Leadership
Remi Jedwab
Director of the Institute for International Economic Policy (IIEP), Professor of Economics and International Affairs
- Personal Site
- Expertise: Urban and real estate economics, development and growth, environmental economics, and labor economics. Some of the issues he has studied include urbanization and structural transformation, urban construction and climate change, the economic determinants and effects of transportation infrastructure, and the roles of institutions, human capital and technology in development and growth
- Education: Ph.D. from Paris School of Economics-EHESS
- Research Areas: International Trade, International Economic Policy, International Development, Sustainable Economic Growth
- Signature Initiatives: Global Economic Governance, U.S.-China Economic Relations, Envisioning India, Climate Change and Sustainable Cities, Economics of Poverty and Inequality
Kyle Renner
Assistant Director
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- Expertise: International Politics, Conflict and Conflict Resolution, and the Middle East
- Education: M.A. from Elliott School of International Affairs
Former Directors
Maggie Chen
Former Director, Professor of Economics and International Affairs
- Personal Site
- Expertise: international trade, foreign direct investment, and regionalism
- Education: Ph.D. from University of Colorado Boulder
- Categories of Work: U.S.- China Economic Relations, International Trade, International Finance
James Foster
Former Director, Oliver T. Carr, Jr. Professor of International Affairs and Professor of Economics, Vice Dean, Elliott School of International Affairs
- Personal Site
- Expertise: development economics, inequality and poverty, economic theory and policy
- Education: Ph.D. from Cornell University
- Categories of Work: Development, Poverty, and Inequality, Economics of Ultra-Poverty, U.S.- China Economic Relations, Global Economic Governance
Michael Moore
Former Director, Professor of Economics and International Affairs
- Personal Site
- Expertise: U.S. trade policy, economics of antidumping, foreign direct investment
- Education: Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Categories of Work: U.S.-China Economic Relations, Global Economic Governance, International Finance
Jay Shambaugh
Former Director, Professor of Economics and International Affairs
- Personal Site
- Expertise: macroeconomics, international economics, competition policy, energy and environment policy, housing, finance, technology
- Education: Ph.D. from University of California, Berkley
- Categories of Work: U.S.-China Economic Relations, Global Economic Governance, International Finance
Stephen Smith
Former Director, Professor of Economics and International Affairs
- Personal Site
- Expertise: development economics, poverty, economics of organization, economics of participation
- Education: Ph.D. from Cornell University
- Categories of Work: Development, Poverty, and Inequality, Adaptation to Climate Change, Economics of Ultra-Poverty, U.S.-China Economic Relations, Global Economic Governance
Steve Suranovic
Former Director, Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Director International Trade and Investment Policy Program (July 2012 - 2014)
- Personal Site
- Expertise: International trade, international trade policy analysis, fairness in international trade
- Education: Ph.D. from Cornell University
- Categories of Work: U.S.-China Economic Relations, Global Economic Governance, International Trade
