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13th Annual Conference
Master Class by Professor Matteo Maggiori

 

Geoeconomics


An overview of geoeconomics research and policy. We will introduce a modeling framework for thinking about geoeconomics, then take it to the data using both a sufficient statistics approach based on structured data (bilateral trade data) and one based on artificial intelligence (LLMs and text data). We will review the intellectual history of the topic and open questions. The masterclass will focus on recent advances in modeling and measuring: geoeconomic power, economic coercion, anti-coercion policies, fragmentation, and strategic sectors for national security. 

The following papers will be covered in detail and are suggested readings for the talk: 

  1. A Framework for Geoeconomics 
  2. Putting Economics Back Into Geoeconomics 
  3. A Theory of Economic Coercion and Fragmentation 
  4. Geoeconomic Pressure 
21
May
2026
Thursday
Venue: Tanglin I to III, Level 2
Conrad Singapore Orchard, 1 Cuscaden Rd, Singapore 249715



Program is subjected to change. Updated on 11 Feb 2026.

Speakers

  • Professor Matteo MAGGIORI

    Professor Matteo MAGGIORI

     

    The Moghadam Family Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Busines, Stanford University

    Matteo Maggiori is the Moghadam Family Professor of Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research focuses on international macroeconomics and finance. He is a co-founder and director of the Global Capital Allocation Project. His research topics have included the analysis of exchange rates under imperfect capital markets, capital flows, the international monetary system, reserve currencies, geoeconomics, tax havens, very long-run discount rates and climate change, and expectations and portfolio investment. His research combines theory and data with the aim of improving international economic policy. He is a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research. He received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley.

    Among a number of honors, he is the recipient of the Fischer Black Prize awarded to an outstanding financial economist under the age of 40, the Carnegie and Guggenheim fellowships, and the Bernacer Prize for outstanding contributions in macroeconomics and finance by a European economist under age 40.

  • Professor Andrew K. ROSE

    Professor Andrew K. ROSE

     

    Distinguished Professor and Dean, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore and Exco of ABFER

    Andrew K. Rose has been serving as Dean and distinguished professor of the National University of Singapore's Business School from June 1, 2019. He is also the B.T. Rocca Jr. Professor Emeritus of International Business in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group, Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
    In addition, he is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (based in Cambridge, MA), a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (based in London, England), and a Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (based in Singapore). He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his M.Phil. from Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and his B.A. from Trinity College, University of Toronto.

    Rose has published over one hundred and fifty papers, including a hundred articles in refereed economics journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Studies, and the Journal of Finance. His research addresses issues in international trade, finance, and macroeconomics, and has received more than 50,000 citations. His teaching is in the areas of international macroeconomics; he has won two teaching awards.

    He served as Berkeley-Haas Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Chair of the Faculty 2010-2016, and was the managing editor of The Journal of International Economics 1995-2001. He was the founding director of the Clausen Center for International Business and Policy at Haas and the Risk Management Institute at the National University of Singapore. He has organized over fifty academic conferences.

    Rose is interested in the theory and practice of economic policy; most of his work is applied and driven by "real world" international phenomena. A citizen of three countries, he has worked on six continents and at a number of international economic agencies, including: the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. He has also worked at a number of national agencies, including: the US Department of Treasury, HM Treasury (UK), the Canadian Department of Finance; and the central banks of: Australia, Barbados, Canada, England, Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, and the United States. He has visited a number of other universities, including Cape Town, EUI, FUB, INSEAD, Keio, London School of Economics, Melbourne, NUS, Princeton, SHUFE, SMU, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Tsinghua, ULB, and Victoria.

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Session Format

90 minutes lecture followed by 30 minutes Q&A.