Global Economy Lecture 2024

Speaker
Ralph Ossa
Chief Economist and Director
Economic Research and Statistics Division
World Trade Organization

Introduction
Robert Holzmann
Governor
Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Chair
Robert Stehrer
Scientific Director
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)

Speaker biography
Ralph Ossa is Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division at the World Trade Organization. He joined the World Trade Organization after a distinguished career in academia with appointments at Princeton University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Zurich. Professor Ossa's research focuses on international economics with a particular emphasis on questions of policy relevance. For example, he has explored the economics of trade wars and trade talks and estimated how much countries gain from international trade. He holds a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.