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Reminder Invitation: Vienna Joint Economics Seminar (June 18): Miklos Koren and Bettina Klaus
by Economics Department 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

[cid:image002.png@01CEBF6B.D0B28790] VIENNA JOINT ECONOMICS SEMINAR INVITATION R E M I N D E R The University of Vienna and the Department of Economics and Finance at the Institute for Advanced Studies cordially invite you to the following Vienna Joint Economics Seminar <http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Papers/20130226_Paper_Zimme…> Thursday, June 18, 2015 University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, HS 15, 2nd floor 4:00 pm Miklos Koren<http://miklos.koren.hu/> and Bettina Klaus<https://hec.unil.ch/people/bklaus> Central European University HEC, Lausanne Bridges (Miklos Koren) Abstract: We build a continuous-space theory of trade in which people in a region agglomerate to exploit trading opportunities with another region. The regions are separated by a river, which can be crossed anywhere, but more cheaply at bridges. In the model, most trade takes place via bridges, leading to a key prediction that population density declines with distance to the bridge. We derive additional predictions about the spatial distribution of population and test them on current high-resolution population density data around twelve major American rivers. The data is mostly consistent with our model. In a historical event study of 19th-century bridges on these rivers, we find that the neighborhood of bridges developed faster after the bridge was built. Also, the two sides of the bridge converged in development, highlighting the connecting role of the bridge. More generally, our results suggest that economies of density arising from transport infrastructure can help explain why and where people agglomerate. Object Allocation via Deferred-Acceptance: Strategy-Proofness and Comparative Statics<https://ideas.repec.org/p/lau/crdeep/14.08.html> (Bettina Klaus) Abstract: We study the problem of assigning indivisible and heterogenous objects (e.g., houses, jobs, offices, school or university admissions etc.) to agents. Each agent receives at most one object and monetary compensations are not possible. We consider mechanisms satisfying a set of basic properties (unavailable-type-invariance, individual-rationality, weak non-wastefulness, or truncation-invariance). In the house allocation problem, where at most one copy of each object is available, deferred acceptance (DA)-mechanisms allocate objects based on exogenously fixed objects' priorities over agents and the agent-proposing deferred-acceptance-algorithm. For house allocation we show that DA-mechanisms are characterized by our basic properties and (i) strategy-proofness and population-monotonicity or (ii) strategy-proofness and resource-monotonicity. Once we allow for multiple identical copies of objects, on the one hand the first characterization breaks down and there are unstable mechanisms satisfying our basic properties and (i) strategy-proofness and population-monotonicity. On the other hand, our basic properties and (ii) strategy-proofness and resource-monotonicitycharacterize (the most general) class of DA-mechanisms based on objects' fixed choice functions that are acceptant, monotonic, substitutable, and consistent. These choice functions are used by objects to reject agents in the agent-proposing deferred-acceptance-algorithm. Therefore, in the general model resource-monotonicity is the "stronger" comparative statics requirement because it characterizes (together with our basic requirements and strategy-proofness) choice-based DA-mechanisms whereas population-monotonicity (together with our basic properties and strategy-proofness) does not. paper jointly with Lars Ehlers We are looking forward to seeing you! 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FIW-News: Reminder: Invitation to the Seminar „European Integration“ on June 26th, 2015
by FIW Projektbüro 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Please scroll down for the English version Sehr geehrte Abonnentinnen und Abonnenten, wir freuen uns, Sie per Newsletter über die neuesten Entwicklungen des FIW-Projekts informieren zu dürfen. Dieses Mal mit folgendem Inhalt: · Reminder: Einladung zum Seminar „Europäische Integration“ von Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Landesmann am 26.6.2015 · FIW-Seminar in International Economics am 16.7.2015 Reminder: Einladung zum Seminar „Europäische Integration“ von Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Landesmann am 26.6.2015 wir möchten Sie herzlich zum 2. Seminar "Europäische Integration" der Veranstaltungsreihe „Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration" am 26.6.2015 einladen. