The XXVIII Workshop in International Economics and Finance will be held in Rio de Janeiro on July 19-20, 2026. Venue: Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). 

The workshop is a unique event that brings together top researchers and policymakers from the North and the South to discuss recent theoretical and empirical advances in International Economics and Finance. The goal of the meeting is to gain a better understanding of the macroeconomic problems faced by Latin American countries and to encourage research on those subjects. We will discuss approximately ten academic papers in closed seminar-style sessions; some sessions of a less technical nature will be open to a broader audience.

CALL FOR PAPERS:

·     Papers must be submitted in English through this link. 

·     The deadline for submitting papers for this event is March 1st, 2026. 

·     The program will be posted on the workshop’s web site www.utdt.edu/ief-workshop, soon after the deadline.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

o    Lars Peter Hansen, Chicago Booth

We welcome empirical and theoretical papers on International Economics, Macroeconomics, Finance and Political Economy that address issues of relevance for the economies of Latin America. Topics of special interest include (but are not limited to!): 

  • Macroeconomics and demography
  • Development policy
  • Climate change, adaptation, and deforestation
  • Optimal taxation and firm size
  • Firm dynamics
  • Monetary policy
  • Nominal price dynamics 
  • Fiscal policy, fiscal rules, and debt management
  • Political economy

The papers to be presented in the academic sessions will be selected by a program committee whose members include:

Fernando Alvarez, University of Chicago
Aloísio Araujo, Fundação Getulio Vargas
João Ayres, Inter-American Development Bank
Karen Lewis, Wharton School, UPenn
Andrés Neumeyer, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Jessica Roldán Peña, CAF - banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe
Guillermo Vuletin, The World Bank

The workshop's organizers are the Fundação Getulio Vargas, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, the World Bank’s LAC Chief Economist Office, the Inter-American Development Bank’s Research Department, CAF - banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe, and the University of Chicago’s Becker-Friedman Institute. The workshop is an activity of LACEA’s International Macroeconomics and Finance Network.