Call for Applications: For the Max Planck Summer School on the Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution

Taking place in Berlin, Germany August 3-7, 2020 The Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution (PECR) Summer School is aimed at young researchers in the early stage of their careers as PhD students and Postdocs, notably in the fields of Economics and Political Science. The School provides research-oriented lectures by senior experts in the field […]

Optimal Trade Policy with Trade Imbalances

By Mostafa Beshkar (Indiana University at Bloomington) and Ali Shourideh (Carnegie Mellon University) A salient feature of international trade is the presence of trade imbalances. How should governments conduct their trade policy under trade imbalances? In a forthcoming paper we ask if trade imbalances influence governments’ choices of trade policies under a standard dynamic trade […]

Welcome New Members November/December 2019

We would like to welcome the following new members to the InsTED network Prof Xue Bai (Brock University). Her research interests are in international trade, industrial organization, economic development and applied microeconomics. Prof Giovanni Maggi (Yale University). His research interests are in international trade and political economy. Prof Adeel Malik (University of Oxford). His research […]

Postdoctoral Scholar-Natural Resource Economics & Political Economy, University of California Berkeley

Recruitment Period Open September 26th, 2019 through Monday, Dec 2, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Description The University of California, Berkeley invites applications for the 20202021 S.V. CiriacyWantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded by the College of Natural Resources. The S.V. CiriacyWantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy will be awarded for the 202021 […]

Assistant Professor/Associate Professor University of North Texas

The Department of Economics at the University of North Texas invites applicants for an assistant/ associate professor position in Economics beginning in Fall 2020. Desired fields are in applied regional development, regional theory, urban economics, transportation economics, spatial modeling or spatial econometrics. Applicants must have a strong desire for applied research and a proven funding […]

Assistant or Associate Professor in Economics, University of Kentucky

The Department of Economics seeks to fill a position at either the advanced assistant or associate level. The department has six areas of specialization offered in our graduate program: Macroeconomics, International Economics, Public Economics, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, and Health/Environmental Economics. The successful candidate may be ABD with expected completion of PhD by Fall 2020 or a […]

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Berkeley

RECRUITMENT PERIOD Open November 1st, 2019 through Monday, Dec 2, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) DESCRIPTION The Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications at the assistant professor rank (100% time), with an expected start date of July 1, 2020. The field is open. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values […]

Summary of the 6th InsTED Workshop at the University of Nottingham

  We would like to thank The School of Economics, University of Nottingham, for hosting and sponsoring the 6th InsTED Workshop.  We would also like to thank the Nottingham School of Economics for incorporating The World Economy Lecture into the InsTED Workshop, and Wiley for sponsoring this.  The workshop took place from September 20th-22nd, 2019.  […]