Devils and Wolves International Economics Seminar Series
The seminar series in international economics is jointly organized by Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Daniel Yi Xu and Federico Huneeus with Duke University; Luca David Opromolla and Andrew Greenland with NC State; and Can Tian with UNC-Chapel Hill. The goal is to bring high-quality research in international economics to the Triangle area, in a serious and friendly environment.
May 8-9, 2025 | NC State University
Second Annual NC State Conference on International Economics: “Challenging the Challenges: Trade, Agriculture and the Environment”
May 8
- Audrey Tiew, New York University: “E.U. Trade Restrictions and Heterogeneity Among Malaysian Oil Palm Farmers”
- Devaki Ghose, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank: “Fertilizer Import Bans, Agricultural Exports, and Welfare: Evidence from Sri Lanka”
- Heitor Pellegrina, University of Notre Dame: “Diet, Economic Development, and Climate Change”
- Hyeseon Shin, The Ohio State University: “Agriculture, Trade, Migration and Climate Change”
- Fernando Leibovici, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: “Trade Risk and Food Security”
May 9
- Jacob Moscona, MIT: “Inappropriate Technology: Evidence from Global Agriculture”
- Gary Lyn, Federal Reserve Board of Governors: “The Economic Effects of Climate Change in Dynamic Spatial Equilibrium”
- Daniel Yi Xu, Duke University: “The Geographical Leakage of Environmental Regulation: Evidence from the Clean Air Act”
- Constanza Abuin, Harvard University: “Power Decarbonization in a Global Energy Market: The Climate Effect of U.S. LNG Exports”
Past Events
March 28, 2025 | Duke University
- Jonathan Vogel is a Professor of Economics at UCLA. He is an NBER Faculty Research Associate and the co-editor of the Journal of International Economics.
- Arnaud Costinot is a Professor of Economics at MIT. He is a Research Fellow at the CEPR and a Faculty Research Associate in the NBER. He is currently the co-editor of the American Economic Review and an associate editor at the Journal of International Economics.
April 4, 2025 | 3220 Nelson Hall, NC State University
- Gordon Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. He is a Research Associate at the NBER, serves on the editorial board of the AEJ and is involved in numerous other advisory positions including as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
- Brian Kovak is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. He is a Research Associate at the NBER and a Research Fellow at IZA. He serves as an associate editor at the Journal of International Economics.
- Peter K. Schott is the Juan Trippe Professor of International Economics at the Yale School of Management. He is a Research Fellow at CEPR a Research Associate at NBER, the Cowles Foundation Director of the Research Program in International Trade, and serves on the editorial board of the AEJ.
November 1, 2024
- Lydia Cox, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Anais Galdin, Dartmouth
September 27, 2024
- Ken Kikkawa, University of British Columbia
- Munseob Lee, UC San Diego
September 20, 2024 | NC State Campus
- Chenzi Xu, Stanford University
- Heitor Pellegrina, Notre Dame University
May 9-10, 2024 | NC State Campus
April 12, 2024 | NC State Campus
- Jonathan Dingel, University of Chicago
- Samuel Kortum, Yale University
March 29, 2024 | NC State Campus
- Kristian Behrens, Université du Québec à Montréal
- Giordano Mion, ESSEC Business School
March 22, 2024 | NC State Campus
- George Alessandria, University of Rochester
- Kim Ruhl, University of Wisconsin
February 2, 2024 | NC State Campus
- Ferdinando Monte, Georgetown University
- Steve Redding, Princeton University
November 10, 2023 | NC State Campus
- Nuno Limão, Georgetown University
- Justin Pierce
September 15, 2023 | NC State Campus
- Kerem Coşar, University of Virginia
- David Hummels, Purdue University
May 2, 2023 | Duke Campus
- Ahmad Lashkaripour, Indiana University
- Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, University of California at Berkeley
- Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, University of Chicago
- Sebastian Sotelo, University of Michigan
April 7, 2023 | NC State Campus
- Lydia Cox, Yale University
- Andrew Greenland, Elon University
- Christopher Meissner, University of California, Davis
- Sharon Traiberman, New York University
March 31, 2023 | NC State Campus
- Nick Bloom, Stanford University
- Yoko Shibuya, Duke University
- Melanie Wallskog, Duke University
February 16, 2023 | Duke Campus
- Myrto Kalouptsidi, Harvard University
February 14, 2023 | Duke Campus
- Theodore Papageorgiou, Boston College
January 20, 2023 | Duke Campus
- Andrei Levchenko, University of Michigan
- Javier Cravino, University of Michigan
November 11, 2022 | NC State Campus
- Diana Van Patten, Yale University
- David Argente, Penn State University
October 21, 2022 | NC State Campus
- Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago
- Adrien Bilal, Harvard University
October 20, 2022 | NC State Campus
- Mary E. Lovely, Syracuse University
April 28, 2022 | Duke Campus
- Pol Antras, Harvard University | “Global Sourcing and Multinational Activity: A Unified Approach”
- Felix Tintelnot, University of Chicago | “Demand Shocks to a Production Network: Firm Responses an Worker Impacts”
April 14, 2022 | NC State Campus
- Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University | “On the Mechanics of Spatial Growth”
- Fernando Parro, Penn State University | “The Quantitative Effects of Trade Policy on Industrial and Labor Location”
- Alessandro Sforza, University of Bologna | “Shocks and the organization of the firm: who pays the bill?”