About FREIT

An international organization dedicated to furthering research in empirical international trade.

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.

FREIT is based at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where its operations and conference coordination are managed.

Leadership
Tibor Besedeš
Tibor Besedeš
Executive Director
Georgia Institute of Technology
Andrew Bernard
Andrew Bernard
Associate Director
Dartmouth College
Anson Soderbery
Anson Soderbery
Associate Director
Purdue University
Fukunari Kimura
Fukunari Kimura
Associate Director
IDE-JETRO, Keio University
David Hummels
David Hummels
Associate Director
Purdue University
Editorial board
Reshad Ahsan · University of Melbourne
Andrea Ariu · University of Milan
Eugene Beaulieu · University of Calgary
Jaerim Choi · Yonsei Univeristy
Kyle Handley · UC San Diego
James Harrigan · University of Virginia
Kozo Kiyota · Keio University
Ryan Kim · Seoul National Univeristy
Eunhee Lee · Seoul National Univeristy
Seung Hoon Lee · Yonsei Univeristy
Volodymyr Lugovskyy · Indiana University
Anna Pinna · University of Cagliari
Maria Ptashkina · University of Melbourne
Laura Puzzello · Monash University
Peter Schott · Yale University
Chong Xiang · Purdue University
Emeritus founder
Honorary board
Jože Damjan · University of Ljubljana
Črt Kostevc · University of Ljubljana
Keith Maskus · University of Colorado
Anna Maria Mayda · Georgetown University
Toshihiro Okubo · Keio University
Mine Senses · Johns Hopkins University

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Tibor Besedeš, Executive Director