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
The Return of the Bond Vigilantes? Rising Yields Globally, Fiscal Stress, and French Challenges
Join the Clausen Center for International Business & Policy for a roundtable event exploring recent developments in bond markets. The discussion will examine the drivers of rising yields globally, as well as the risks of a fiscal crisis in France. Featuring...
The New Tariff Regime: How the Trump Administration Is Upending the Global Trade Order
Please join us for a fireside chat with professors Matilde Bombardini, Andrés Rodriguez-Clare, and Barry Eichengreen to learn more about rapidly evolving U.S. tariff policy and how it might impact trade, the economy, and international finance and policy. The...
CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC ISSUES 2025
NOVEMBER 22, 2025 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY Program Venue Hotel Contact UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center for International Business and Policy will hold its 5th biennial Conference on Global Economic Issues on Saturday, November 22, 2025. Details for the...
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...