Each year, the International Economics Section (IES) at Princeton University invites a member of the international economics community to deliver the prestigious Frank D. Graham Memorial Lecture. This year on April 25, Harvard University Professor Marc Melitz delivered the 71st annual Graham Lecture titled “Industrial Policies for Multi-Stage Production.”

About Melitz

Marc Melitz is the David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He holds a B.A. from Haverford College (1989), an M.S.B.A. from the Robert Smith School of Business (1992), and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (2000). He is a fellow of the Econometric Society and is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), CESifo, and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. His broad research interests are in international trade and investment. More specifically, he studies producer-level responses to globalization and their implications for aggregate trade and investment patterns. His research has been funded by the Sloan Foundation and by the NSF.

About the Graham Lecture

Frank Graham was a Princeton professor from 1921 to 1949 and the second Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance. Professor Graham published widely on international trade and international monetary issues.

After his untimely death in 1949, the lecture was established by his friends inside and outside the department to honor his memory. It is the signature event of the International Economics Section and has been delivered over the years by a veritable Who’s Who in International Economics, including ten Nobel Laureates.

A complete list of previous Graham Lecturers can be found here.