International Economics

Researchers in the field of International Economics investigate patterns and consequences of interactions between the inhabitants of different countries as they relate to goods and services, the workforce, the flow of capital, tariffs, monetary exchange rates, and related issues. The International Economics group at UCSD consists of faculty based in both the Department of Economics and in the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. Some of their recent research projects include:

-the impact of multinational enterprises on labor markets in Germany and Sweden
-entrepreneurship in Brazil
-the economics of illegal immigration
-the formation and decay of economic networks
-government reforms that benefit small businesses in less developed countries
-the implications of China's growth for the export performance of developing countries.

Members of this group have a history of affiliations with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the World Bank, the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Science Foundation, the Deutsche Bundesbank, the Brazilian Labor Ministry, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Rauch Russell Sage Foundation, the International Monetary Fund, and the Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System, among others.