Macroeconomics Policy Perspectives

The conference will be hosted by Stanford University on October 9, 2026. The event will include presentations of seven papers and a policy panel with leading experts and policymakers. Papers presented at the conference will undergo a standard peer-review process and, if accepted, will be included in a special volume of Journal of Political Economy (JPE) Macroeconomics.

After decades of integration, the global economy appears to be entering a new regime characterized by rising trade barriers, heightened geopolitical uncertainty, and a deliberate restructuring of cross-border ties. This conference brings together leading scholars to analyze the long-run economic consequences of this shift toward deglobalization. We will explore how increased friction in international markets and the fragmentation of the global trading system will alter the trajectory of economic development and growth. The objective is to move beyond short-term adjustments and understand the structural shifts caused by reduced cross-country interactions.

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