Category: Conferences | Clausen Center

Global Economic Developments: A View from the IMF

by ClausenCenter | Apr 9, 2024 | Conferences, Events

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 of Dr Gopinath conducted by current UC Berkeley students on topics ranging from debt sustainability to economic fragmentation and the role of the dollar in the global economy, followed by an open question period.

The Social Science Matrix is located on the 8th floor of the Social Sciences Building on the UC Berkeley campus. There are entrances at both ends of the building, but only one of the elevators on the eastern side goes directly to the 8th floor. You can alternatively take the stairs.

You must be registered to attend this event. Please note that this event is limited to UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. Attendees will be asked to present ID upon arrival. Please register using the link below:

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For more information about the event, please visit the UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix page.

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact Chuck Kapelke at ckapelke@berkeley.edu with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.

Presented by Social Science Matrix and the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy.

CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC ISSUES 2023

by ClausenCenter | Nov 13, 2023 | Conferences, Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY

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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, November 18, 2023.

The Clausen conference will host prominent economists, policymakers, and industry participants. This year we welcome Pinelopi Goldberg, Elihu Professor of Economics and Professor of Management at Yale University, to give the keynote address.

Thank you for joining us for the 2023 Clausen Center Conference!

We hope you enjoy the conference photos and you can find the participant list here.

We look forward to seeing you again and best wishes for the new year!

PROGRAM

8:30-9:00am	Registration & Breakfast
9:00-9:15am	Opening Remarks Benjamin E. Hermalin Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, University of California Berkeley
9:15-10:30am	Session 1 – Energy, Trade and the Environment Moderator: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas International Monetary Fund Panelists: Cullen S. Hendrix Peterson Institute for International Economics (View Session Slides) Catherine Wolfram MIT Sloan School of Management Joseph Shapiro University of California Berkeley (View Session Slides)
10:30-11:00am	Break
11:00-12:30pm	Session 2 – Semiconductors, export restrictions and CHIPs Act Moderator: Matilde Bombardini University of California Berkeley Panelists: Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli University of California Berkeley and co-founder of Cadence and Synopsys (View Session Slides) Chad P. Bown Peterson Institute for International Economics Matthew S. Borman Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration – Bureau of Industry and Security Ronnie Chatterji Duke University and former White House Coordinator for CHIPS Act Implementation at the National Economic Council (NEC)
12:30-1:45pm	Lunch
1:45-3:15pm	Session 3 – Financial issues related to de-dollarization and international capital flows Moderator: Barry Eichengreen, University of California Berkeley Panelists: Patricia C. Mosser Columbia University Gene Frieda London School of Economics Matteo Maggiori Stanford Graduate School of Business
3:15-3:45pm	Break
3:45-4:45pm	Egon & Joan von Kaschnitz Keynote Lecture “Globalization in Crisis” Pinelopi Goldberg Elihu Professor of Economics and Professor of Management, Yale University (View Session Slides)
4:45-5:00pm	Closing Remarks – Matilde Bombardini and Cecile Gaubert (Clausen Center Co-directors)
5:00-6:00pm	Reception

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All sessions will be held at:

Chou Hall
University of California Berkeley
Spieker Forum (6th Floor), Cheit Ln, Berkeley, CA 94720

Parking and Transportation

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Parking Passes for participants can be reserved in advance.
Parking validation is available at Stadium Parking Lot.
Contact econevents@berkeley.edu to request a permit.

Transportation
Shuttle service will be provide to and from the conference venue for all those lodging at Le Meridien San Francisco hotel.

For additional transportation options, please visit Bart.gov or 511.org

Accommodation
Le Meridien San Francisco, 333 Battery Street, San Francisco

Reservations at Le Meridien are now closed. If you require lodging, we recommend Hotel Shattuck Plaza and Residence Inn.

Conference participants are responsible for any lodging expenses.

Please contact econevents@berkeley.edu for more information about discount rates.

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For questions regarding conference logistics, please contact econevent@berkeley.edu

Panel on Economics and Geopolitics in U.S. International Relations: China, Europe, and the Global South

by ClausenCenter | Feb 7, 2023 | Conferences, Events

On Thursday, Feb. 16, starting at noon the Clausen Center and UC Berkeley Social Science Matrix will co-sponsor a panel discussion on ‘Economics and Geopolitics in U.S. International Relations: China, Europe, and the Global South”. The event will be held in the Spieker Forum, 6th Floor, Chou Hall, of the Haas School of Business.

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The pandemic and the war in Ukraine have reshaped global geopolitics, trade, and security. How will these changes affect the relationship between the US and China, Europe, and the Global South? How will they impact US firms operating globally, and how might foreign leaders — and notably the Chinese leadership — respond? In this panel discussion, a group of distinguished scholars will answer these questions and address the possible implications for the global multilateral order established in the second half of the 20th century.

Panelists

Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, former justice of the Supreme Court of California

James Fearon, Theodore and Frances Geballe Professor, Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences; Professor of Political Science, Senior Fellow, Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Economic Counsellor and the Director of Research, International Monetary Fund; S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global Management, UC Berkeley Department of Economics and at the Haas School of Business

Laura Tyson, Class of 1939 Professor of Economics and Business Administration and Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics, UC Berkeley

John Zysman (moderator), Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley, co-founder/co-director of the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy

CONFERENCE ON MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF TRADE POLICIES AND TRADE SHOCKS 2020

by ClausenCenter | Jan 5, 2020 | Conferences, Events

FEBRUARY 13-14, 2020
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY

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UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center for International Business and Policy and the Peterson Institute for International Economics will hold the Conference on Macroeconomic Implications of Trade Policies and Trade Shocks at the University of California, Berkeley, on February 13-14, 2020.

This conference aims to update the analytical framework for analyzing trade policies and trade shocks to encompass modern developments in macro modeling and in trade theory. The goal is to encourage research incorporating the most recent advances in both the trade and macro literatures and allow economists to provide quantitative answers to questions about the short- and long-run impacts of trade policies and shocks on the trade balance, employment, real wages, income distribution, growth, and welfare.

The Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical policy solutions. The Institute is committed to rigorous, intellectually open, and in depth study and discussion. It attempts to anticipate emerging issues and present ideas in useful, accessible formats, to inform and shape public debate. Its audience includes government officials and legislators, business and labor leaders, management and staff at international organizations, university-based scholars and their students, experts at other research institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the media, and the public at large.

Please visit our website for information about our senior fellows, their current research, and our outreach programs.

List of participants can be found here.