April 2015 - NOeG-l - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

3 PhD positions in agricultural economics at BOKU
by Ulrich Morawetz 18 Apr '15

18 Apr '15

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, an der Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Department für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Institut für nachhaltige Wirtschaftsentwicklung gelangen 3 Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in ohne Doktorat im Forschungs- und Lehrbetrieb zur Ausschreibung. Der Beschäftigungsumfang beträgt 28 Wochenstunden befristet auf 4 Jahre. Bewerbungsdeadline ist der 8. Mai 2015. Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter: http://www.boku.ac.at/fileadmin/_/mitteilungsblatt-jobs/2015/KZ29.pdf und im Attachment (Deutsch und Englisch). Bitte leiten Sie die Informationen möglichen InteressentInnen weiter. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Klaus Salhofer und Ulrich Morawetz

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Ideenausschreibung für Studierende
by Diego Heatherman 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Liebe Studierende, hast du eine Idee, wie du die Welt ein Stück besser machen könntest? Hast du ein Projekt, das versucht Menschen zu helfen oder die Umwelt zu schonen? Social Impact Award unterstützt Studierende mit neuen Ideen durch ein „*Praktikum bei deinem eigenen Unternehmen“*. Deine innovative Idee zur Lösung eines sozialen oder ökologischen Problems kannst du bis 22. April um 18 Uhr unter http://socialimpactaward.at/einreichen/ einreichen! Das „Praktikum“ wird für 5 Projektideen vergeben. Dies beinhaltet: · *Arbeitsinfrastruktur *im Impact Hub Vienna · Internationale *Vernetzung* · Austausch mit *ExpertInnen* · *EUR 3.000* Entlohnung für den Sommer Deine Einreichung werden nach folgenden Kriterien bewertet: · Sozialer Impact · Innovationsgrad · Sinnvolle Planung Alle Infos zur Einreichung findest du unter http://socialimpactaward.at/einreichen/kriterien/. Dabei werden auch Erstideen gesucht, die mit einer einfachen und schlüssigen Einreichung auch gute Chancen haben. Suchst du *Tipps und Tricks *vor der Einreichung? An folgenden Terminen werden Online Textchats per *Skype unter sia.austria* angeboten, um deine Fragen rund um die Einreichung zu beantworten: 13.4. 16-19 Uhr 16.4. 13-16 Uhr 20.4. 16-19 Uhr Du bist unsicher, ob deine Idee eine Chance hat? Reiche sie trotzdem ein! Jede Einreichung bekommt auf Anfrage ein schriftliches Feedback von uns. Für Fragen stehe ich gerne unter diego.heatherman(a)socialimpactaward.at zu Verfügung. Schöne Grüße, Diego Heatherman -- Diego Heatherman Social Impact Award Coordinator Impact Hub Vienna Email: *diego.heatherman(a)impacthub.net <diego.heatherman(a)impacthub.net>* Location: Lindengasse 56, Top 18-19 1070 Vienna, Austria web | *vienna.impacthub.net <http://vienna.impacthub.net/>*facebook | *facebook.com/impacthubvienna <http://facebook.com/impacthubvienna>*Do you know what's happening in the Hub *this month <http://vienna.impacthub.net/hub-events>*?

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"Föderalismus"-Tagung, 7. Mai 2015, TU Wien
by Michael Getzner 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich möchte Sie herzlich zur Tagung "Föderalismus - [R]evolutionäre Perspektiven für Österreich?" am Do., 7. Mai 2015, an der TU Wien einladen - Details bitte dem beiliegenden Tagungsfolder zu entnehmen. Beste Grüße Michael Getzner -- Prof. Dr. Michael Getzner Center of Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy / Fachbereich Finanzwissenschaft und Infrastrukturpolitik Vienna University of Technology / Technische Universität Wien Resselgasse 5, 1040 Vienna / Wien, Austria Ph. +43 (0)1 58801 280320, Fax +43 (0)1 58801 9280320 Mobile +43 (0) 676 4129222 michael.getzner(a)tuwien.ac.at, www.ifip.tuwien.ac.at

