About — FREIT

Our mission

FREIT has been developed as an umbrella organization for conferences for empirical international trade researchers around the world.

The Forum organizes annual conferences across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, bringing together leading researchers in the field at every stage of their careers.

Leadership

Tibor Besedeš

Executive Director

Georgia Institute of Technology

IDE-JETRO, Keio University

David Hummels

Associate Director

Purdue University

Editorial board

Andrea Ariu · University of Milan

Eugene Beaulieu · University of Calgary

Kyle Handley · UC San Diego

James Harrigan · University of Virginia

Kozo Kiyota · Keio University

Crt Kostevc · University of Ljubljana

Volodymyr Lugovskyy · Indiana University

Keith Maskus · University of Colorado

Anna Maria Mayda · Georgetown University

Toshihiro Okubo · Keio University

Anna Pinna · University of Cagliari

Peter Schott · Yale University

Mine Senses · Johns Hopkins University

Anson Soderbery · Purdue University

Chong Xiang · Purdue University