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Eine Anmeldung ist bis 23.6.2015 unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=806 möglich. Einladung zur Seminarreihe „Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration“ Das Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (BMWFW) veranstaltet in Kooperation mit der Verwaltungsakademie des Bundes (VAB) im Rahmen des Forschungsschwerpunkts Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW) eine neue Seminarreihe, die allen an der Außenwirtschaft Interessierten offensteht, die sich Detailwissen zu ausgewählten Themen aneignen möchten. Im Jahr 2015 finden vier Veranstaltungen statt. Diese sind nicht aufeinander aufbauend und können auch einzeln besucht werden. Eine Anmeldung ist erforderlich und ab sofort unter dem beim jeweiligen Seminar angeführten Link möglich. Die Anmeldung zur gesamten Reihe kann unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=810 vorgenommen werden. Die Teilnahme an den Seminaren ist kostenlos. Veranstaltungsort: Bundeskanzleramt, Hohenstaufengasse 3, 1014 Wien, 1. Stock, Vortragssaal 128 Uhrzeit: 9:00 Uhr bis 12:30 Uhr Seminar 2: Europäische Integration Termin: 26.6.2015 Vortragende: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael LANDESMANN, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Leiter der Abteilung für Ökonomische Theorie und Quantitative Wirtschaftsforschung, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU); wissenschaftlicher Leiter des Wiener Instituts für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw); stellvertretender Leiter des FIW-Projekts; Inhalt: In diesem Seminar werden folgende Themen besprochen: i) Ökonomische Argumentation der Effekte von EU-Marktintegration: Produkt-, Kapital-, und Arbeitsmärkte; ii) ii) Ökonomische Analyse der Währungsunion; iii) iii) EU-Erweiterung: Effekte auf Wachstum und Systementwicklung in Mittel- und Osteuropäischen Ländern; iv) iv) Gründe der aktuellen EU/EMU-Krise und Evaluierung von Reformschritten. Anmeldung: bis 23.6.2015 unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=806 FIW-Seminar in International Economics am 16.7 2015 Das FIW bietet regelmäßig Vorlesungen in Form eines Seminars in "International Economics" an. Ort: wiiw Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Wien Donnerstag 16. Juli, 16 Uhr wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, lecture hall (entrance from the ground floor) The Long-Term Economic Impact of Reducing Migration in the UK Katerina Lisenkova (with Mérette M. and Sanchez-Martinez M.) National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK Abstract This paper uses an OLG-CGE model for the UK to illustrate the long-term effect of migration on the economy. We use the current Conservative Party migration target to reduce net migration “from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands” as an illustration. Achieving this target would require reducing recent net migration numbers by a factor of about 2. We undertake a simulation exercise to compare a baseline scenario, which incorporates the principal 2010-based ONS population projections, with a lower migration scenario, which assumes that net migration is reduced by around 50%. The results show that such a significant reduction in net migration has strong negative effects on the economy. By 2060 the levels of both GDP and GDP per person fall by 11.0% and 2.7% respectively. Moreover, this policy has a significant impact on public finances. To keep the government budget balanced, the effective labour income tax rate has to be increased by 2.2 percentage points in the lower migration scenario. Keywords: UK, migration, OLG, population ageing. JEL Codes: C68, E17, H53, J11, J21. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Alexander Hudetz (FIW – Projektbüro) Es entspricht nicht unserer Philosophie Ihnen unerwünschte E-Mails zukommen zu lassen. Falls Sie keine weiteren E-Mails vom FIW erhalten möchten, schreiben Sie bitte an das Projektbüro mit dem Betreff "Abmelden". __________________________________ Das Kompetenzzentrum FIW (http://www.fiw.ac.at/) ist ein Projekt von WIFO, wiiw und WSR im Auftrag des BMWFW. Die Kooperationsvereinbarungen des FIW mit der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, der Universität Wien und der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz werden aus Hochschulraumstrukturmitteln gefördert. Dear Sir or Madam, we are pleased to inform you about the latest news of the FIW project. In this issue: · Reminder: Invitation to the Seminar „European Integration“ by Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Landesmann on June 26th, 2015 · FIW-Seminar in International Economics: July 17th, 2015 Reminder: Invitation to the Seminar „European Integration“ by Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Landesmann on June 26th, 2015 We cordially invite you to the second seminar regarding "European Integration" of the Seminar-Series „Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration" taking place on June 26th, 2015. The seminar will be held by Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael Landesmann (JKU Linz, wiiw). Attendance of the seminar is free. Please register until June 23rd at http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=806. The seminar will be held in German language. Einladung zur Seminarreihe „Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration“ Das Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (BMWFW) veranstaltet in Kooperation mit der Verwaltungsakademie des Bundes (VAB) im Rahmen des Forschungsschwerpunkts Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW) eine neue Seminarreihe, die allen an der Außenwirtschaft Interessierten offensteht, die sich Detailwissen zu ausgewählten Themen aneignen möchten. Im Jahr 2015 finden vier Veranstaltungen statt. Diese sind nicht aufeinander aufbauend und können auch einzeln besucht werden. Eine Anmeldung ist