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IHS Stellenausschreibung "Macroeconomics or Public Finance"
by Applied Ecofin 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Wir ersuchen um Versendung unserer IHS Stellenausschreibung im Bereich "Macroeconomics" oder "Public Finance" über den NOeG-Verteiler, siehe Attachment. Vielen Dank im Voraus! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Isabella Andrej Mag. Isabella Andrej EcoFin Applied Research [cid:image003.jpg@01D076C1.AA20DAF0] Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, Austria Tel: +43 1 59991 - 157 Fax: +43 1 59991 - 320 E-mail: applied_ecofin(a)ihs.ac.at<mailto:applied_ecofin@ihs.ac.at> Web: http://www.ihs.ac.at<http://www.ihs.ac.at/>

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Reminder: wiiw seminar "Policy Perspectives for European Integration", 20 April 2015
by wiiw WIENER INSTITUT 15 Apr '15

15 Apr '15

Dear Colleague, We cordially invite you to the next wiiw seminar 'Policy Perspectives for European Integration' on Monday, 20 April 2015, 5 pm wiiw, Vienna 6, Rahlgasse 3, lecture hall (entrance from the ground floor) The European fiscal framework: can it ensure debt sustainability and adequate fiscal stabilisation? Zsolt Darvas senior fellow, Bruegel Abstract The two main objectives of a fiscal framework are to discourage the deficit bias of the government in order to ensure long-term sustainability of public debt and to leave scope for countercyclical fiscal policy. By estimating fiscal reaction functions for a large number of advanced and emerging economies, Zsolt Darvas (together with his research colleagues Gregory Claeys and Silvia Merler) conclude that while automatic stabilisers were allowed to work in euro-area countries, the slightly counter-cyclical pre-crisis discretionary fiscal policy has disappeared during the crisis. Some euro-area countries implemented pro-cyclical fiscal tightening. By reviewing the characteristics of alternative fiscal frameworks and their effectiveness from theoretical and empirical perspectives, Zsolt Darvas et. al. assess the relevance of the current European fiscal framework to achieve the two main objectives. They make recommendations on how the European framework (including its specific provisions for the euro area) should evolve in the coming years. (Papers and Powerpoint presentations, as far as available, are posted on our homepage http://wiiw.ac.at/events.html after the respective seminars.) Best regards Univ.Prof.Dr. Michael Landesmann Dr. Sándor Richter Scientific Director wiiw Organizer -- Michaela Bönisch Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw) The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, A-1060 Wien T: +43 1 533 66 10 - 40 F: +43 1 533 66 10 - 50 boenisch(a)wiiw.ac.at http://www.wiiw.ac.at/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you do not want to receive further mailings please send an e-mail to boenisch(a)wiiw.ac.at Falls Sie keine weiteren Zusendungen des wiiw wünschen senden Sie bitte ein E-Mail an boenisch(a)wiiw.ac.at

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Reminder, Lecture by Robert Hahn, Oxford and Washington, on Friday April 17 2015 at 11.30 hours
by wolfgang.weigel＠univie.ac.at 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Madam, Sir, Dear Members, my I remind you of the invited lecture of the world's most intimate expert in regulatory impact assessment Friday April 17, 2015 11.30 - 13.30 hours Invited Lecture Can Economics Improve Regulations and Laws Speaker: Robert Hahn Professor and Director of Economics, Oxford Smith School Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School The Brookings Institution Center for Business and Public Policy, Georgetown Venue: Lecture hall, Law Faculty Building at Schenkenstraße 8, 1010 Vienna This event is jointly presented by Joseph von Sonnenfels Center, Center for the Economic Analysis of Law and European Master of Law and Economics under ERASMUS MUNDUS Wolfgang Weigel m.p. Wolfgang Weigel Associate Professor and Chair Joseph von Sonnenfels Center, Department of Economics 05.502 University of Vienna Oskar Morgenstern Platz 1 1090 Vienna, Austria Mail to: wolfgang.weigel(a)univie.ac.at --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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WU Economic Research Seminar, 22.04.2015, Zafeira Kastrinaki
by Tondl, Gabriele 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

