Atlanta Workshop on International Economics

01 · 2027 meeting

Program forthcoming

Trade in a Fragmenting World

Networks, Geography, and Macroeconomic Adjustment

DateMarch 18–19, 2027

LocationFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, New Orleans Branch
New Orleans, Louisiana

The 2027 workshop will bring the meeting to New Orleans for a themed edition on how trade policy, networks, infrastructure, and macroeconomic adjustment interact in a fragmenting global economy.

02 · Organizers

A joint Atlanta institution

The Atlanta Workshop on International Economics brings together researchers for focused presentations and discussion of new work in international economics.

Co-organizerFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Co-organizerEmory University Department of Economics

Organizing committee

Andrés BlancoFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Simon FuchsFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Nelson LindEmory University Federico MandelmanFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Kim RuhlUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison Jon WillisFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Vivian YueEmory University / Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

03 · In numbers

Inside the program archive

Recurring research themes in the archived programs, using narrow and overlapping title-based tags rather than mutually exclusive fields.

13: editions
106: presentations
152: scholars on programs

Research themes

What the papers study

Number of papers associated with each nonexclusive theme

Sovereign debt & default 21
Capital flows & global finance 19
Spatial, transport & shipping 16
Exchange rates & currencies 15
Firms, productivity & innovation 14
Trade patterns & globalization 14
Labor, migration & inequality 13
Tariffs, trade policy & sanctions 13
Growth & development 12

Research themes are identified from explicit subject terms in paper titles. Themes are deliberately narrow and nonexclusive, so one paper may contribute to more than one theme.

Themes through time

How the research agenda evolved

Each dot is one paper associated with the theme. Outlines identify the most common tracked theme in an edition.

Theme	’12	’13	’14	’15	’16	’17	’18	’19	’20	’21	’22	’23	’24	’25	’26
Sovereign debt & default										—		—
Capital flows & global finance										—		—
Spatial, transport & shipping										—		—
Exchange rates & currencies										—		—
Firms, productivity & innovation										—		—
Trade patterns & globalization										—		—
Labor, migration & inequality										—		—
Tariffs, trade policy & sanctions										—		—
Growth & development										—		—
Leading theme	Sovereign debt +2	Capital flows / Exchange rates	Sovereign debt / Growth	Capital flows / Spatial	Sovereign debt	Sovereign debt	Sovereign debt	Capital flows / Tariffs	Spatial +2	—	Spatial	—	Capital flows	Tariffs	Tariffs

Themes can overlap within a paper. Calendar spacing is preserved; a dash marks a year without a workshop.

04 · Archive

Programs, 2012–2026