BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//FIW //NONSGML Events //EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:FIW BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20260302T152448Z UID:7774 DTEND:20260310T181500Z DTSTART:20260310T164500Z DTSTAMP:20260430T183641Z LOCATION:Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1\, 1090 Wien University of Vienna\, Faculty of Bus iness\, Economics and Statistics\, Lecture hall 15\, 2nd floor DESCRIPTION:

The FIW Research Centre International Economics and its partne rs kindly invite you to participate in the upcoming Vienna International Ec onomics Seminar (VIES) on the topic: "Hegemonic Globalization" (joint with F. Broner\, J. Meyer\, and C. Trebesch) Abstract: How does the global bala nce of power shape the world economy? We propose a theory of “hegemonic g lobalization” built on two premises: countries have heterogeneous policy preferences\, and trade expands with policy alignment. Hegemons foster alig nment\, enabling globalization\, while a shift to multipolarity risks fragm entation\, at the expense of the declining hegemon and its allies. Empirica lly\, we use international treaties as a proxy of alignment and construct t he Global Treaty Database\, covering 77\,000 agreements from 1800–2020. T he evidence supports the key elements of our theory: hegemons spur treaty-m aking\, and treaties are a leading indicator of bilateral trade. Speaker: A lberto Martin earned his PhD in Economics from Columbia University in 2005. He is currently a Senior Researcher at the Center for Research in Internat ional Economics (CREI)\, an Adjunct Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra\, a Research Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)\, and the Deputy Director for Research at the BSE. He is also a Research Fellow at th e Center for Economic Policy Research\, where he is director of the Interna tional Finance and Macroeconomics Programme. He has been an Associate Edito r at the Journal of International Economics\, a member of the Board of Edit ors of the Review of Economic Studies and a Member of the Panel at Economic Policy. In the past\, he has held positions at the European Central Bank\, the International Monetary Fund and the Argentine Ministry of Economics. H e has been awarded the Fulbright Fellowship\, the Lamfalussy Fellowship fro m the European Central Bank\, Consolidator and Advanced Research Grants fro m the European Research Council\, and the Taula de Canvi prize from the Cat alan Economic Society. Alberto’s research interests include macroeconomic s\, finance and international economics. His work has appeared in The Ameri can Economic Review\, The Review of Economic Studies\, and The Journal of F inance\, among others.   When: Tuesday\, March 10\, 17.45-19.15 p.m. Where : lecture hall 15\, 2nd floor Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1\, 1090 Wien The mai n entrance at Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 is the easiest way to get to lectur e hall 15\, 2nd floor.     Registration: Participants are requested to re gister in advance with Julia Hnidek (julia.hnidek@univie.ac.at).   The Vie nna International Economics Seminar (VIES) is a joint initiative of CEU\, F IW Research Centre International Economics\, Universität Wien\, WIFO\, wii w\, and WU Vienna. The VIES seminar is dedicated to frontier research in in ternational economics and features presentations by renowned international scholars. The seminar is held at irregular intervals on Tuesdays from 17:45 to 19:15\, alternating each semester between participating institutions. F rom October 2025 to January 2026\, the seminar will be hosted by the Univer sity of Vienna. Organizers: Gábor Békés (CEU)\, Alejandro Cuñat (Vienna U.)\, Harald Fadinger (Vienna U.)\, Gabriel Felbermayr (WIFO\, WU)\, Mikl s Koren (CEU)\, Harald Oberhofer (WIFO\, WU)\, Robert Stehrer (wiiw). The seminar is currently coordinated by Harald Fadinger. For more information a nd the detailed seminar schedule\, please visit: https://sites.google.com/v iew/viennainternationaleconomicsse/       SUMMARY:VIES: Alberto Martin “Hegemonic Globalization” ORGANIZER:FIW URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.fiw.ac.at/en/event/vies-alberto-martin-hegemonic-globalization/ TRANSP:OPAQUE BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY TRIGGER;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260311 DESCRIPTION:Reminder for VIES: Alberto Martin “Hegemonic Globalization” END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR