Philly Trade Group
The Philly Trade Group (PTG) is a network of international trade economists from the Philadelphia region — Bryn Mawr, Drexel, Haverford, Lehigh, Swarthmore, Temple, UPenn, and Widener. PTG hosts monthly trade workshops with a keynote speaker and internal presentations, hosted by the School of Economics and the Center for Global Policy Analysis at Drexel University.
Upcoming
Drexel Economics Seminar Series, hosted by the School of Economics at Drexel University.
- October 23, 2026, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. EDT — Laura Alfaro (Harvard University). Capital markets, foreign direct investment, globalization, and international finance. Gerri C. LeBow Hall, 3220 Market Street, Philadelphia.
- February 19, 2027, 11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. EST — Andrei Levchenko (University of Michigan). International economics. Gerri C. LeBow Hall, 3220 Market Street, Philadelphia.
Past
- May 15, 2026 — Keynote: Donald Davis (Columbia). Internal: Paul Ko (Swarthmore), Thomas Bourany (Columbia)
- April 3, 2026 — Keynote: Marc Melitz (Harvard). Internal: Minuk Kim (Bryn Mawr), Heider Kariem (WIFO)
- February 27, 2026 — Keynote: Oleg Itskhoki (Harvard). Internal: Adam Spencer (Bonn), Mariam Camarero (Universitat Jaume I)
- January 16, 2026 — Keynote: Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan (Brown). Internal: Haishi Li (HKU), Filip Milosavljević (Columbia)
- November 21, 2025 — Keynote: Treb Allen (Dartmouth). Internal: Mario Larch, Mengxiao Liu
- October 24, 2025 — Keynote: Arnaud Costinot (MIT). Internal: Jack Liang, Sarah Webb
- September 26, 2025 — Keynote: Samuel Kortum (Yale). Internal: Manho Kang, Nicolas Wesseler
- May 16, 2025 — Keynote: James Anderson (Boston College). Internal: Yoto Yotov, Elena Aguilar
- April 18, 2025 — Keynote: Gene Grossman (Princeton). Internal: Minuk Kim, Tongyang Yang
- March 14, 2025 — Keynote: Eduardo Morales (Princeton). Internal: Paul Ko, Blaize Giangiulio
- February 14, 2025 — Keynote: Robert Staiger (Dartmouth). Internal: Ohyun Kwon, Jin Liu