Dear colleagues, the Department of Economics cordially invites you to the next Economic Research Seminar (Department Seminar) on Wednesday, April 22, with Zafeira Kastrinaki (University of Bath) on "Mergers, merger waves and the distribution of Tobin´s q" Place and time: Wednesday, April 22, 4.30 - 6 p.m., Campus WU, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, building D4, 2nd floor, Department meeting room 2.008. With best regards, Gabriele Tondl a.o. Univ.Prof.Dr. Gabriele Tondl Institute for International Economics Department of Economics WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1 A-1020 Vienna, Austria

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Invitation: Econometrics Research Seminar (April 16): Jaap H. Abbring
by Economics Department 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

[cid:image002.png@01D06642.A2243160] ECONOMETRICS RESEARCH SEMINAR INVITATION The Department of Economics and Finance at the Institute for Advanced Studies cordially invites you to the following Econometrics Research Seminar <http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Papers/20130226_Paper_Zimme…> Thursday, April 16, 2015 IHS, Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, HS II 9:00 am (Please note that the seminar will start at 9 am sharp!) Jaap H. Abbring<jaap.abbring.org> Tilburg University Estimating Mixed Hitting-Time Models The talk will be based on two papers (but mostly on the first): "The Likelihood of Mixed Hitting Times" (with Tim Salimans) Abstract: We present a method for efficiently computing the likelihood of a mixed hitting-time model that specifies durations as the first time a latent Lévy process crosses a heterogeneous threshold. This likelihood is not generally known in closed form, but its Laplace transform is. Our approach to its computation relies on numerical methods for inverting Laplace transforms that exploit special properties of the first passage times of Lévy processes. We use our method to implement a maximum likelihood estimator of the mixed hitting-time model in MATLAB. We illustrate the application of this estimator with an analysis of Kennan's (1985) strike data. "Mixed Hitting Times with Time-Varying Covariates" (with Kun Zheng) Abstract: We present a mixed hitting-time model that species durations as the first time a latent Lévy process hits a heterogeneous and time-varying threshold. This model naturally arises as the reduced form of an optimal stopping problem with time-varying parameters. We present two methods for computing its likelihood, which is not known explicitly. The first allows for both upward and downward shifts in the threshold, but restricts the latent process to be Brownian motion. The second only allows the threshold to move up, but can easily be extended to the case where the latent process is a more general Lévy process. We are looking forward to seeing you! Institute for Advanced Studies Department of Economics and Finance Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 1 599 91 145 e-Mail: economics(a)ihs.ac.at<mailto:economics@ihs.ac.at> http://economics.ihs.ac.at<http://economics.ihs.ac.at/> LINKS DIRECTIONS TO IHS<https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=214450950836633541616.0004d7e346945a52…> on Google maps<https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=214450950836633541616.0004d7e346945a52…> ECONOMETRICS RESEARCH<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=k0lv6keqn60t40jeuhtjfebrl0%40grou…> SEMINAR<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=k0lv6keqn60t40jeuhtjfebrl0%40grou…> on Google calendar<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=k0lv6keqn60t40jeuhtjfebrl0%40grou…> ECONOMICS SEMINARS <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=o7e40khrmr1vn2lo20mhbe539g%40grou…> IN VIENNA<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=o7e40khrmr1vn2lo20mhbe539g%40grou…> on Google calendar<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=o7e40khrmr1vn2lo20mhbe539g%40grou…> [cid:image004.jpg@01CEBF6B.00DB9700]<http://economics.ihs.ac.at/> [http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Others/FB-f-Logo__blue_512.…]<https://www.facebook.com/IHS.Economics.and.Finance> [http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Others/twitter-bird-white-o…] <https://twitter.com/IHS_Eco_Fin> [http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Others/feed-icon-28x28.png] <http://www.facebook.com/feeds/page.php?id=177236688990366&format=atom10> Diese Zusendung erfolgt entsprechend den Bestimmungen des TKG 247107 Abs. 4. Sollten Sie keine weiteren Zusendungen wuenschen, senden Sie uns bitte eine kurze Mitteilung an: economics(a)ihs.ac.at<mailto:economics@ihs.ac.at>. If you do not want to receive our mailings please send an e-mail to: economics(a)ihs.ac.at<mailto:economics@ihs.ac.at>. Also sent to noeg-l(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:noeg-l@wu.ac.at> (https://mailman.wu.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/noeg-l.)

