Institutions Trade & Economic Development
If economic development is essentially about an economy’s transition from agricultural to industrial production, then the attainment of a comparative advantage in industrial products is widely regarded to be the hallmark of successful development. Against this backdrop, governments aiming to promote development often seek to do so partly through the promotion of industrial exports. In […]
The following working papers have recently been added to our working papers page. Anesi, Vincent and Giovanni Facchini (2014) “Coercive Trade Policy“ Baland, Jean-Marie, Rohini Somanathan and Zaki Wahhaj (2014) “Group Lending and Endogenous Social Sanctions“ Basu, Kaushik and Avinash Dixit (2014) “Too Small to Regulate“ Besedes, Tibor (2014) “The Effects of European Integration on the […]
Resources for the Future (RFF) currently has openings for several postdoctoral researchers. RFF’s Postdoctoral Program in Natural Resources and the Environment promotes research and policy analysis in natural resources, energy and the environment. The program is designed to provide unique opportunities for postdoctoral fellows to contribute to projects underway, pursue new lines of inquiry, and […]
The macroeconomic institutions literature has demonstrated the importance of institutions in promoting economic development and growth. Economists are now digging deeper to understand the microfoundations of this growth at the level of individual firms. A feature of developing economies is that fledgling firms find it more difficult to grow than their counterparts in developed countries […]
Call status: Open Application deadline: 16 September 2015, 4pm BBSRC, NERC and ESRC invite proposals for both research and research translation projects to the second call of the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Innovation Club. Approximately £5M of funding is available for this call, divided between: research grants (£3.5M) research translation grants (£1.5M) Guidance about the […]
You are invited to an AIB (Academy of International Business) mini-conference at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy on October 30th and 31st, 2015. The theme is “Breaking up the global value chain: Possibilities and consequences” with Keynote speeches by Juan Alcacer (Harvard Business School) and John Cantwell (Rutgers Business School). The conference will cover issues like: […]
The distributional implications of trade liberalization have long been of central interest to economists. That may be why the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem is probably trade theory’s best known result. For those new to trade it demonstrates that, as a result of an increase in the relative price of a good, factors used intensively in its production […]
The University of Bari “Aldo Moro” and the NHH Norwegian School of Economics (Bergen, Norway) are jointly organizing the 6th edition of the conference on the “Economics of Global Interactions”. UNIDO, United Nation Industrial Development Organization, is partner of the conference.The event will provide scholars with the opportunity to discuss their recent contributions in the following areas:– Theoretical and empirical aspects of International Trade;– Determinants […]
The Centre for Economic Policy Research and the Department for International Development, through their private enterprise development in low-income countries initiative, invite applications for their exploratory research grants. These enable researchers to explore new approaches to the study of firms in low-income countries and develop new or existing sources of data on these firms. Research […]
The Korea Foundation invites applications for its policy-oriented research on Korea grants. These support in-depth analyses and policy recommendations on Korea, including political, social and economic issues. Projects are required to hold at least one related event, such as a workshop or conference for dissemination of the research results. Public policy-oriented research institutes are eligible […]