Debt, Deficits, and Global Imbalances — 15th Annual JRCPPF Conference
The conference starts on Thursday, February 19, 2026, with a panel on debt, inequality, and the dynamics of labor, followed by a keynote with Kenneth Rogoff, who will discuss his new book, "Our Dollar, Your Problem." A reception on Thursday evening will celebrate the Center’s 15th Anniversary. The conference continues on Friday, February 20, 2026, with a morning keynote by Michael Pettis on structural issues in global finance, and two panel sessions on international credit, investment, and trade. The conference concludes with a closing keynote talk by Hyun Song Shin on cross-border flows and global financial conditions
JRCPPF 15th Annual Conference Speakers: Kenneth Rogoff Michael Pettis Hyun Song Shin
Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance Event
Public
February 19, 2026 12:30 pm
Nick Bloom on The Impact of AI on US Productivity
Introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
Markus' Academy
Princeton Community
February 19, 2026 3:15 pm - 4:45 pm
Trade Costs, Network Externalities, and the Emergence of Hubs: Evidence from Border Frictions in India (with Ed Wiles)
Tishara Garg, Postdoctoral Research Associate 2025-2026
International Trade Seminar
Public
February 18, 2026 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Donald S. Bernstein ’75 Lecture — Economic Inequality and The Law
Fireside Chat with former Chair of the Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan
Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance Event
Invitation Only
February 18, 2026 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Mark Walker
Princeton IES Student Workshop
Invitation Only
February 18, 2026 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Max Mongkalakorn
Princeton University
Econometrics Student Seminar
Invitation Only
February 18, 2026 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Mobile Phone Interruptions at Workplace: Consequences and Regulations
Renjie Bao, Princeton University
Microeconomic Theory Student Lunch Seminar
Princeton Community
February 17, 2026 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Enhancing Children’s Higher-Order Thinking Skills: Evidence from a Cognitive Expansion Program
Sule Alan, Cornell University
Development Economics
Princeton Community
February 17, 2026 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
Gendered Work: Onset and Consequences
Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh
Behavioral and Experimental Economics Seminar
Princeton Community
February 17, 2026 12:10 pm - 1:10 pm
Mark Walker On International investment and Climate Risk
Mark Walker
Student Research Workshop
Princeton Community
February 17, 2026 2:40 pm - 3:40 pm
Semiparametric Learning of Integral Functionals on Submanifolds
Wayne Gao, University of Pennsylvania
Oskar Morgenstern Memorial Seminar
Economics Department
February 16, 2026 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Global Price Shocks and International Monetary Coordination
Veronica Guerrieri, Professor of Economics, Chicago Booth
Macro/International Macro Seminar
Invitation Only
February 16, 2026 1:20 pm - 2:35 pm
Patrick Kline, UC Berkeley
Industrial Relations Seminar
Invitation Only
February 12, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:20 pm
Agustín Barboza Da Rosa & Lucy Li, Princeton University
Graduate Labor Workshop
Public
February 12, 2026 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Book Talk — The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding
Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic and The Guardian
Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies
Public
February 12, 2026 12:30 pm
Chad Jones and Chris Tonetti on Past Automation and Future AI: How Weak Links Tame the Growth Explosion
Introductions by Markus Brunnermeier
Markus' Academy
Princeton Community
February 12, 2026 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Did Foreigners Pay America’s Tariffs? Quantity Discounts, Scale Economies and Incomplete Pass-Through
Sharat Ganapati, Associate Professor, Georgetown University
International Trade Seminar
Princeton Community
February 12, 2026 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Efficient Grid Search to Solve Static Games with Private Information
Jesper Rüdiger, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Oskar Morgenstern Memorial Industrial Organization and Applied Econometrics Seminar