Institutions Trade & Economic Development
The Department of Economics at Grinnell College invites applications to the Sidney Meyer Chair in International Economics beginning Fall 2019. The appointment will preferably be made at the rank of Professor; Associate Professor possible. We will consider promising individuals from both academic and non-academic institutions who have documented teaching experience. The position involves a teaching […]
IESEG School of Management IÉSEG School of Management invites applications for one full-time position in Empirical Microeconomics at the Assistant or Associate Professor level starting in September 2019. The selected candidate will be based at the IÉSEG campus in Paris, and work in close collaboration with a research team specializing in labour, migration and family […]
By Scott L. Baier (Clemson University), Jeffrey H. Bergstrand (University of Notre Dame), and Matthew W. Clance (University of Pretoria) It is now widely accepted that economic integration agreements (EIAs) and other trade-policy liberalizations contribute to nations’ economic growth and development. EIAs have proliferated among North-North (N-N), North-South (N-S), and South-South (S-S) country-pairs. While such agreements inevitably alter […]
Pre-call announcement NORFACE will be announcing a new transnational research programme on democratic governance. The main focus of this research programme will be on understanding the precise nature of the recent turbulence in democratic politics and governance in Europe, how European states can negotiate it and how they can develop strategies to enhance the quality […]
Conference dates 15 May 2019 – 17 May 2019 Location University College London This conference will bring together economists, criminologists, and researchers from other disciplines who seek to understand the causes and consequences of crime, including the evaluation of policies aimed to mitigate or manage the cost of crime. The program is limited to presentations […]
Conference dates 03 Jun 2019 – 08 Jun 2019 Location Venice, Italy CESifo Venice Summer Institute 2019 The annual CESifo Venice Summer Institute, focuses on themes of current interest in European economic policy. The Institute brings together international economists working on economic policy topics for workshops, panel meetings and discussion. The conference venue is Venice […]
Location: Sydney, New South Wales Australia Apply Online Here https://sydney.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm?event=jobs.ch… Job CategoriesPost-Doc Reference no: 1321/0718F Opportunity for outstanding early career researchers in any discipline or research area (10 positions available) • Holders of the Fellowships will be lifetime members of the Sydney Society of Fellows • Full time, 3 year fixed term, salary AUD98,940 p.a, […]
By Avinash Dixit (Princeton University) How should a country fight corruption? Most people would answer that the government should make and enforce strong laws against it. But further thinking should show that this approach won’t get far. The politicians who make laws, and the officials who enforce them, all stand to benefit from the prevailing […]
By Eric Alston (University of Colorado Boulder), Lee Alston (Indiana University Bloomington), Bernardo Mueller (University of Brasilia), and Tomas Nonnenmacher (Allegheny College, Pennsylvania) Today, the notion that “institutions matter” is broadly accepted. Scholars have generated a rich literature on the causes and effects of institutions spanning from the micro to the macro level. The pioneering […]
We would like to welcome the following new member of the InsTED network: Dr Eric Alston (University of Colorado Boulder : His research interests are in the fields of law and economics, and institutional and organizational analysis.