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wiiw lunchtime seminar, 15 April 2015
by wiiw WIENER INSTITUT 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Dear Colleague, We cordially invite you to a lunchtime seminar on Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 12 am wiiw, Vienna 6, Rahlgasse 3, lecture hall (entrance from the ground floor) Manufacturing and Economic Growth in Developing Countries, 1950-2005 Bart Verspagen Director of UNU-MERIT and Director-Dean of the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) at Maastricht University Abstract Historically, manufacturing has functioned as the main engine of economic growth and development. However, recent research raises questions concerning the continued importance of the manufacturing sector for economic development. We re-examine the role of manufacturing as a driver of growth in developed and developing countries in the period 1950-2005. We find a moderate positive impact of manufacturing on growth. We also find interesting interaction effects of manufacturing with education and income gaps. In a comparison of the subperiods, it seems that since 1990, manufacturing is becoming a more difficult route to growth than before. (Papers and Powerpoint presentations, as far as available, are posted on our homepage http://wiiw.ac.at/events.html after the respective seminars.) Speaker Bart Verspagen is an economist specialised in the economics of technological change. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Limburg (now called Maastricht University) in Maastricht, the Netherlands, from 1984 - 1988. After that, he obtained a PhD degree from the same university in 1992. During the five years after that, he held a scholarship from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). His workplace is the Economics Department of Maastricht University, as well as the research institute UNU-Merit in Maastricht. At the university, he holds the chair of International Economics. Verspagen's research interests are fairly broad. The centre area is the process of economic growth, and its relation to technological change. This also brings him into areas such as international trade theory, industrial dynamics, economic and technology history, and applied econometrics, statistics and mathematical modelling. With regard to the latter, he has mainly been applying evolutionary theory to economics. This includes simulation modelling of international economies. Best regards Doz. Dr. Rober Stehrer Deputy Scientific Director wiiw -- Michaela Bönisch Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw) The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, A-1060 Wien T: +43 1 533 66 10 - 40 F: +43 1 533 66 10 - 50 boenisch(a)wiiw.ac.at http://www.wiiw.ac.at/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you do not want to receive further mailings please send an e-mail to boenisch(a)wiiw.ac.at Falls Sie keine weiteren Zusendungen des wiiw wünschen senden Sie bitte ein E-Mail an boenisch(a)wiiw.ac.at

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Third WU-Workshop in Applied Econometrics (WUWAETRIX-3) - Call for papers
by Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

The third WU-Workshop in Applied Econometrics (WUWAETRIX-3) will take place on May 28, 2015. The aim of the workshop is to provide a forum for discussion of ongoing research on applied econometrics. The presentation of (eventually unfinished) work in progress is encouraged. In particular, work carried out by young researchers in the context of a PhD thesis will be given priority. If you are interested in presenting your research at the workshop, please send the title of your paper and an abstract to jcrespo(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:jcrespo@wu.ac.at> by April 30th. When? May 28, 2015 Where? Meeting room, 2nd floor, D4 Building We are looking forward to seeing you at WUWAETRIX-3! Jesus Crespo Cuaresma Gernot Doppelhofer --- Jesus Crespo Cuaresma Professor of Economics Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1 1020 Vienna (Austria) T: +43(1)31336-4530 F: +43(1)31336-728 E: jcrespo(a)wu.ac.at H: http://www.wu.ac.at/vw1/m/crespo

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