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

Programme Directors

Beata Javorcik

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

Researchers

Gabriel Ahlfeldt

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

Francisco Alcalá

Research Professor Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (Ivie)

Laura Alfaro

Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration Harvard University

Kym Anderson

Honorary Professor of Economics 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

Richard Baldwin

Professor of International Economics Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID); Associate Member, Nuffield College University Of Oxford; Founder & Editor-in-Chief VoxEU.org

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

Paulo Bastos

Senior Economist, Development Research Group The World Bank

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

Matilde Bombardini

Associate Professor, Vancouver School of Economics 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

T. Renee Bowen

Founder and Director, Center for Commerce and Diplomacy; Professor of Economics and Pastor Faculty Fellow in the School of Global Policy and Strategy University of California, San Diego

Chad Bown

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

Marius Brülhart

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor of Economics HEC Lausanne

Olivier Cadot

Professor, International Economics; and Director, Institute of Applied Economics HEC Lausanne

Thomas Chaney

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

Natalie Chen

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor University Of Warwick

Paola Conconi

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

Meredith A. Crowley

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

Jan De loecker

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

Jaime de Melo

Senior Fellow FERDI; 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

Co-Editor, Econometrica; 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

Jan Eeckhout

Professor ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics

Barry Eichengreen

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

Karolina Ekholm

Research Affiliate Centre for Economic Policy Research; Deputy Governor Sveriges Riksbank

Giovanni Facchini

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

Joseph Francois

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

Caroline Freund

Director, Trade, Regional Integration and Investment Climate The World Bank

Richard Friberg

Jacob Wallenberg Professor of Economics Stockholm School Of Economics

Gino Gancia

Professor of Economics Queen Mary University Of London

Laurent Gobillon

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

Gene Grossman

Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics Professor of Economics Princeton University

Jonathan Haskel

Professor of Economics. Business School, 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

J. Vernon Henderson

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

Bernard Hoekman

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

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; Research Affiliate Centre for Economic Policy Research

Andrei Levchenko

Professor Research Fellow Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics John W. Sweetland Professor of International Economics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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; Chair French Council of Economic Analysis; Professor of Economics and Dean School of Public Affairs Sciences Po Paris University

Anna Maria Mayda

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

Mirabelle Muuls

Associate Assistant Professor in Economics Imperial College London Business School

Volker Nocke

Vice Chancellor's Fellow Professor of Economics University Of Mannheim

Marcelo Olarreaga

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; 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)

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

Nina Pavcnik

Research Affiliate Centre for Economic Policy Research; Niehaus Family Professor of International Studies, Professor of Economics Tuck School Of Business At Dartmouth College

Giacomo Ponzetto

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

Natalia Ramondo

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

Veronica Rappoport

Associate Professor at the Managerial Economics and Strategy Group, Department of Management, London School Of Economics And Political Science

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; 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

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor of International Business, in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group, 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

André Sapir

Senior Fellow Bruegel; Professor Emeritus Universite Libre De Bruxelles

Philip Sauré

Professor of Economics Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Monika Schnitzer

Full Professor of Economics Bibliothek Wirtscharftswiseneschaften - University of Munich

Peter Schott

Juan Trippe Professor of Economics Yale School of Management; 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

Senior Research Economist The World Bank; Associate Professor Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal

Ina Simonovska

Associate Professor Associate Professor University of California, Davis

Antonio Spilimbergo

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; 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

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

Farid Toubal

Professor of Economics CEPII - Research and Expertise on the World Economy

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)

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

David Weinstein

Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy and Associate Director of Research Center on Japanese Economy and Business

Jeffrey G. Williamson

Emeritus Laird Bell Professor of Economics and Honorary Fellow in the Department of Economics University of Wisconsin – Madison

L Alan Winters

Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research; Professor of Economics University Of Sussex

Nikolaus Wolf

Professor and Director of the Institute of Economic History Humboldt University of Berlin

Ian Wooton

Professor of Economics University of Strathclyde

Yanos Zylberberg

Postdoctoral Researcher at CREI Pompeu Fabra University; Associate Professor in Economics University Of Bristol

Research affiliates

Kamran Bilir

Assistant Professor of Economics and Mary Claire Phipps Fellow University of Wisconsin – Madison

Esther Ann Bøler

Research Associate Research Affiliate Cesifo; Assistant Professor Imperial College Business School

Felipe Carozzi

Associate Professor of Urban Economics and Economic Geography in the Department of Geography and Environment London School Of Economics And Political Science

Banu Demir

Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow University Of Oxford

Teresa Fort

Associate Professor Tuck School Of Business At Dartmouth College

Cécile Gaubert

Assistant Professor of Economics University Of California, Berkeley

Anna Gumpert

Professor of International Economics and European Integration University of Tübingen

Lu Han

Lecturer University Of Liverpool

Inga Heiland

Research Director of Research Center "Trade Policy" German Institute For Economic Research; Professor of International Economics Kiel University; Assistant Professor, Department of Economics University of Oslo

Réka Juhász

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Columbia University

Hans Koster

Professor of Urban Economics and Real Estate Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Isabela Manelici

Assistant Professor of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Julien Martin

Full Professor Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQAM), Canada

Joan Monras

Research Advisor Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco; Assistant Professor of Economics ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics; Associate Professor of Economics Pompeu Fabra University

Ferdinando Monte

Associate Professor of Economics at McDonough School of Business Georgetown University

Dmitry Mukhin

Assistant Professor of Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Laura Ogliari

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics University Of Bergamo; Assistant professor, Department of Economics University Of Torino

Claudia Steinwender

Professor Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich (LMU); Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Catherine Thomas

Associate Professor of Managerial Economics London School Of Economics And Political Science

Jose P. Vasquez

Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy London School Of Economics And Political Science

Chenzi Xu

Assistant Professor Finance, Graduate School of Business Stanford University