erforderlich und ab sofort unter dem beim jeweiligen Seminar angeführten Link möglich. Die Anmeldung zur gesamten Reihe kann unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=810 vorgenommen werden. Die Teilnahme an den Seminaren ist kostenlos. Veranstaltungsort: Bundeskanzleramt, Hohenstaufengasse 3, 1014 Wien, 1st floor, room 128 Uhrzeit: 9:00 Uhr bis 12:30 Uhr Seminar 2: Europäische Integration Termin: 26.6.2015 Vortragende: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael LANDESMANN, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Leiter der Abteilung für Ökonomische Theorie und Quantitative Wirtschaftsforschung, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU); wissenschaftlicher Leiter des Wiener Instituts für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw); stellvertretender Leiter des FIW-Projekts; Inhalt: In diesem Seminar werden folgende Themen besprochen: i) Ökonomische Argumentation der Effekte von EU-Marktintegration: Produkt-, Kapital-, und Arbeitsmärkte; ii) ii) Ökonomische Analyse der Währungsunion; iii) iii) EU-Erweiterung: Effekte auf Wachstum und Systementwicklung in Mittel- und Osteuropäischen Ländern; iv) iv) Gründe der aktuellen EU/EMU-Krise und Evaluierung von Reformschritten. Anmeldung: bis 23.6.2015 unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=806 FIW-Seminar in International Economics: July 17th, 2015 The seminar is part of the activities of FIW, the Centre of Competence in International Economics. Regular lecture series on current issues in international economics. Location: wiiw Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Wien Thursday, July 16th, 4 pm The Long-Term Economic Impact of Reducing Migration in the UK Katerina Lisenkova (with Mérette M. and Sanchez-Martinez M.) National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK Abstract This paper uses an OLG-CGE model for the UK to illustrate the long-term effect of migration on the economy. We use the current Conservative Party migration target to reduce net migration “from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands” as an illustration. Achieving this target would require reducing recent net migration numbers by a factor of about 2. We undertake a simulation exercise to compare a baseline scenario, which incorporates the principal 2010-based ONS population projections, with a lower migration scenario, which assumes that net migration is reduced by around 50%. The results show that such a significant reduction in net migration has strong negative effects on the economy. By 2060 the levels of both GDP and GDP per person fall by 11.0% and 2.7% respectively. Moreover, this policy has a significant impact on public finances. To keep the government budget balanced, the effective labour income tax rate has to be increased by 2.2 percentage points in the lower migration scenario. Keywords: UK, migration, OLG, population ageing. JEL Codes: C68, E17, H53, J11, J21 Kind regards, Alexander Hudetz (FIW Project Office) _____________________________________________________ The ‘center of excellence’ FIW (http://www.fiw.ac.at/) is a project of WIFO, wiiw and WSR on behalf of the BMWFW. The FIW cooperation with the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University Vienna and the Johannes Kepler University Linz is supported by the former Federal Ministry of Science and Research (now integrated in the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy).

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wiiw-FIW-Seminar in International Economics, 16 July 2015
by wiiw WIENER INSTITUT 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Dear Colleague, We cordially invite you to the wiiw-FIW-Seminar in International Economics on Thursday, July 16th, 4 pm wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, lecture hall (ground floor) The Long-Term Economic Impact of Reducing Migration in the UK Katerina Lisenkova (with Mérette M. and Sanchez-Martinez M.) National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK Abstract This paper uses an OLG-CGE model for the UK to illustrate the long-term effect of migration on the economy. We use the current Conservative Party migration target to reduce net migration "from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands" as an illustration. Achieving this target would require reducing recent net migration numbers by a factor of about 2. We undertake a simulation exercise to compare a baseline scenario, which incorporates the principal 2010-based ONS population projections, with a lower migration scenario, which assumes that net migration is reduced by around 50%. The results show that such a significant reduction in net migration has strong negative effects on the economy. By 2060 the levels of both GDP and GDP per person fall by 11.0% and 2.7% respectively. Moreover, this policy has a significant impact on public finances. To keep the government budget balanced, the effective labour income tax rate has to be increased by 2.2 percentage points in the lower migration scenario. Keywords: UK, migration, OLG, population ageing. JEL Classification: C68, E17, H53, J11, J21. After the seminar there will be the opportunity for the speaker and the audience for further discussions, accompanied by drinks and snacks. This seminar series is an activity in the framework of FIW ('Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft'), which is a project designed to build a center of excellence in research on International Economics, funded by the Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW). The seminar programme is regularly updated. Please visit our website for the current version of the programme at: http://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=748 (Papers and presentation slides, as far as available, are posted on our homepage http://wiiw.ac.at/events.html after the respective seminars.) Best regards Julia Grübler 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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Report Launch: Golden Aging in Europe and Central Asia
