Philly Trade Group (PTG) is a network of international trade economists from the Philadelphia region, including Bryn Mawr, Drexel, Haverford, Lehigh, Swarthmore, Temple, UPenn, and Widener University. We organize monthly trade workshops, featuring a keynote speaker and two internal presentations. PTG is hosted by School of Economics and Center for Global Policy Analysis at Drexel University.
Upcoming events:
September 26th, 2025
Keynote: Samuel Kortum (Yale)
Internal: Manho Kang (Georgia Tech), Nicolas Wesseler (University of British Columbia)
October 24th, 2025
Keynote: Arnaud Costinot (MIT)
Internal: Jack Liang (Temple), Sarah Webb (Maryland)
November 21th, 2025
Keynote: Treb Allen (Dartmouth)
Internal: Mario Larch (University of Bayreuth), Mengxiao Liu (Lehigh)
Past events:
May 16th, 2025
Keynote: James Anderson (Boston College) "Non-price Trade Frictions: Non-parametric Evidence and Implications"
Internal: Yoto Yotov (Drexel), Elena Aguilar (Princeton)
April 18th, 2025
Keynote: Gene Grossman (Princeton) "Optimal Tariffs with Geopolitical Alignment"
Internal: Minuk Kim (Bryn Mawr), Tongyang Yang (Widener)
March 14th, 2025
Keynote: Eduardo Morales (Princeton) "Market Entry and Plant Location in Multi-Product Firms"
Internal: Paul Ko (Swarthore), Blaize Giangiulio (Drexel)
February 14th, 2025
Keynote: Robert Staiger (Dartmouth) "Geopolitics and the World Trading System"
Internal: Ohyun Kwon (Drexel), Jin Liu (Princeton)