Our Mission
To promote path-breaking scholarly research, enhance teaching in the area of international economics and finance, and contribute to the policy dialogue on these issues. Through its research initiatives, the Clausen Center will engage in continued dialogue with policy makers and pursue work that is rigorous, insightful, and firmly anchored in reality.
News & Events
Responsible Sourcing? Theory and Evidence from Costa Rica
by Alonso Alfaro-Ureña, Benjamin Faber, Cecile Gaubert, Isabela Manelici, Jose P. Vasquez|| Multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly impose “Responsible Sourcing” (RS) standards on their suppliers worldwide, including requirements on worker compensation, benefits...
Stablecoin Devaluation Risk
by Barry Eichengreen, My T. Nguyen, Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj Stablecoins' reliance on centralized custodians introduces devaluation risk similar to that of traditional currencies under fixed exchange rate regimes. The authoers construct market-based measures of...
Global Economic Developments: A View from the IMF
Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, will join UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff for a town hall meeting on May 8, 2024 from 2:00pm-3:00pm at the Social Science Matrix venue. The event will feature an interview...
CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC ISSUES 2023
NOVEMBER 18, 2023 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY Program Venue Photos Hotel Contact UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center for International Business and Policy will hold its 4th biennial Conference on Global Economic Issues: Deglobalization and Fragmentation, on Saturday,...
Special Seminar with Japan’s METI Minister Nishimura Yasutoshi
The Clausen Center is co-sponsoring a talk by Japan's Minister of the Economy, Trade, and Industry, Nishimura Yasutoshi, on Nov. 15 at 12:30 pm in Chou Hall's Spieker Forum. The event is held in partnership with the Berkeley APEC Study Center; the Institute for East...