by Johannes Koettl 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Dear all, We would like to invite you to the launch event of the World Bank's Flagship Report on "Golden Aging. Prospects of Healthy, Active, and Prosperous Aging in Europe and Central Asia." The event will feature opening remarks by Hans Jörg Schelling, Minister of Finance, and Arup Banerji, Senior Director for Social Protection and Labor, World Bank; a presentation of the report; and a panel discussion with Hervé Boulhol, Senior Economist, OECD; Peter Part, Deputy Head of Division of the Economic Policy Department at the Ministry of Finance in Austria and President of the EU-EPC Working Group on Ageing Populations and Sustainability; Sergei Scherbov, Director of demographic research, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital; and Hans Timmer, Chief Economist Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank The event will take place Wednesday, June 17, 14:00 at the Ministry of Finance. Further information and a detailed agenda are attached. To register for the event, please send an email to rosa.kugler(a)bmf.gv.at<mailto:rosa.kugler@bmf.gv.at> Kind regards, Johannes Koettl ? -------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Koettl Senior Economist Social Protection & Labor T +43-1-217-0774 or 5258-70774 M +43-664-4247-664 E jkoettl(a)worldbank.org<mailto:jkoettl@worldbank.org> W www.worldbank.org<http://www.worldbank.org/> Praterstrasse 31, 1020 Vienna, Austria Mail Stop: VIEWB [X]

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ERINNERUNG - Seminar am 18. Juni: Evaluation in Projekten der Gesundheitsförderung - ein Balanceakt?
by Katrin Gasior 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, hiermit möchten wir Sie an das Seminar am Donnerstag erinnern. Herzliche Grüße Irmgard Eisenbach-Stangl und Katrin Gasior *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* MMag.ª Katrin Gasior European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research Berggasse 17, 1090 Vienna (Austria) Tel. +43-1-319 45 05-18 eMail: gasior(a)euro.centre.org http://www.euro.centre.org !!! Please consider the environment before printing this email !!! > Am 21.05.2015 um 16:07 schrieb Katrin Gasior <gasior(a)euro.centre.org>: > > Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, > > Es gibt einen neuen Termin für das im März abgesagte Seminar. Dazu möchten wir Sie sehr herzlich einladen: > <image001.png> > > > EINLADUNG ZUM VORTRAG VON ANNA SCHACHNER & MICHAEL STADLER-VIDA > > Evaluation in Projekten der Gesundheitsförderung - ein Balanceakt? > > > Datum: Donnerstag, 18. Juni 2015, 16:00-17:30 > Ort: Europäisches Zentrum für Wohlfahrtspolitik und Sozialforschung, Berggasse 17, 1090 Wien > > Die Evaluation von Gesundheitsförderungsprojekten bewegt sich im Spannungsfeld zwischen unterschiedlichen Anforderungen der FördergeberInnen und AuftraggeberInnen, zwischen ergebnisorientiertem Vorgehen und unterstützender Prozessbegleitung sowie zwischen Nähe und Distanz. Welche Herausforderungen dadurch entstehen und wie eine Balance und ein möglicher Spannungsbogen gelingen können, zeigt und diskutiert das Forschungsbüro queraum. kultur- und sozialforschung mit Hilfe von Beispielen ausgewählter Evaluationsprojekte im Gesundheits-förderungsbereich. > > Neben Prinzipien der Transparenz des Evaluationsablaufes, der Zielgruppenorientierung und des partizipativen Vorgehens folgt der im Vortrag dargestellte Ansatz der Vorstellung von Evaluation als eine „aktive und flexible Begleitung“ des Projektprozesses. Evaluation soll gegenseitiges Lernen ermöglichen und durch respektvollen Umgang ein – für alle – produktives Arbeitsklima schaffen. > Mag.ª Anna Schachner, MA studierte Soziologie und Bildungswissenschaften an der Universität Wien und Humboldtuniversität zu Berlin. Sie ist für queraum. kultur- und sozialforschung. in europäischen und nationalen Projekten sowie Evaluationsprojekten tätig. Ihre Arbeitsschwerpunkte umfassen Gesundheitsförderung, Inklusion benachteiligter Personengruppen und Disability Studies. Im Bereich Evaluationen ist sie aktuell für die Begleitung der Gesundheitsförderungsprojekte „Vielfältig & Gesund“, „ALLEVER alleine stark_vernetzt stärker“, „Papa macht mit!