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.
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