March 2017 - NOeG-l - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

WU Economic Research Seminar 15.03.17, Marek Jarocinski (EZB) and Tomaso Duso (DIW, DICE)
by Tondl, Gabriele 06 Mar '17

06 Mar '17

Dear colleagues, The Department of Economics cordially invites you to the Economic Research Seminar (Department Seminar) on Wednesday, March 15, with Marek Jarocinski (EZB) on “High-frequency identification of monetary policy shocks” Place and time: Wednesday, March 15, 2.00 – 3.30 p.m., Campus WU, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, building D4, 2nd floor, Department meeting room 2.008 and Tomaso Duso (DIW, DICE) on "A Retrospective Study of State Aid Control in the German Broadband Market" (joint with Mattia Nardotto and Jo Seldeslachts) Place and time: Wednesday, March 15, 4.30 – 6.00 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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FIW-News: Veranstaltungen im März
by fiw-pb 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

[FIW_Logo_de_en] Please click here for the English version Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir freuen uns, Sie über die neuesten Entwicklungen des FIW-Projekts informieren zu dürfen. Dieses Mal mit folgendem Inhalt: · Einladung zur Seminarreihe − Zyklus 2017„Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration“ · Seminar in International Economics: Import competition in services · Einladung zur 23. AW-Vorlesung Einladung zur Seminarreihe − Zyklus 2017„Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration“ Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir laden Sie herzlich zur Seminarreihe „Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration" ein, die das Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft in Kooperation mit der Verwaltungsakademie des Bundes im Rahmen des Forschungsschwerpunkts Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW) im Jahr 2017 fortsetzt. Heuer finden wieder vier Seminare statt. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Bitte entnehmen Sie Informationen zu den Seminarinhalten, Veranstaltungszeiten und -ort sowie die Anmeldelinks der beiliegenden Einladung. Veranstaltungsort: Bundeskanzleramt, Hohenstaufengasse 3, 1014 Wien Uhrzeit: 9:00 Uhr bis 12:30 Uhr Seminar 1: Migration, Flüchtlingsintegration und Außenwirtschaft Termin: 21.3.2017 Vortragender: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Andreas WÖRGÖTTER, Institut für Stochastik und Wirtschaftsmathematik,TU Wien; Visiting Research Fellow am Economic Research and Statistics Department der South African Reserve Bank; ehemals Gruppenleiter in der Länderberichtsabteilung der OECD, Paris. Inhalte: · Analyse der Migrationsströme; Überblick über mittel- und langfristige Zukunftsszenarien; · Integrationsaspekte; · Auswirkungen auf Arbeitsmarkt, BIP, Fiskalpolitik/Bildung in Österreich:Es soll ein Überblick über die bereits vorhandene empirische Evidenz sowie die wichtigsten daraus folgenden wirtschaftspolitischen Schlussfolgerungen gegeben werden. · Kurzfristige und langfristige Auswirkungen auf die Außenwirtschaft (Grenzkontrollen, Wirtschaftsbeziehungen in die Herkunftsregionen der Migranten, Effekte des Brain Drain). · Analyse der Potentiale der EU-Investitionsoffensive für Drittländer (EIP) bei der Bekämpfung von Migrationsursachen1. · Diskussion einer verstärkten Beteiligung bzw. Berücksichtigung des Privatsektors in Migrationsfragen. Anmeldung: bis 16.3.2017 unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=980 Einladung: Seminar International Economics am 20.3.2017 Monday, 20 March 2017, 3.00 – 4.30 pm wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna Import Competition in Services: Firm Survival, Firm Growth and Implied Changes in Employment Yvonne Wolfmayr Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) The presentation is based on a paper co-authored with Elisabeth Christen (WIFO) and Michael Pfaffermayr (WIFO, University of Innsbruck). Abstract Focusing on services firms and services trade in Austria, this paper provides new insights into the firm level employment effects of import competition at the industry level and its interactions with firm heterogeneity in productivity and size. We use firm level data from the Austrian Social Security database (ASSD) and apply a two part model that permits an integrated treatment of firm exit and firm growth and the resulting net changes in employment within a specific service sector. The results imply that higher levels of international competition increase the probability of firm exit and decrease employment growth in surviving firms with the impact inversely related to firm productivity and firm size as predicted by theory. In addition, we find that the geographical source of import competition is important, as the impact of trade on job creation are highest when trading partners are Central and Eastern European countries. Furthermore, the results imply that employment changes due to firm exits contribute an important part to the overall trade-induced change in employment and emphasize the importance to integrate the impact of firm exits into the analysis of employment impacts of trade. Keywords: Firm dynamics, Job creation, DHS growth rate, Import competition, Services JEL Codes: D22, F16, J23, L25, L80 We kindly ask you to register<http://wiiw.ac.at/import-competition-in-services-firm-survival-firm-growth-…> for the event. Participation is free of charge. 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 the wiiw<http://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html> or FIW<http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=748> website for the current version of the programme. Papers and presentation slides, as far as available, are posted on our webpage<http://wiiw.ac.at/events.html> after the respective seminars. Einladung zur 23. AW-Vorlesung E I N L A D U N G 23. AW-Vorlesung Mittwoch, 29. März 2017 Julia Grübler, MSc. Univ.