Ron Jones Lecture
This series honors Ronald W. Jones for his outstanding contribution to the field of economics and for his life-long commitment to the Rochester PhD program. Professor Jones began his appointment at Rochester in 1958 and retains the appointment of Professor of Economics, Emeritus.
The Jones Lecture Series is supported by the Tapan Mitra Endowment, and recognizes Professor Jones influence on Dr. Mitra when he was a graduate student in Economics at the University of Rochester.
2026 Lecture
Pol Antràs
Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics, Harvard University
"Trade and Welfare Under Oligopolistic Competition"
Thursday, September 10, 2026
4:30-5:45 p.m., 321 Morey Hall
Sponsored through the generous support of the Rochester Center on the Global Economy and the Ron Jones Fund in International Economics.
Past Participants
- 2026: Pol Antràs, "Trade and Welfare Under Oligopolistic Competition"
- 2026: Mark Aguiar, "How Good is International Risk Sharing?"
- 2025: Andrew Atkeson, "Reconciling Macroeconomics and Finance for the U.S. Corporate Sector: 1929 to Present"
- 2023: Ariel Burstein, "Supplier Churn and Growth: A Micro-to-Macro Analysis"
- 2022: Gene Grossman, "Supply Chain Resilience: Should Policy Promote Diversification or Reshoring?"
- 2021: Samuel Kortum, "Optimal Unilateral Carbon Taxes"
- 2019: Jonathan Eaton, "Trade in the Knowledge Economy"
- 2018: Robert Staiger, "Quantitative Analysis of Multi-Party Tariff Negotiations"
- 2017: Elhanan Helpman, "Growth, Trade, and Inequality"