7th WIE  Conference @ Duke University

November 5-6, 2026

The conference will feature a keynote lecture by Anusha Chari

Day 1: Thursday, November 5th

Bolton Family Tower Room, Brodhead Center

Session I – International Finance, Sovereign Risk, and Capital Flows

Chair: Craig Burnside, Duke University

12:00-1:00 PM:

Registration and Lunch

1:00-2:00 PM:

"Who Benefits from Capital Market Integration in a Monetary Union?"
Presenter: Naomi Cohen, Copenhagen Business School
Discussant: Stéphanie Schmitt-Grohé, Columbia University

2:00-2:15 PM:

Break

2:15-3:15 PM:

"The Original Sin Revisited: Investor Composition and Sovereign Risk"
Presenter: Sage Belz, Northwestern University
Discussant: Cristina Arellano, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

3:15-3:30 PM:

Break

3:30-4:30 PM:

"Beyond the Fundamentals: Cross-Country Media Narrative Dispersion and International Capital Flows"
Presenter: Isha Agarwal, University of British Columbia
Discussant: Vivian Yue, Emory University

5:00-6:30 PM:

WIE Mentoring Session

7:00 PM:

Dinner (by invitation only)

Day 2: Friday, November 6th

Bolton Family Tower Room, Brodhead Center

Session II – Trade Costs, Infrastructure, and Comparative Advantage

Chair: Rafael Dix-Carneiro, Duke University

8:00-9:00 AM:

Breakfast

9:00-10:00 AM:

"Strategic Investment in Transportation Networks: Evidence from the U.S. Highway System"
Presenter: Yuyang Jiang, Stanford University
Discussant: Molly Lipscomb, University of Virginia

10:00-10:15 AM:

Break

10:15-11:15 AM:

"Credit Airlines: Financing, Modes of Export, and Comparative Advantage"
Presenter: Maria Aristizabal-Ramirez, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant: Anca Cristea, University of Oregon

11:15-11:30 AM:

Break

11:30 AM-12:30 PM:

Keynote Presentation
Speaker: Anusha Chari, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

12:30-2:00 PM:

Lunch

Session III – Trade Policy, Firms, and Expectations

Chair: Daniel Xu, Duke University

2:00-3:00 PM:

"How Partisanship Shapes Economic Expectations: Evidence from the 2025 U.S. Tariff Announcement"
Presenter: Yoon Jo, Texas A&M University
Discussant: Anna Mayda, Georgetown University

3:00-3:15 PM:

Break

3:15-4:15 PM:

"Import Competition, Innovation, and the Cost of Protectionism"
Presenter: Deniz Atalar, Princeton University
Discussant: Salome Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta