Gancia

Professor of Economics Queen Mary University Of London

Stefania Garetto

Associate Professor of Economics Boston University; Research Associate National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER)

Laurent Gobillon

Research Fellow Iza Institute Of Labor Economics; CNRS Senior Researcher Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Gene M. Grossman

Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics Professor of Economics Princeton University

Jan I. Haaland

Professor Norwegian School Of Economics (NHH)

László Halpern

Professor Emeritus KRTK - Centre for Economics and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Ann Harrison

Dean and Bank of America Chair of the Haas School of Business University Of California, Berkeley

Jonathan Haskel

Professor of Economics Imperial Business School and Director of the Doctoral Programme Imperial College London Business School

Keith Head

Professor University Of British Columbia; Professor in the Strategy and Business Economics division at the Sauder School of Business University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Elhanan Helpman

Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade Harvard University

J. Vernon Henderson

School Professor of Economic Geography London School Of Economics And Political Science

Roland Hodler

Professor of Economics University Of St Gallen

Bernard Hoekman

Professor and Director of Global Economics, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies European University Institute

Henrik Horn

Senior Research Fellow Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

Giammario Impullitti

Professor of Economics University Of Nottingham

Oleg Itskhoki

Venu and Ana Kotamraju Endowed Chair in Economics University Of California, Los Angeles

Beata Javorcik

Chief Economist European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Professor of Economics University Of Oxford

Wolfgang Keller

Director of the McGuire Center for International Economics and Professor University Of Colorado Boulder

Robert Koopman

Chief Economist and Director of the USITC Office of Economics U.S. International Trade Commission

Miklós Koren

Professor, Department of Economics Central European University; Senior Research Fellow KRTK - Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Paul Krugman

Miren Lafourcade

Professor of Economics Paris-Saclay University

Andrei Levchenko

John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Kalina Manova

Professor of Economics University College London

Dalia Marin

Senior Research Fellow Bruegel; Professor of International Economics Technical University Of Munich

James Markusen

Distinguished University Professor University Of Colorado Boulder

Philippe Martin

Vice President, Europe Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor of Economics and Dean School of Public Affairs Sciences Po Paris University

CEPR Vice President / Fellow, International Macroeconomics and Finance / Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics / Fellow, Macroeconomics and Growth / RPN Member, Spatial Disparities and Policy / RPN Member, European Economic Policy / RPN Member, International Lending and Sovereign Debt / RPN Member, Geoeconomics

Anna Maria Mayda

Professor of Economics (with Tenure) in the Department of Economics and School of Foreign Service Georgetown University

Thierry Mayer

Professor of Economics Sciences Po Paris University

Florian Mayneris

Full Professor University of Quebec at Montreal

Isabelle Mejean

Professor Sciences Po Paris University

Marc J Melitz

David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy Harvard University

Giordano Mion

Professor of Economics Essec Business School; Professor in International Trade, Department of Economics University Of Sussex

Eduardo Morales

Professor of Economics Princeton University

Andreas Moxnes

Professor of Economics University Of Oslo

Mirabelle Muûls

Associate Professor in Economics Imperial College London Business School; Research Associate in the Growth Programme of the Centre for Economic Performance London School Of Economics And Political Science

Volker Nocke

Vice Chancellor's Fellow Professor of Economics University Of Mannheim

Dennis Novy

Professor of Economics University Of Warwick

Kevin O'Rourke

Professor of Economics New York University Abu Dhabi

Marcelo Olarreaga

Professor of Economics University Of Geneva

Luca David Opromolla

Owens Distinguished Professor of International Economics North Carolina State University Poole College of Management; Senior non-resident fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Emanuel Ornelas

Professor of Economics Sao Paulo School of Economics

Ralph Ossa

Kühne Foundation Professor of International Trade and Director of the Kühne Center for Sustainable Trade and Logistics University Of Zurich; Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division World Trade Organization

Gianmarco Ottaviano

Professor of Economics, Achille and Giulia Boroli Chair in European Studies and Co-Director of the Globalization and Industry Dynamics Research Unit at Baffi Carefin Bocconi University