“ und „Durchblick – Gesundheitskompetenz für Frauen“ zuständig. > > Mag. Michael Stadler-Vida leitet seit 2005 das private Forschungsbüro queraum. kultur- und sozialforschung. (www.queraum.org <http://www.queraum.org/>) in Wien. Seine Forschungs- bzw. inhaltlichen Schwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen Integration/Inklusion von sozial benachteiligten Personengruppen, Gesundheitsförderung und Qualitätssicherung und -entwicklung. Er hatte in den vergangenen Jahren die Koordination einer Reihe von EU-Projekten – mit dem Schwerpunkt Inklusion von Menschen mit Behinderung & Älteren Menschen – inne. Im Bereich Evaluation von Gesundheitsförderungsprojekten ist er derzeit – gemeinsam mit KollegInnen aus dem queraum-Team – für die Projekte „Gesunde Bezirke – Gesunde Stadt“, „Vielfältig & Gesund“, „Community Cooking“ & „ALLEVER alleine stark_vernetzt stärker“ zuständig. > > > Aus Platzgründen bitten wir um Anmeldung per Email: gasior(a)euro.centre.org <x-msg://118/gasior@euro.centre.org> > > > Wir freuen uns auf Ihr Kommen und stehen Ihnen bei Fragen gerne zur Verfügung! > > Irmgard Eisenbach-Stangl und Katrin Gasior > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > MMag.ª Katrin Gasior > European Centre for > Social Welfare Policy and Research > Berggasse 17, 1090 Vienna (Austria) > Tel. +43-1-319 45 05-18 > eMail: gasior(a)euro.centre.org <mailto:gasior@euro.centre.org> > http://www.euro.centre.org <http://www.euro.centre.org/> > > !!! Please consider the environment before printing this email !!! > > Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht: > > > > !!! Please consider the environment before printing this email !!! > > > >

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Reminder: WWWforEurope Lecture von Margit Noll, Montag 15.6.
by Anna Zschokke 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir möchten Sie gerne an die WWWforEurope Lecture von Margit Noll am 15.6. erinnern. English version see below. WWWforEurope Lecture Series Transition zu nachhaltigen und lebenswerten Städten Margit Noll 15. Juni, 2015, 13:15 – 15:00 WIFO, Arsenal Objekt 20, 1030 Wien „Die Entwicklung von Städten ist Zyklen unterworfen, die durch wirtschaftliche, gesellschaftliche, ökologische und infrastrukturbezogene Parameter beeinflusst werden. Die Entwicklung der Bevölkerungsdichte, die Verfügbarkeit von Infrastrukturen oder die Einbettung in übergeordnete Netzwerke stellen relevante Rahmenbedingungen für die Stadtentwicklung dar. Vor dem Hintergrund einer Reihe aktueller Herausforderungen, wie dem demographischen Wandel, internationaler Migration, weltweiter wirtschaftlicher Entwicklungen sowie Klimawandel und Energieeffizienz, ist die Stadt der Zukunft neu zu denken.“ Margit Noll ist seit 1998 bei AIT beschäftigt und übernahm in dieser Zeit unterschiedliche Aufgaben und Funktionen. Derzeit zeichnet sie als Assistenz der Geschäftsführung für die Strategieagenden des AIT verantwortlich. Darüber hinaus ist sie seit 2010 Chair des Management Board der Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe. In dieser Funktion ist sie maßgeblich an der strategischen Entwicklung der Initiative beteiligt. Kommentar Peter Mayerhofer (WIFO) Die WWWforEurope Vortragsreihe bietet Einblicke in die neuesten Ergebnisse einer großen Bandbreite von Forschungsgebieten. Sie ist als Teil der Synthese des WWWforEurope-Projekts, eines von der Europäischen Kommission finanzierten und vom Österreichischen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung koordinierten 7. Rahmenprogramm-Projekts, zu verstehen. Die wichtigsten Themen sowie Querschnittsfragen des Projekts werden angesprochen, wie etwa der Widerspruch zwischen Wachstum und Klimaschutz, Gendergerechtigkeit, Verteilungsaspekte, Bildung, grüne Innovation und Fragen der EU-Governance. Wir möchten die interessierte Öffentlichkeit ebenso wie Forscherinnen und Forscher zu dieser Vortragsreihe einladen, und so über aktuelle Entwicklungen in Bereichen, die für eine sozio-ökologische Transformation eine Schlüsselrolle spielen, informieren. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Margit Schratzenstaller und Anna Zschokke Unter dem Namen „Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe – WWWforEurope“ hat es sich ein europäisches Forschungskonsortium zur Aufgabe gemacht, analytische Grundlagen für ein neues, sozioökologisches Wachstumsmodell für Europa zu erarbeiten. Das auf vier Jahre angelegte und im Rahmen des 7. Forschungsprogramms der Europäischen Kommission geförderte Projekt hat im April 2012 begonnen. Es wird vom Österreichischen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) koordiniert und von Expertinnen und Experten aus 33 wissenschaftlichen Institutionen aus 12 EU-Ländern getragen. Ein interdisziplinärer Forschungsansatz wird verfolgt: In das Team sind Wissenschafterinnen und Wissenschafter aus den Disziplinen Ökonomie, Ökologie, Geschichte, Politikwissenschaft und Gender studies eingebunden. Das Qualitätsmonitoring wird durch einen hochrangigen Wissenschaftlichen Beirat garantiert, zu dem unter anderen Nobelpreisträger Kenneth Arrow und Harvard-Ökonom Philippe Aghion zählen. Weitere Informationen zu WWWforEurope finden Sie auf der Homepage: www.foreurope.eu Ladies and Gentlemen, We would like to remind you of the WWWforEurope Lecture taking place on Monday, June 15th: WWWforEurope Lecture Series Transition to sustainable and livable cities Margit Noll June 15th, 2015, 13:15 – 15:00 WIFO, Arsenal Objekt 20, 1030 Vienna Please note that the event will be held in German. “The development of cities is subject to cycles, which are influenced by economic, social, ecological, and infrastructural parameters. The development of population density, the availability of infrastructures or the connection to larger networks are relevant determining factors for urban