Institutions Trade & Economic Development
We would like to welcome the following new member of the InsTED network. Prof. Avinash Dixit (Princeton University). Prof Dixit’s research interests have included microeconomic theory, game theory, international trade, industrial organization, growth and development theories, public economics, political economy, and the new institutional economics.
Course Announcement January 7-11, 2015, Doha, Qatar Submission Deadline: October 15, 2014 Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar (GU-Q) is pleased to announce that the Second Winter School on the Analytics and Policy Design of Migration will be held in Doha, Qatar, on January 7-11, 2015. The School will be led by Oded […]
We would like to welcome the following new members of the InsTED network. Dr. Zohal Hessami (University of Konstanz) Her research interests are in Political Economy, Economic & Fiscal Policy, Public Finance & Public Governance, and Applied Econometrics. Dr. Thushyanthan Baskaran (University of Gottingen) His research interests are in Public Economics, Political Economics, and Development Economics.
December 10-11, 2014 Montevideo, Uruguay The Banco Central del Uruguay (BCU), in cooperation with the Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE), is pleased to announce a call for papers for the Workshop on Firm Dynamics, Trade and Development, which will be held onDecember 10-11, 2014, in Montevideo, Uruguay, organizers Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia), Omar […]
Most of the public debate concerning the liberalization of international trade revolves around the effect of trade on the levels of employment. Proponents of trade liberalization argue that higher demand for domestic products from abroad would increase employment. Opponents worry that competition with imported products, in driving domestic producers out of business, would lead to […]
Time: Jul 20, 2015 9 AM – Jul 21, 2015 2 PM Address: San Servolo, Venice, Italy The original intention behind the ‘Doha Round’ of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was to promote the integration of developing countries into the world trading system. The collapse of the round in 2008 led to pessimism over whether the pursuit […]
Economists until the age of 35 (born 1979 or later) are invited to apply for this award by submitting up to three published or unpublished papers in the field of global economic affairs, and specifically pertaining to the following areas: International Trade and FDI Knowledge Creation and Growth Poverty Reduction, Equity and Development Environmental Policy […]
The Institute for New Economic Thinking aims to foster open discourse and to advance new thinking on economic issues and theory. The Institute’s notion of new economic thinking is deliberately open and non-dogmatic. Our hope is to support research that transforms our understanding of major economic problems and improves analysis of policy. In this grant round, […]
We would like to thank the Department of Economics at the University of Oregon for sponsoring the Second InsTED Workshop. The workshop was held at the Inn at the 5th, Eugene, Oregon, from August 12th-14th 2014. Special thanks go to Chris Ellis as chair of the local organizing committee and Jodie Rogers for her tireless […]
We have added a link to Jon Haveman’s international trade data site, which is quite comprehensive. Under the data tab, click on Economic Performance and scroll down.