Institutions Trade & Economic Development
By Joel Rodrigue (Vanderbilt University) and Yong Tan (Nanjing University of Finance and Economics) For the typical Chinese exporter, foreign sales grew exponentially after China’s entry to the WTO. How was this so-called ‘economic miracle’ achieved in such a short span of time? Answering this question has been the focus of policymakers, government officials, and […]
The Peterson Institute for International Economics, a leading think tank located at Dupont Circle, Washington, DC, seeks a full-time research analyst to work with Dr Chad P. Bown on projects on international trade policy and trade agreements. Responsibilities include collecting and analyzing economic data, producing charts and graphs for publication and presentations, doing econometric analysis, reviewing policy […]
December, 16-17, 2019, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) Following the 2018 Economics and Politics at Lille (EP@L), the 2019 Economics and Politics Workshop will take place at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and become EP@B, jointly organized by Centre Emile Bernheim (ULB), Dulbéa (ULB), CEE (Sciences Po Paris), and LEM (University of Lille). The workshop aims to bring […]
Markus Eberhardt (University of Nottingham) and Francis Teal (Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford) “We compare this [input] index with our output index and call any discrepancy ‘productivity’… It is a measure of our ignorance, of the unknown, and of the magnitude of the task that is still ahead of us.” […]
The following working paper(s) have recently been added to our working papers page: Kouevi-Gath, Beni, Pierre-Guillaume Méon and Laurent Weill, 2019. “Do Banking Crises Improve Democracy?“
The Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE) is pleased to announce a call for papers for the Workshop on International Trade / Growth and Development in Macroeconomics to be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 17-19 December 2019. The deadline for submission is September 27, 2019 (12 AM ET). Invited Keynote Speakers: Gene M. […]
The University of Lucerne is the youngest university in Switzerland. Founded in 2000, it has four faculties and around 3,000 students. The Faculty of Economics and Management opened its doors to students in the autumn semester of 2016. Personal supervision of students, interactive forms of teaching, close links between academia and practice, and a young, motivated team […]
Application for PhD in Economics at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. The Department of Economics at Deakin University, Australia <http://www.deakin.edu.au/business/economics> is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2020 PhD programme in Economics (starting March 2020), where a number of scholarships will be available to cover fees and living expenses. Key areas of research expertise of the Economics Department include Development Economics, […]
By Kamal Saggi (Vanderbilt University), Woan Foong Wong (University of Oregon), and Halis M. Yildiz (Ryerson University) At a time when multilateral trade liberalization at the World Trade Organization (WTO) seems to have come to a grinding halt, preferential trade agreements (PTAs) appear to be the only game in town for countries interested in undertaking […]
We would like to welcome the following new members to the InsTED Network Prof Kathy Baylis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Her research interests lie in the design of agricultural, conservation, and trade policy to promote ecosystem preservation and international food security. Ms Casey Petroff (Harvard University). Her research interests are in economic development and […]