development. With a series of current challenges in the background, such as demographic change, international migration, worldwide economic developments as well as climate change and energy efficiency, it is time to rethink of the city of the future.” Margit Noll has been with the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology in several positions since 1998. In charge of corporate strategy, she is managing the strategy process and its implementation at AIT. Since 2010 she has also been engaged in the development of the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe, in particular as chair of the management board. In this position she responsible for developing the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda of the initiative. Commentary Peter Mayerhofer (WIFO) The WWWforEurope lecture series aims at providing insights about the latest research undertaken in a broad range of areas. As part of the framing and synthesis of the WWWforEurope project, a 7th Framework Programme project funded by the European Commission and coordinated by the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), the lecture series will cover the main project topics as well as cross-cutting issues, for example the dichotomy of growth and climate protection, gender equity, distributional aspects, education, green innovation and EU governance. We would like to invite interested researchers and the general public, who seek to learn about recent developments in these areas key for a socio-ecological transition, to this lecture series. Best greetings, Margit Schratzenstaller and Anna Zschokke Under the title of Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe – WWWforEurope – a European research consortium is laying the analytical foundations for a new development strategy that enables a socio-ecological transition to high levels of employment, social inclusion, gender equity and environmental sustainability. The four year research project within the 7th Framework Programme funded by the European Commission started in April 2012. The research consortium is coordinated by the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) and brings together researchers from 33 scientific institutions in 12 European countries with interdisciplinary expertise from economics and ecology to history, demography, political science and gender research. Quality monitoring will be guaranteed by a high ranking scientific board including among others Nobel-Laureate Kenneth Arrow and Harvard economist Philippe Aghion. For further information about WWWforEurope please consult the homepage: www.foreurope.eu(See attached file: WWWforEurope_LS_Margit_Noll_german.pdf) (See attached file: WWWforEurope_LS_Margit_Noll_english.pdf)

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Invitation: Vienna Joint Economics Seminar (June 18): Miklos Koren and Bettina Klaus
by Economics Department 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

[cid:image002.png@01CEBF6B.D0B28790] VIENNA JOINT ECONOMICS SEMINAR INVITATION The University of Vienna and the Department of Economics and Finance at the Institute for Advanced Studies cordially invite you to the following Vienna Joint Economics Seminar <http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Papers/20130226_Paper_Zimme…> Thursday, June 18, 2015 University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, HS 15, 2nd floor 4:00 pm Miklos Koren<http://miklos.koren.hu/> and Bettina Klaus<https://hec.unil.ch/people/bklaus> Central European University HEC, Lausanne Bridges (Miklos Koren) Abstract: We build a continuous-space theory of trade in which people in a region agglomerate to exploit trading opportunities with another region. The regions are separated by a river, which can be crossed anywhere, but more cheaply at bridges. In the model, most trade takes place via bridges, leading to a key prediction that population density declines with distance to the bridge. We derive additional predictions about the spatial distribution of population and test them on current high-resolution population density data around twelve major American rivers. The data is mostly consistent with our model. In a historical event study of 19th-century bridges on these rivers, we find that the neighborhood of bridges developed faster after the bridge was built. Also, the two sides of the bridge converged in development, highlighting the connecting role of the bridge. More generally, our results suggest that economies of density arising from transport infrastructure can help explain why and where people agglomerate. Object Allocation via Deferred-Acceptance: Strategy-Proofness and Comparative Statics<https://ideas.repec.org/p/lau/crdeep/14.08.html> (Bettina Klaus) Abstract: We study the problem of assigning indivisible and heterogenous objects (e.g., houses, jobs, offices, school or university admissions etc.) to agents. Each agent receives at most one object and monetary compensations are not possible. We consider mechanisms satisfying a set of basic properties (unavailable-type-invariance, individual-rationality, weak non-wastefulness, or truncation-invariance). In the house allocation problem, where at most one copy of each object is available, deferred acceptance (DA)-mechanisms allocate objects based on exogenously fixed objects' priorities over agents and the agent-proposing