Henry Overman

Professor of Economic Geography London School Of Economics And Political Science

Mathieu Parenti

Assistant Professor of Economics ECARES, Université Libre De Bruxelles; Researcher Institut national de la Recherche agronomique (INRA); Professor in Economics Paris School of Economics (PSE)

Nina Pavcnik

Professor of Economics and Niehaus Family Professor of International Studies Tuck School Of Business At Dartmouth College

Steven Poelhekke

Research Fellow Tinbergen Institute; Full Professor, School of Business and Economics, Spatial Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Giacomo Ponzetto

Affiliated Professor Barcelona School Of Economics; Senior Researcher Centre De Recerca En Economia Internacional (CREI)

Diego Puga

Professor of Economics Center for Monetary and Financial Studies (CEMFI)

Pascalis Raimondos

Head of School, Professor of Economics Queensland University Of Technology

Natalia Ramondo

Research Associate National Bureau Of Economic Research (NBER); Associate Professor of Economics University of California, San Diego

Veronica Rappoport

Associate Professor in the Department of Management London School Of Economics And Political Science

Ferdinand Rauch

Tutorial Fellow at Brasenose College and Associate Professor at the Department of Economics University Of Oxford

Stephen Redding

Harold T. Shapiro Professor in Economics Princeton University

Frédéric Robert-Nicoud

Professor of Economics at the Geneva School of Economics and Management University Of Geneva

Andres Rodríguez-Clare

Edward G. and Nancy S. Jordan Professor of Economics University Of California, Berkeley

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Princesa de Asturias Chair and Professor of Economic Geography London School Of Economics And Political Science

Dani Rodrik

Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University

Andrew Rose

Dean of the NUS Business School National University Of Singapore; Professor Emeritus at the Haas School of Business University Of California, Berkeley

Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics University Of Chicago

Thomas Sampson

Associate Professor London School Of Economics And Political Science

André Sapir

Senior Fellow Bruegel; Professor Emeritus Universite Libre De Bruxelles

Philip Sauré

Chair of International Finance Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Kurt Schmidheiny

Professor of Economics and Applied Econometrics University Of Basel

Monika Schnitzer

Full Professor in the Department of Economics Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU)

Peter Schott

Juan Trippe Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management Yale University

Mine Senses

Associate Professor of International Economics Johns Hopkins University

Joana Silva

Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics Catholic University of Portugal; Senior Research Economist The World Bank

Ina Simonovska

Associate Professor University of California, Davis

Helen Simpson

Professor of Economics University Of Bristol

Fellow, International Trade and Regional Economics / RPN Leader, Spatial Disparities and Policy

Valerie Smeets

Professor of Economics Aarhus University

Antonio Spilimbergo

Deputy Director, IMF Research Department International Monetary Fund

Daniel Sturm

Professor of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Jens Südekum

Professor of International Economics at the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf

Adam Szeidl

Professor in the Department of Economics and Business Central European University

Jacques-François Thisse

Professor of Economics and Regional Science University of Louvain

Mathias Thoenig

Professor of Economics at the School of Business and Economics Hec Lausanne; Centenary Visiting Professor of PPE at the Department of Economics University Of Oxford

Petia Topalova

Advisor International Monetary Fund

Farid Toubal

Professor of Economics CEPII; Professor of Economics Université Paris Dauphine - Psl

Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe

Professor of Economics University Of Oslo

Philip Ushchev

Professor of Economics Professor of Economics ECARES, Université Libre De Bruxelles; Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Economics Monash University

Johannes Van Biesebroeck

Professor of Economics Ku Leuven

Hylke Vandenbussche

Full Professor in Economics- International Trade Ku Leuven

Anthony Venables

Research Director The Productivity Institute; Professor of Economics University Of Manchester

Thierry Verdier

Professor of Economics Paris School of Economics (PSE); Professor of Economics Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Reinhilde Veugelers

Senior Fellow Bruegel; Professor of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation Ku Leuven; Professor of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal

Professor at the Department of Economics and Researcher for the IEB University Of Barcelona

Shang-Jin Wei

N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy, Professor of Finance and Economics at the Graduate School of Business and School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University