The EiHF – International Economics, History, Finance program conducts research in international economics in its real, monetary, and financial dimensions. The program’s work focuses on issues related to the globalization of economic and financial activities, as well as its causes and consequences, particularly in terms of crises. It also aims to analyze how structural trade and financial trends are influenced by contemporary technological and climate transitions. Finally, this research applies to both industrialized and emerging countries.
More specifically, the team studies the structural determinants of trade and capital flows. It uses a variety of data (countries, firms, sectors, products, regions) to understand the heterogeneity of responses to global shocks and trade policies. It analyzes banking and financial risks, prudential regulation, and the transmission of monetary policy to prices and households. Finally, it focuses on the behavior and structure of financial markets, sustainable finance, and various commodity sectors.
Our research also focuses on issues related to the various transitions that economies are undergoing. Commodity markets, the wine sector, and the financial development of emerging countries serve as laboratories for studying the impact of climate change on international value chains, price dynamics, and financial stability. The tokenization of assets and the digitization of transactions are analyzed in light of the new vulnerabilities created in international trade and finance. The growing geopolitical fragmentation of economies is integrated into our work on commodities, trade, and the macroeconomics of emerging countries. These topical issues fuel the discussions at our annual workshop, the Bordeaux Workshop in International Economics and Finance.
Our work draws on a variety of methodological tools from both theoretical economics (macroeconomic modeling, DSGE, etc.) and applied economics (micro- and macro-econometrics, financial econometrics, gravity models, etc.), as well as a diverse range of databases (historical data, firms, households, banking and financial data, etc.). They develop identification strategies adapted to the endogenous challenges of contemporary transitions. The historical approach also enriches our understanding of long-term mechanisms and crises.
The program brings together 20 researchers and teacher-researchers as well as some 20 doctoral students. The team is part of French networks (GDRE MBF, AFSE, CHEFF, AFFI, etc.) as well as international networks (AAWE, EuAWE, INFER, etc.). It also maintains close ties with practitioners in banking, finance, trade, wine trade, and commodities.
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Keywords for our research:
| · International trade | · Financial markets | · Macroeconomic policies |
| · Geoeconomics | · Sustainable finance | · Risks and regulations |
| · Commodities | · Tokenization | · Climate change |
| · Emerging countries | · AI | · Economic history |
| · Wine economics |