Peterson Institute for International Economics
The Peterson Institute for International Economics is an independent nonprofit, non-partisan research institution dedicated to studying international economic policy. Since 1981, the Institute has provided timely objective analysis and concrete solutions to key international economic problems. As the world's leading independent economic research institute, PIIE has provided some of the intellectual foundations for many major international policy initiatives of the past four decades. Their renowned scholars explore and analyze a broad range of economic topics and issues, including globalization, economic and growth prospects, finance, political economy, and trade and investment, as well as economic challenges facing individual regions and countries.
Associated People
Adam Posen
1997 - present
Stephen Freidheim
2014 - present
Simon Potter
2019 - 2020
Phil Verleger
1985 - 2012
Anna Wong
2004 - 2006
ABOUT PIIE
PIIE is committed to rigorous, intellectually open, and in depth study and discussion.
The Institute's agenda emphasizes international trade and investment, international finance and exchange rates, macroeconomic policy and crisis response, globalization and human welfare, and studies of key economic regions.
Their staff has unique expertise in the major economies with special reference to Brazil, China, the European Union, Japan, Korea, and the Middle East, as well as the United States itself and its neighbors Canada and Mexico.
Its audience includes government officials and legislators, business and labor leaders, management and staff at international organizations, university-based scholars and their students, experts at other research institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the media, and the public at large.
PIIE INTELLECTUAL IMPACT HIGHLIGHTS
Reforms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), initiated by the G-20 in 2009–10
Creation of the TPP initiative and the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum
Quantitative easing and adapting monetary policy to a low interest rate world
Reform of US sanctions policy
Initiation and implementation of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other US free trade agreements (notably with Korea)
Adoption of international banking standards and broader financial regulatory reforms
Countercyclical fiscal policy and increased female labor force participation in Japan
Increasingly realistic approaches to sovereign debt
Linking fiscal stimulus and structural reform in the euro area