Professor John Romalis

John Romalis received his PhD in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001. His research in international trade includes theoretical and empirical studies of the determinants of international trade flows including the quality of traded goods, the effects of preferential trade agreements, and the causes of the international trade collapse during the global financial crisis. John has published in international economics journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Journal of the European Economic Association. John previously worked at the University of Chicago, Princeton University and the Australian National University. He has also been a Resident Scholar at the IMF and has been affiliated with the US National Bureau of Economic Research since 2003. John Romalis is the Sir Hermann Black Professor in Economics.