Distributional Consequences of Changes in Relative Prices of Tradeables

Trade policies, price shocks, and changes in exchange rates have a distributional impact whenever they affect the relative price of goods that are consumed at different intensities by high and low-income households. Low-income households consume relatively more tradeables (such as food), while high-income households consume relatively more non-tradeables (such as personal services).  If trade policy, for example, causes an increase on the price […]

WINIR Symposium on Ludwig Lachmann

The legacy of Ludwig Lachmann Interdisciplinary perspectives on institutions, agency and uncertainty Third WINIR Symposium 11-13 April 2017 University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa Ludwig M. Lachmann (1906-1990) was an outstanding social scientist whose achievements ranged across a number of disciplines, including economics, sociology, law and philosophy. Well known for his work on Max […]

Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor International Economics, UC San Diego

Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2016 The School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego (formerly known as the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the field of International Economics to begin July 1st, 2017. Applicants should be new or recent PhD graduates with an […]

Job Opportunity: Associate or Full Professor University of Kentucky

Application Deadline: Open until filled Position Start Date: Available immediately The Department of Economics seeks to fill a senior faculty position (with tenure), with appointment at the associate or full professor level. The successful candidate must have a strong record of scholarly accomplishments and teaching. The appointee also will be an affiliate of the newly established John […]

Job Opportunity: Assistant, Associate or Full Professor – Core Fields of Economics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Application Deadline: Jan. 17, 2017 Position Start Date: Aug. 16, 2017 The Department of Economics invites applications for full-time tenure/tenured track positions in the Core Fields of Economics. The Core Fields Search Committee will consider applicants from the fields of Macroeconomics, International Economics, Econometrics, Microeconomics, and Industrial Organization. The first priorities of this search are Macroeconomics and […]

Job Opportunity: Assistant, Associate or Full Professor – Applied Fields of Economics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Application Deadline: Jan. 17, 2017 Position Start Date: Aug. 16, 2017 The Department of Economics invites applications for full-time tenure/tenured track positions in the Applied Fields of Economics. The Applied Fields Search Committee will consider applicants from the fields of Labor Economics, Public Economics, and Development Economics. The first priority of this search is Labor Economics. The […]

6 Doctoral Scholarships

FUNDING DESCRIPTION: The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the School of Business and Economics of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg have set up a joint doctoral programme in labour market research. The course programme promotes theoretical and empirical methods at an advanced level. Additionally, applicants are granted access to the excellent data resources (administrative and […]

Call for Papers 27th International Conference The International Trade and Finance Association

Theme:  Leading Issues in International Trade and Finance May 31 – JUNE 3, 2017 Poznan University of Economics and Business Poznan, Poland The 27th International Conference of the International Trade and Finance Association will be held in Poznan, Poland, May 31 – June 3 (Wednesday to Saturday), 2017.  We are delighted that Poznan University of […]

Call for Papers: 12th Australasian Trade Workshop

School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology 18‐19 March 2017 The School of Economics and Finance at QUT will host the 12th Australasian Trade Workshop on 18‐19 March 2017. The keynote speakers for this year will be Jota Ishikawa (Hitotsubashi) and Udo Kreickemeier (TU Dresden). We invite colleagues in this field (JEL-Classification F0 […]