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Using a dynamic trade and reallocation model with downward nominal wage rigidities to quantitatively assess the economic consequences of recent US tariff increases on imports from various countries, from @Montrose1000, Mauricio Ulate, and Jose P. Vasquez nber.org/papers/w33792

What is the optimal macroeconomic tariff when trade is imbalanced? Can a tariff be used to permanently close an aggregate trade imbalance? We (w/Dmitry Mukhin) answer these questions in a new paper: (1/n) itskhoki.com/papers/Optimal…

GCAP and BGS will hold a JIE-GCAP-BGS Conference on Geoeconomics at Stanford Graduate School of Business on February 27-28, 2026. Call for papers: shorturl.at/r26Do Organized by Jesse Schreger, Jeff Frieden, Reka Juhasz, Carolin Pflueger, and Christoph Trebesch

Very excited about this special issue of the Journal of International Economics on Geoeconomics. Submission deadline September 15, Conference at Stanford February 2026. Hoping to include papers across a variety of fields!

Interested in international economics and geopolitics? You may want to consider submitting to this conference. I am looking forward to guest editing the corresponding JIE special issue.

Please submit! I am very excited about this conference with Matteo Maggiori Jesse Schreger Jeff Frieden Reka Juhasz Christoph Trebesch

Thanks to Institute for Fiscal Studies for hosting me this week for their Annual Lecture. Check out: Trade Wars and the Future of Globalisation, featuring new work with Chuan-han Cheng CamEcon, Giancarlo Corsetti European University Institute, and Lu Han Bank of Canada youtu.be/EPIATYktrRM

Startups co-founded by immigrants and natives outperform native-only and immigrant-only firms in size, funding, and innovation due to broader access to talent and capital, from Zhao Jin, Amir Kermani, and Timothy McQuade nber.org/papers/w33804

Any Econ PhD students at Harvard (or elsewhere in the U.S.) worried about visa status, the Institute for International Economic Studies has openings for PhD students who have completed their coursework and are at the dissertation stage, starting in the fall. Apply here: su.se/institute-for-…

Job Opening: one PhD position in international trade, environmental economics, and labor economics👇👇

Still a few weeks left, don't forget to submit your paper!

📢 Workshop on 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼 at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 🌁 San Francisco, October 27, 2025 🚨 Keynote speaker: Yuriy Gorodnichenko 📆 Submission deadline: July 31, 2025 ➡️ Full CfP: treinelt.github.io/files/CfP_Expe… Yeji Sung Sanjay R Singh

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Post-doc opportunity. Please apply if you are interested in firm-to-firm trade networks: 👇 aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

This is few steps from my loved ones. I don’t know of any military/etc targets there. About 100 yards to west of it is one of Tehran’s oldest and bazaar (traditional shopping place), packed with civilians. “We are not targeting civilians” is a lie. Always. Everywhere.

The Centre for Economic Performance -LSE Department of Economics -Warwick Economics Junior trade Workshop is back on Sept 22! It considers papers from PhD students and postdocs on the academic job market in Jan 2026. Submit by July 27 at [email protected]. It's an excellent opportunity to get early feedback

This paper was quite a journey with my excellent coauthor, Ahmad Lashkaripour I’m proud that it found the best home I could imagine. Here is a summary 🧵