The NABE Annual Meeting is the foremost national event addressing the outlook for the global economy, finance, and trade, and the impact of macro trends and policy issues on industry sectors and businesses. Since 1959, the Annual Meeting has regularly attracted hundreds of professionals in the...

The Midwest International Economics Group was founded in 1981 to foster and encourage research in International Trade. We hold conferences twice a year, in the fall and spring, jointly with the Midwest Theory conference. There are usually about 50 papers presented and roughly 75 people in...

Next fall, the Economics Department at Purdue University will host Empirical Investigations in International Trade XXXI conference. At this conference, economists specializing in empirical international trade will present their current research. The goal of this conference is to promote the...

Mobile phone data are ubiquitous today, as almost everyone carries a mobile device in their pocket. This generates huge data trails that provide almost unbiased information about people’s mobility and location. These data have been used, for example, in the COVID-19 years to assess the impact...

Like many countries, the U.S. has a federal system of government, with public policies designed and implemented at federal, state and local levels. Sound policy design and implementation therefore requires thoughtful consideration of how policies play out, and interact, at multiple levels of...