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2025 Atlanta Workshop on International Economics

DateMarch 28–29, 2025

VenueFederal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Co-organized by Emory University and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Friday, March 28

Session 1: Firms and Trade

9:15–10:30 · An Anatomy of U.S. Establishments’ Trade Linkages in Global Value Chains

Presenter: Fariha Kamal, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant: Emily Blanchard, Dartmouth College

10:45–12:00 · Navigating the Waves of Global Shipping: Drivers and Aggregate Implications

Presenter: Fernando Leibovici, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Discussant: Simon Fuchs, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session 2: Trade

1:30–2:45 · A World Trading System for Whom? Evidence from Global Tariffs

Presenter: Dave Donaldson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussant: Nuno Limão, Georgetown University

3:00–4:15 · The Incidence of Distortions

Presenter: David Atkin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussant: Roman David Zarate

Session 3, Part I: International Finance

4:30–5:45 · International Reserve Management under Rollover Crises

Presenter: César Sosa-Padilla, University of Notre Dame
Discussant: Daniel Neuhann, University of Texas at Austin

Saturday, March 29

Session 3, Part II: International Finance

9:15–10:30 · The Optimal Monetary Policy Response to Tariffs

Presenter: Louphou Coulibaly, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Discussant: Michael Devereux, University of British Columbia

10:45–12:00 · A Theory of Economic Coercion and Fragmentation

Presenter: Chris Clayton, Yale University
Discussant: Zhen Huo, Yale University

Each paper session allocated 55 minutes to the presentation, 10 minutes to the discussion, and 10 minutes to questions from the audience.