The Macroeconomics, Trade, and Finance Seminar Series is a weekly series hosted by the World Bank's research department. The series invites leading researchers from the fields of macroeconomics, growth, trade, international integration and finance to present the results of their recent research in a seminar format.
Spring 2025 Seminars
For connection information, please contact Carmen Andira Watson (cwatson@worldbank.org).
Date | Time | Venue | Speaker | Paper |
Thursday February 27, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | G4 001 | Keith Head (University of British Columbia) | Industrial policies for multi-stage production: The battle for battery-powered vehicles |
Thursday March 06, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | MC 4-100 | Paco Buera (Washington University) | |
Thursday March 13, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | G4-001 | Yuhei Miyauchi (Boston University) | The Spatial Distribution of Income in Cities: Cross-Country Evidence and Theory |
Thursday March 20, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | MC 4-300 | Roberto Samaniego (George Washington University) | |
Thursday March 27, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | MC 4-300 | David Hummels (Purdue University) | How Globalization Changes the Level and Structureof Executive Compensation |
Wednesday April 02, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:15 pm | (IMF) HQ-9-611 | Ryan Kellog (University of Chicago) | The End of Oil |
Thursday April 10, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:15 pm | G4-001 | Pablo Otonello (University of Maryland) | Capital, Ideas, and the Costs of Financial Frictions |
Friday April 18, 2025 | 10:30 - 12:00pm | GWU Campus (Duques 255 at Duques Hall) | Matilde Bombardini (Berkeley, joint with George Washington University) | |
Thursday May 1, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | G2-116 | Juliana Salomao (University of Minnesota) | |
Thursday May 8, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | G2-116 | David Lagakos (Boston University) | Is the Electricity Sector a Weak Link in Development? |
Thursday May 15, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | G2-116 | Gianmarco Ottaviano (Bocconi University) | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
Thursday May 22, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | G2-116 | Jeremy Majerovitz (University of Notre Dame) | Measuring Misallocation with Experiments |
Thursday May 29, 2025 | 12:00 - 1:15pm | G2-116 | Natalia Ramondo | TBC |
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Last Updated: Apr 04, 2025