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.
Fall 2025 Seminars
For connection information, please contact Carmen Andira Watson (cwatson@worldbank.org).
Date |
Time |
Venue |
Speaker |
Paper |
Wednesday September 3, 2025 |
12:00 - 1:15pm |
(IMF) HQ1-9-611 |
Javier Bianchi (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) |
International Equity Flows,Monetary Policy, and Time Consistency |
Thursday September 11, 2025 |
12:00 - 1:15pm |
G2-116 |
Abdoulaye Ndiaye (NYU) |
Tax Productivity and Development: A Quantitative Macroeconomic Analysis |
Thursday September 18, 2025 |
12:00 - 1:15pm |
G2-116 |
Felipe Schwatzman (Richmond Fed) |
Multilateral Comovement in a New Keynesian World: A Little Trade Goes a Long Way |
Thursday October 2, 2025 |
12:00 - 1:15pm |
G2-116 |
Doug Gollin (Tufts University) |
The Dynamics of Agricultural Productivity Gaps: An Open-Economy Perspective |
Thursday October 9, 2025 |
12:00 - 1:15pm |
G2-116 |
Emily Blanchard (Darmouth University) |
Justice for Sale: Explaining the Rise in Investor-State Dispute Settlement |
Thursday October 23, 2025 |
12:00 – 1:15 pm |
G2-116 |
Sharat Ganapati (Georgetown University) | Did Foreigners Pay Our Tariffs? Quantity Discounts, Scale Economies and Incomplete Pass-Through |
Thursday October 30, 2025 |
12:00 – 1:15 pm |
G2-116 |
Ferdinando Monte (Georgetown University) | Remote Work and City Structure (POSTPONED TO DEC 11) |
Wednesday November 5, 2025 |
12:00 - 1:00pm |
(IMF) HQ1-9-611 | Luca Fornaro (CREI) |
Fiscal Stagnation |
Thursday November 13, 2025 |
12:00 - 1:15pm |
G2-116 |
Elisa Giannone (CREI) |
Living in a Ghost Town. The Geography of Aging and Depopulation |
Thursday December 4, 2025 |
12:00 - 1:15pm |
G2-116 |
TBD |
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Thursday December 11, 2025 |
12:00 - 1:15pm |
G2-116 |
Ferdinando Monte (Georgetown University) |
Remote Work and City Structure |
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Last Updated: November 6, 2025
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