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## March 7, 2026 / The Politics and Economics of International Finance Research Group Meeting

**Location:** Columbia University, International Affairs Building (420 W 118th St), Room 1501.

Sponsored by Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government; and the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs.

### Conference Agenda

#### 8:30–9 / Continental Breakfast

#### 9–9:10 / Welcome

#### 9:10–10:40 / Session 1

- **“Are U.S. dollar and Treasury bonds still special?”**  
    Wenxin Du (Harvard Business School)

#### 10:40–11 / Coffee Break

#### 11–12:30 / Session 2

- **“The (Domestic and International) Politics of Sovereign Finance”**  
    Layna Mosley (Princeton University)

#### 12:30–1:30 / Lunch

#### 1:30–3 / Session 3

- **“Geoeconomics”**  
    Jesse Schreger (Columbia Business School)

#### 3–3:15 / Coffee Break

#### 3:15–4:45 / Policy Panel

- Emily Blanchard (Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth), former chief economist at the Department of State
- Brent Neiman (University of Chicago Booth School of Business), former Deputy Undersecretary of the Treasury for International Finance