The Journal of International Economics is pleased to announce the Co-Editors Conference, organized by the Department of Economics, that will be held on 9–10 July at Bocconi University. The conference will present the work of the editorial board and highlight frontier research in international economics, bringing together innovative contributions in the field.

Registration required link.

Conference Program 

Day 1 - July 9, 2026

9.30 – Registration

10:00–11:00 Costas Arkolakis, Yale University: "Immigration, Innovation, and the Geography of Growth" (joint with S. Kyoung Lee, Mi. Peters)

11:00–11:30 Coffee Break

11:30–12:30 Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University: "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Firm Heterogeneity and the Welfare Effects of Growth"

12:30–14:00 Lunch (By Invitation)

14:00–15:00 Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland: "Firms' Investment and the Real Transmission of the Global Financial Cycle"  (with C. Hegarty, M. Moretti, and D. Perez)

15:00–15:30 Coffee Break

15:30–16:30 Javier Bianchi, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: "The Optimal Monetary Policy Response to Tariffs" (joint with L. Coulibaly)

16:30 Conclusions

17:00-18:15 JIE editorial board meeting (only for JIE Co-Editors)

20:00: Dinner (By Invitation)

Day 2 - July 10, 2026

09:30–10:30 Eduardo Morales, Princeton University: “Tariffs and Production Relocation in a Multi-Product Oligopoly” (joint with J. Castro-Vincenzi, J. Liu and A. Sabal)

10:30–11:30 Paola Conconi, University of Oxford: "The Distorting Effects of Rules of Origin: A Firm-Level Analysis” (joint with F. Gallina, T. Mayer, and G. Orefice).

11:30–12:00 Coffee Break

12:00–13:00 Zhen Huo, Yale University: "Micro shocks and macro fluctuations in the information network"

13:00–14:30 Lunch (By Invitation)

14:30–15:30 Tommaso Monacelli, Bocconi University: "Tariffs, Uncertainty and the Exchange Rate"

15:30–16:00 Coffee Break

16:00–17:00 Yan Bai – University of Rochester: "Trade Barriers and Sovereign Default Risk"

17:00 Conclusions