deferred-acceptance-algorithm. For house allocation we show that DA-mechanisms are characterized by our basic properties and (i) strategy-proofness and population-monotonicity or (ii) strategy-proofness and resource-monotonicity. Once we allow for multiple identical copies of objects, on the one hand the first characterization breaks down and there are unstable mechanisms satisfying our basic properties and (i) strategy-proofness and population-monotonicity. On the other hand, our basic properties and (ii) strategy-proofness and resource-monotonicitycharacterize (the most general) class of DA-mechanisms based on objects' fixed choice functions that are acceptant, monotonic, substitutable, and consistent. These choice functions are used by objects to reject agents in the agent-proposing deferred-acceptance-algorithm. Therefore, in the general model resource-monotonicity is the "stronger" comparative statics requirement because it characterizes (together with our basic requirements and strategy-proofness) choice-based DA-mechanisms whereas population-monotonicity (together with our basic properties and strategy-proofness) does not. paper jointly with Lars Ehlers We are looking forward to seeing you! 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Sollten Sie keine weiteren Zusendungen wünschen, 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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Reminder Invitation: Vienna Joint Economics Seminar (June 11): Nicolas Schutz and William Zame
by Economics Department 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

[cid:image002.png@01CEBF6B.D0B28790] VIENNA JOINT ECONOMICS SEMINAR INVITATION R E M I N D E R The University of Vienna and the Department of Economics and Finance at the Institute for Advanced Studies cordially invite you to the following Vienna Joint Economics Seminar <http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Papers/20130226_Paper_Zimme…> Thursday, June 11, 2015 University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, HS 15, 2nd floor 4:00 pm Nicolas Schutz<https://sites.google.com/site/nicolasschutz/Home> and William Zame<http://www.econ.ucla.edu/zame/> University of Mannheim UCLA Multiproduct-Firm Oligopoly: An Aggregative Game Approach (Nicolas Schutz) Abstract: This paper introduces a new class of demand systems to study oligopolistic pricing games with multiproduct firms. We prove that this class of demand systems coincides with the set of demand systems that can be derived from discrete/continuous choice with iid type 1 extreme-value taste shocks. We also show that these demand systems are integrable with quasi-linear preferences. The pricing game is aggregative and payoff functions are uni-modal, although not necessarily quasi-concave. Firms' fitting-in and best-response functions can be entirely summarized by a uni-dimensional sufficient statistic, called the iota-markup. This allows to show that, under fairly weak conditions, the pricing game has a Nash equilibrium. Under stronger conditions, this equilibrium is unique. We also provide an algorithm which exploits the aggregative nature of the game to compute the pricing equilibrium with multiproduct firms and CES demands. The algorithm always converges. As an application, we derive a number of results on the dynamic optimality of myopic merger policy under differentiated Bertrand competition. Endogenous Matching: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard on Demand (William Zame) Abstract: Technology has made a revolution in the provision and distribution of consumer goods. It is also making a (potential) revolution in the provision and distribution of services -- personal and corporate. The provision of such services form what is being called the on-demand economy. Understanding -- and guiding -- the on-demand economy presents many challenges. Typically, the output produced -- or the value of the service -- will depend both on the characteristics of the worker and task and on the effort exerted by the worker. The characteristics of the task may be observable but the characteristics of the worker will usually not be observable -- so there will usually be the potential for adverse selection -- and the effort exerted by the worker will (almost by definition) not be observable -- so there will always be the potential for moral hazard. This paper studies how endogenously matching workers to tasks can eliminate the adverse selection and mitigate moral hazard. paper jointly with Mihaela van der Schaar and Yuanzhang Xiao 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 LINKS<https://nyuad.nyu.edu/en/academics/faculty/herv-crs.html> DIRECTIONS TO UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA on Google maps<https://maps.google.at/maps?q=Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz+1,+1090+Wien+%28SR+14…> VIENNA JOINT ECONOMICS SEMINAR<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=pjgnue7cg8r0m0up9v27riruic%40grou…> on Google calendar<https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=pjgnue7cg8r0m0up9v27riruic%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:image003.jpg@01CEBF6B.D0B28790]<http://economics.ihs.ac.at/> [cid:image004.jpg@01CEBF6B.D0B28790]<http://econ.univie.ac.at/home/> [http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Others/FB-f-Logo__blue_512.…] [http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Others/twitter-bird-white-o…] [http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Others/feed-icon-28x28.png] <http://econ.univie.ac.at/home/> Diese Zusendung erfolgt entsprechend den Bestimmungen des TKG 247107 Abs. 4. Sollten Sie keine weiteren Zusendungen wünschen, 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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Reminder Invitation: Econometrics Research Seminar (June 11): Max Kasy
