Institutions Trade & Economic Development
Date: 22 – 24 February 2017 Location: University of Münster, Germany The conference addresses the origin and prospects of democracy and dictatorship, policy control and governance structures in comparative political systems and transition processes from dictatorship to democracy and vice versa. We will have up to 36 papers presented in three parallel sessions, in addition to four […]
Plenary speakers: Elhanan Helpman (Harvard University) Charles Jones (Stanford University) Malcolm Knight (LSE and CIGI) James A. Robinson (University of Chicago) The Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance (RCEF) is a biennial conference series assembling a group of leading economists to present and discuss their work at the cutting edge of economic research. The conference alternates between Italy and […]
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) – in partnership with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and in cooperation with the Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy at the Georgetown University – is organizing a 2-day conference on “Quality FDI, Growth and Development: Discussing the Impact and Policy Options” in Vienna from 14 to 15 […]
July 6th – 8th 2016, São Paulo, Brazil. São Paulo School of Economics (EESP-FGV) and the Swiss Program for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d) are pleased to invite submissions for the Workshop on Trade and Labor Market in Developing Countries. The objective is to discuss recent theoretical developments and empirical applications on the […]
Proposals are due no later than May 15, 2016 Colloquium Dates: February 22-24, 2017 Venue: University of Hawai`i at Mānoa Fulbright Canada, and the Center for the Study of Canada at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, in partnership with the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, are pleased to announce an international […]
We would like to welcome the following new members of the InsTED network. Prof. Reshad Ahsan (University of Melbourne) His research interests are international trade, and development economics. Prof. Amrit Amirapu (University of Kent) His primary fields are development economics, and applied microeconomics. Prof. Daniel Bernhofen (American University) His research interests are in international economics, global […]
A large literature has developed over the last twenty years or so to understand the role of firm heterogeneity in a country’s exporting behavior. A key feature of the models in this literature is that they typically assume each firm has measure zero in its industry. This assumption is useful because it removes strategic interaction […]
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 H. Schnatter Institute for the Study of Free […]
The following working papers have recently been added to our working papers page. Méon, Pierre-Guillaume and Khalid Sekkatb (2016) “A time to throw stones, a time to reap: How long does it take for democratic transitions to improve institutional outcomes?“.
Presentation format: 30 min presentation, 5 min discussion. Conference main location: GISB Building. Directions can be found at http://gisb.indiana.edu/ Registration will be held at GISB Room 1060. Staff will be available from 8 am through lunch on Friday. Sessions will be held in GISB Room 1112. Coffee breaks and lunches will be held in GISB […]