Instructors

Luigi Bocola

Alessandro Dovis

Luigi Bocola, Stanford University

Luigi Bocola is an Associate Professor in the Stanford Economics Department and also a Faculty Research Associate at the NBER and a senior fellow at SIEPR.

His research focuses on macroeconomics, international finance and financial economics.

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Alessandro Dovis, University of Pennsylvania

Alessandro Dovis is Associate Professor of Economics at University of Pennsylvania. He is a macroeconomist with a particular interest in sovereign debt crises and related topics in international economics.

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Liliana Varela, London School of Economics

Liliana Varela is Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, London School of Economics and serves as an Academic Consultant at the Bank of England. Her main research interests include International Economics and Finance, Macroeconomics and Firms Dynamics.

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Treb Allen, Dartmouth College

Treb Allen is the Distinguished Professor of Economics and Globalization at Dartmouth College. He earned his Ph.D. at Yale University and has previously held positions at Northwestern University, Stanford University and Princeton University. His research spans the fields of international economics, development economics, urban economics, and economic geography.

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Isabelle Mejean, SciencesPo

Isabelle Mejean is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po since 2021. She is a member of the Conseil d’Analyse Économique since 2020 as well as a Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Kiel Institute. Her research interests span international mac-roeconomics and international trade. She is particularly interested in the structure of firm-to-firm trade networks and its consequences for various aggregate outcomes.

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Daniel Yi Xu, Duke University

Daniel Yi Xu is Professor of Economics at Duke University. His research focuses on Productivity, International Trade, and Industrial Organization. He has received numerous grants from the National Science Foundation, the Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries, and the NET Institute. He has been working on projects that explore innovation, productivity, exporting and industry dynamics, with a special focus on emerging economies such as China, Colombia, Taiwan, Korea, and Turkey.

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