We have prepared a new paper for the 2025 AEA Papers and Proceedings, “The Political Economy of Geoeconomic Power.” Great powers are increasingly using their economic and financial strength for geopolitical aims.  This rise of "geoeconomics" has the potential to reshape the international trade and financial system. This paper examines the role of domestic political economy forces in determining a government's ability to project geoeconomic power abroad. We also discuss the role that persuading or coercing foreign governments plays in projecting geoeconomic power around the world.

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Our paper “Internationalizing like China” is now forthcoming in the American Economic Review. We investigate the foreign holdings of Renminbi bonds and provide a theoretical framework to understand China's strategy to internationalize its currency. For more details, read the paper or a non-technical brief.

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Stanford Impact Labs (SIL) has announced a $2.5 million investment over five years to support GCAP’s data-driven, solutions-focused efforts to improve international economic policy. Learn more here.

Our review article “Global Capital Allocation” by Sergio Florez-Orrego, Matteo Maggiori, Jesse Schreger, Ziwen Sun, and Serdil Tinda has been published in the Annual Review of Economics, Volume 16, 2024.

Our paper “Corporate Debt Structure with Home and International Currency Bias” by Matteo Maggiori, Brent Neiman, and Jesse Schreger has been published in the IMF Economic Review, August 2024.

The agenda for the the 2nd Annual GCAP Conference is now available. It can be viewed here or on the GCAP conference event website.

Research presentations of “The Geography of Capital Allocation in the Euro Area” and “A Framework for Geoeconomics” have been posted to the GCAP YouTube channel. Subscribe to our channel to stay up to date on GCAP’s latest videos.

Our collaborator Chris Clayton has won the 2024 Best Paper Award in Geoeconomics for junior researchers for “A Framework for Geoeconomics,” joint work with our Co-Directors Matteo Maggiori and Jesse Schreger. The prize was awarded jointly by Bocconi University, CEPR, and the Kiel Institute. Learn more about it here.

The program of the International Finance and Macroeconomics Data Session at the NBER summer institute is out. Meeting will be live streamed. Organized by our co-director Jesse Schreger and faculty affiliate Chenzi Xu.

The program of the inaugural International Economics and Geopolitics workshop at the NBER summer institute is out. Meeting will be live streamed. Organized by our co-directors Matteo Maggiori and Jesse Schreger.

We are organizing the second annual GCAP conference on international economics and finance, to take place in person at Columbia University in New York on September 27-28. For more information, see the call for papers.

Our Teaching page now includes materials from the Stanford Big-Data Initiative in International Macro-Finance and a Ph.D. course on International Macroeconomics and Finance. All are welcome to access these resources.

Our collaborator Chris Clayton has been selected for NBER membership in the International Finance and Macroeconomics (IFM) group.

Our co-directors Matteo Maggiori and Jesse Schreger will organize a new session at the NBER Summer Institute on July 11, 2024. Please see the call for papers HERE.

Our director Jesse Schreger and faculty affiliate Chenzi Xu will organize a session at the NBER Summer Institute on July 10, 2024. Please see the call for papers HERE.