Economists use game theory to model conflict and cooperation by at least two rational decision-makers where there is strategic behavior by the players who understand that their actions affect the ...

Fresh out of graduate school, economist Samuel Kortum ’92 Ph.D. began collaborating with Jonathan Eaton ’73 M.A., ’76 Ph.D. while both were on the faculty of Boston University. Kortum, now the James ...

To provide an idea of the level on the job market, here are some of the outstanding trade job market papers from the last few years: Bordeu, Olivia (2023) "Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented ...

Why couldn’t we all just get along? Last week, we published an article on the game theory of international trade and trade wars. The article included an interactive game in which you (yes, you) were ...

Yoffie, David B. "Collision Course in Commercial Aircraft: Boeing-Airbus-McDonnell Douglas--1991 (A) & New Theories of International Trade, Teaching Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note ...

Earlier this week, I participated in the Institute for Free Trade’s inaugural “Global Trade Summit” at Mercers’ Hall in London celebrating the 200 th anniversary of the theory of comparative advantage ...

This article is a wonky edition of Paul Krugman’s free newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it. For many of us, Chad Bown of the Peterson Institute for International Economics — a boutique ...