by Economics Department 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

[cid:image007.png@01D0A386.A60E3B00] ECONOMETRICS RESEARCH SEMINAR INVITATION R E M I N D E R 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, June 11, 2015 IHS, Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna, BZSOZ A121 9:00 am (Please note that the seminar will start at 9 am sharp in lecture room BZSOZ A121 on the 1st floor!) Max Kasy<http://scholar.harvard.edu/kasy/home> Harvard University Title: Labor demand and wage inequality - an empirical Bayes approach Slides<http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/kasy/files/wageeblunchslides.pdf> Preliminary draft of the paper<http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/kasy/files/wagesineurope.pdf> Abstract: To what extent can changes in the distribution of wages be explained by changes in labor supply of various groups (due to demographic change, migration, or expanded access to education), and to what extent are other factors (technical and institutional change) at work? We develop a flexible methodology for answering this central question of labor economics, using an empirical Bayes approach, without imposing the restrictions on heterogeneity and on cross-elasticities of labor demand assumed by the literature. Our approach allows to reduce the variance of estimates by exploiting the information embodied in economic structural models, while avoiding the inconsistency and non-robustness of misspecified structural models. This approach also allows to overcome the issues associated with pretesting and the conventional duality of testing theories / imposing theories. We characterize the geometry and the mean squared error of our estimator. One of our key theoretical results explicitly describes the risk-function of empirical Bayes under an asymptotic approximation. Simulations confirm our characterizations and the fact that our estimator uniformly dominates unrestricted estimation over a large space of parameter values. In our empirical application, we analyze changes since 2003 of the wage distribution in the countries of the European Union, using the EU-SILC data. paper jointly with Pirmin Fessler 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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OeNB - Einladung zum VOSTA-Freitagsseminar - 19. Juni 2015
by Event-Management 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Anbei übermitteln wir Ihnen die Einladung zu einem VOSTA-Freitagsseminar von Michael König, Universität Zürich, mit dem Titel "Network Formation with Local Complements and Global Substitutes" Termin Freitag, 19. Juni 2015, 11.00 Uhr Ort Oesterreichische Nationalbank Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Wien Veranstaltungssaal, EG Abstract In this paper we analyze R&D collaboration networks in industries where firms are competitors in the product market. Firms' benefits from collaborations arise by sharing knowledge about a cost-reducing technology. By forming collaborations, however, firms also change their own competitive position in the market as well as the overall market structure. We provide a general characterization of both equilibrium networks and endogenous production choices in the form of a Gibbs measure. We find that there exists a sharp transition from sparse to dense networks, and low and high output levels, respectively, with decreasing linking costs. Moreover, there exists an intermediate range of the linking cost for which multiple equilibria arise. The equilibrium selection is a path dependent process characterized by hysteresis. We also allow for firms to differ in their technological characteristics, investigate how this affects their propensity to collaborate and study the resulting network structure. We then analyze the efficient network maximizing social welfare, and find that the efficient graph is either empty, complete or shows a strong core periphery structure. We then estimate the model using a unique dataset on R&D collaborations and show that it can reproduce the empirically observed patterns. Finally, we perform a dynamic key player analysis, where we analyze the effect on welfare and industry production when a firm is removed from the network, taking into account that the network and production can dynamically adjust to shocks. Um Ihre Rückmeldung ersuchen wir bis Mittwoch, 17. Juni 2015. Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme und stehen für Fragen gerne zur Verfügung. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Event-Management --------------------------- Oesterreichische Nationalbank Abteilung für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Finanzbildung Communications and Financial Literacy Division Phone: +43-1-404 20-6620 Fax: +43-1-404 20-04 6697 E-mail: Event-Management(a)oenb.at<mailto:Event-Management@oenb.at>

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