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
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