Institutions Trade & Economic Development
* Deadline for the submission of papers: 13 October 2013. This must be done via the link available at www.res.org.uk/2014conferencehome. * Deadline for the submission of special session proposals: 3 November 2013. These should be sent to the Programme Chair at the e-mail address below and should include a short description of the intended session along […]
We would like to welcome the following new members of the InsTED network Prof Nuno Limão (University of Maryland) His primary research interests are in international trade, trade policy, and political economy. Prof Catia Montagna (University of Aberdeen) Her research interests are in firms in the global economy, labour markets trade and FDI, globalisation and the welfare state, […]
The following article has been accepted for publication by the European Economic Review “Size Inequality, Coordination Externalities and International Trade Agreements” by Nuno Limão and Kamal Saggi Abstract Developing countries now account for a signfi cant fraction of world trade and two thirds of the membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO). However, many are still individually […]
We would like to welcome the following new members of the InsTED network. Prof. Mario Crucini (Vanderbilt University) His research interests are in real exchange rates, the terms of trade, international business cycles, and the economic history of the inter-war period. Prof. James Foster (George Washington University) His research interests are in development economics, inequality […]
The World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University invites applications for its PhD research internships. These offer registered doctoral students an opportunity to utilise the resources at UNU-WIDER for their PhD dissertation or thesis research, and to work with researchers in areas related to developing economies. The internships typically last from […]
The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development invites proposals for the evaluation of preferential agricultural trade regimes, in particular the Economic Partnership Agreements. The tenderer will carry out an evaluation analysing the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the EPAs relating to the agri-food trade. Legal and natural persons based in EU states or authorised countries […]
The Directorate-General for Trade invites proposals for its evaluation of the implementation of the EU-Mexico free trade agreement and an assessment of the possible modernisation of this agreement. The objectives of the project are twofold: an ‘ex post’ analysis including assessment of the economic, social and environmental impacts of the EU–Mexico FTA since its entry […]
We would like to welcome Dr. Jamus Lim (World Bank) to the InsTED network. His areas of research are international economics and political economy, international development, comparative political economy, and information and communications technology.
We would like to welcome new members of the InsTED network. Prof. Tony Addison (UNU WIDER). His research interests include development finance, economics of conflict, foreign aid, poverty reduction. Prof. Jeffrey Bergstrand (University of Notre-Dame). His current research spans the areas of international trade flows, economic integration agreements, foreign direct investment, and multinational firms. Prof. Huw […]
Markets rest on institutions that ensure individuals can commit to keep their contractual obligations. The literature has focused both on formal contract-enforcing institutions, where contracts can be enforced by a third party such as a court of law, and informal institutions where the parties enforce an informal contract themselves. Self-enforcing agreements are particularly important in […]