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...
Panel on Economics and Geopolitics in U.S. International Relations: China, Europe, and the Global South
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...
Sergii Kiiashko Named Clausen Ukraine Fellow
Sergii Kiiashko, an assistant professor at the Kyiv School of Economics and a senior researcher at the Department of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis of the National Bank of Ukraine, has been named the Clausen Center Ukraine Fellow for the 2022-2023 academic...
Mathilde Muñoz Wins WTO 2022 Essay Award for Young Economists
The winner of the 2022 WTO Essay Award for Young Economists is Mathilde Muñoz of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality at the University of California, Berkeley. Her paper, “Trading Non-Tradables: The Implications of Europe’s Job...
Clausen Center Faculty Director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Named IMF Economic Counsellor
Today, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced its intention to appoint the Faculty director of UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, as its new Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, starting January 24, 2022. Pierre-Olivier writes:...
Watch the Panel Discussion: The Economic Consequences of COVID-19
Last spring, the COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented shutdown of the global economy. Governments (mostly in advanced economies) responded with an array of programs, including increased unemployment benefits, stimulus payments, small business assistance loans,...
Small business failures in Europe would have doubled without pandemic relief, analysis finds
An analysis of 17 countries in Europe and Asia found that the COVID-19 crisis hit small- and medium-sized businesses hard: In the absence of government support, the 2020 bankruptcy rate would have almost doubled to 18% on average, with even higher rates in the hardest...
Why trade imbalances are a worry during a global downturn
The Economist magazine highlights Clausen Center Faculty Director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas's work on trade imbalances and monetary policy. Read the article (subscription required).
Watch the Webinar New Thinking in a Pandemic
You can watch the video of New Thinking in a Pandemic, a recent webinar co-sponsored by the Clausen Center, on YouTube at https://youtu.be/EcHBD-D5CRQ. In conversation with Clausen Center Director Professor Pierre-Oliver Gourinchas, the S.K. and Angela Chan Professor...
The Economic and Business Implications of Covid-19
Through their research, Clausen Center faculty and visiting scholars are addressing the economic and business implications of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as policy approaches that may help lessen the damage to the global economy. The links below will take you to...
Jobs Aren’t Being Destroyed This Fast Elsewhere. Why Is That?
UC Berkeley economics professors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman have published an article in The New York Times exploring what policymakers can do to protect jobs during the pandemic. They argue that the U.S. can prevent rampant unemployment and ease the way for...
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Writes on Pandemic’s Economic Effects in Foreign Affairs
Clausen Center Director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas's article, "Flatten the Curve of Infection and the Curve of Recession at the Same Time," has been published in Foreign Affairs. Gourinchas argues that flattening the infection curve inevitably steepens the...
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Interviewed for NPR Planet Money Podcast
Clausen Center faculty director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas was interviewed for NPR's March 16, 2020, edition of The Indicator from Planet Money podcast. During the interview, he spoke about the importance of personal and business networks in the economy, how government...
Flattening the Pandemic and Recession Curves
Clausen Center faculty director Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas has written a paper exploring how public health efforts to flatten the outbreak curve for the COVID-19 coronavirus inevitably steepens the macroeconomic recession curve. The pandemic has the potential to wreak...
Benjamin Faber and Cecile Gaubert Named 2020 Sloan Fellows
Clausen Center faculty Benjamin Faber and Cecile Gaubert have been selected as 2020 Sloan Research Fellows in economics. Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships honor scholars in the U.S. and Canada whose creativity, leadership, and independent research...
CONFERENCE ON MACROECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF TRADE POLICIES AND TRADE SHOCKS 2020
FEBRUARY 13-14, 2020 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY Program Venue Transport Hotel Contact UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center for International Business and Policy and the Peterson Institute for International Economics will hold the Conference on Macroeconomic...
Highlighting remarks from the SF Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly
The Clausen Center is pleased to share recent press coverage of statements made by Mary C. Daly, President and CEO of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank: With inflation low, Fed can boost job market: Daly, Reuters Dr. Daly served on the “Macro Implications of...
Recap: CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC ISSUES 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended and participated at the Clausen Center’s 2019 Conference on Global Economic Issues. We are grateful for your support and collaboration. Opening Remarks Opening remarks were delivered by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (Director, Clausen...
CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC ISSUES 2019
Program Venue Transport Hotel Contact UC Berkeley's Clausen Center for International Business and Policy will hold its 3rd biennial Conference on Global Economic Issues on Saturday, November 16, 2019. As in previous years, this invitation-only event will host...
The New Yorker Profile on Gabriel Zucman and Wealth Inequality Research
The New Yorker's Political Scene section has recently featured Professor Gabriel Zucman and his research into wealth inequality and tax havens, with an emphasis on how Prof. Zucman's research is currently shaping Democratic Primary candidates' policy proposals....
New Book by Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez: The Triumph of Injustice, How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay
The Clausen Center is proud to share this new title by UC Berkeley's own Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez: The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay. The Triumph of Injustice presents a forensic investigation into the dramatic...
The State of Europe: A Conversation with Former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso
Please join UC Berkeley's Clausen Center for International Business and Policy and the European Union Center for a conversation with José Manuel Barroso, former president of the European Commission and former prime minister of Portugal. He also received a Nobel Peace...
Call for Papers: Conference on Macroeconomic Implications of Trade Policies and Trade Shocks
Sponsored by the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy at Berkeley and the Peterson Institute for International Economics University of California, Berkeley, February 13-14, 2020 Call for Papers The last two decades of rapidly shifting comparative...
Prospect names Gabriel Zucman to world’s top 50 thinkers list
PROSPECT MAGAZINE SELECTS GABRIEL ZUCMAN FOR ITS 2019 TOP 50 THINKERS LIST Prospect has included Professor Gabriel Zucman (University of California Berkeley) in its annual list of the world's top 50 thinkers. The annual list pays tribute to the scientists,...
Gabriel Zucman wins Bernacer Prize
GABRIEL ZUCMAN, WINNER OF THE 18TH EDITION OF THE BERNÁCER PRIZE The 2018 Bernácer Prize has been awarded to Professor Gabriel Zucman (University of California Berkeley) “for his influential research on wealth inequality and the redistributive effects of...
Emi Nakamura named Clark Medalist 2019
Emi Nakamura, Clark Medalist 2019 American Economic Association Honors and Awards Committee April 2019 Emi Nakamura is an empirical macroeconomist who has greatly increased our understanding of price-setting by firms and the effects of monetary and fiscal policies....
April 5, 2019 Future of Social Ventures Conference
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business holds its annual Future of Social Ventures Conference, bringing together members of the social impact community to advance practice, learning, and acceleration for social ventures. This year’s conference celebrates the 20th...
April 6, 2019 Africa Business Forum
The Berkeley-Haas Africa Business Club held its 5th Annual Africa Business Forum to explore and discuss how to position Africa’s challenges as opportunities with other visionaries, thought leaders and home-grown innovation enablers.