Organizing Committee

Conference Organizers

The 2026 conference Industrial Policies in a Globalized and Financialized World is organized by the following researchers.

Adrien Matray

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta · CEPR

Research Economist and Associate Policy Advisor. His research connects applied macroeconomics, financial economics, misallocation, and international trade.

Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr

Federal Reserve Board · CESifo

Principal Economist in the Division of Financial Stability. His research focuses on international economics, trade finance, and how financial frictions shape trade patterns and firm-level decisions.

Chenzi Xu

University of California, Berkeley · NBER · CEPR

Assistant Professor of Economics. Her research examines how financial institutions and credit markets influence international trade and long-run growth.