-Doz. Dr. Robert Stehrer "Die Seidenstraße einst - und jetzt: wirtschaftliche Potenziale für Österreich" Begrüßung: Sektionschefin Mag. Bernadette Gierlinger (BMWFW) Kommentare: Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Stephan Barisitz (OeNB) Diskussionsleitung: Dr. Manfred Schekulin (BMWFW) Literatur: FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 33<http://www.fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Publikationen/Policy_Briefs/33_FIW…> Zeit: 9:15 Uhr (pünktlich) bis 10:30 Uhr Ort: Wirtschaftsministerium, Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien, 5. Stock, Pressezentrum AW-Vorlesungen ist eine Veranstaltungsreihe, bei der politikrelevante aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Bereich internationale Wirtschaft praxisnah präsentiert und diskutiert werden. Für Kaffee ist gesorgt …. Anmeldung erforderlich unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=949 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<mailto:fiw-pb@fiw.at> 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 Ladies and Gentlemen! We are glad to inform you about the latest news on the FIW project. In this issue: · Invitation to the Lecture series „Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaftund Europäischer Integration“Seminar International Economics · Invitation Seminar in International Economics: Import Competition in Services · Invitation 23rd AW-Lecture Invitation to the Lecture series „Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration“ Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir laden Sie herzlich zur Seminarreihe „Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration" ein, die das Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft in Kooperation mit der Verwaltungsakademie des Bundes im Rahmen des Forschungsschwerpunkts Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW) im Jahr 2017 fortsetzt. Heuer finden wieder vier Seminare statt. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Bitte entnehmen Sie Informationen zu den Seminarinhalten, Veranstaltungszeiten und -ort sowie die Anmeldelinks der beiliegenden Einladung. Veranstaltungsort: Bundeskanzleramt, Hohenstaufengasse 3, 1014 Wien Uhrzeit: 9:00 Uhr bis 12:30 Uhr Seminar 1: Migration, Flüchtlingsintegration und Außenwirtschaft Termin: 21.3.2017 Vortragender: Univ.-Doz. Dr. Andreas WÖRGÖTTER, Institut für Stochastik und Wirtschaftsmathematik,TU Wien; Visiting Research Fellow am Economic Research and Statistics Department der South African Reserve Bank; ehemals Gruppenleiter in der Länderberichtsabteilung der OECD, Paris. Inhalte: · Analyse der Migrationsströme; Überblick über mittel- und langfristige Zukunftsszenarien; · Integrationsaspekte; · Auswirkungen auf Arbeitsmarkt, BIP, Fiskalpolitik/Bildung in Österreich:Es soll ein Überblick über die bereits vorhandene empirische Evidenz sowie die wichtigsten daraus folgenden wirtschaftspolitischen Schlussfolgerungen gegeben werden. · Kurzfristige und langfristige Auswirkungen auf die Außenwirtschaft (Grenzkontrollen, Wirtschaftsbeziehungen in die Herkunftsregionen der Migranten, Effekte des Brain Drain). · Analyse der Potentiale der EU-Investitionsoffensive für Drittländer (EIP) bei der Bekämpfung von Migrationsursachen1. · Diskussion einer verstärkten Beteiligung bzw. Berücksichtigung des Privatsektors in Migrationsfragen. Anmeldung: bis 16.3.2017 unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=980 The Lecture will be held in German language. Invitation: Seminar International Economics on 20 March 2017 Monday, 20 March 2017, 3.00 – 4.30 pm wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna Import Competition in Services: Firm Survival, Firm Growth and Implied Changes in Employment Yvonne Wolfmayr Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) The presentation is based on a paper co-authored with Elisabeth Christen (WIFO) and Michael Pfaffermayr (WIFO, University of Innsbruck). Abstract Focusing on services firms and services trade in Austria, this paper provides new insights into the firm level employment effects of import competition at the industry level and its interactions with firm heterogeneity in productivity and size. We use firm level data from the Austrian Social Security database (ASSD) and apply a two part model that permits an integrated treatment of firm exit and firm growth and the resulting net changes in employment within a specific service sector. The results imply that higher levels of international competition increase the probability of firm exit and decrease employment growth in surviving firms with the impact inversely related to firm productivity and firm size as predicted by theory. In addition, we find that the geographical source of import competition is important, as the impact of trade on job creation are highest when trading partners are Central and Eastern European countries. Furthermore, the results imply that employment changes due to firm exits contribute an important part to the overall trade-induced change in employment and emphasize the importance to integrate the impact of firm exits into the analysis of employment impacts of trade. Keywords: Firm dynamics, Job creation, DHS growth rate, Import competition, Services JEL Codes: D22, F16, J23, L25, L80 We kindly ask you to register<http://wiiw.ac.at/import-competition-in-services-firm-survival-firm-growth-…> for the event. Participation is free of charge. 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 the wiiw<http://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html> or FIW<http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=748> website for the current version of the programme. Papers and presentation slides, as far as available, are posted on our webpage<http://wiiw.ac.at/events.html> after the respective seminars. The presentation will be held in English. Invitation 23rd AW-Lecture I N V I T A T I O N 23rd AW-Lecture Mittwoch, 29. März 2017 Julia Grübler, MSc. Univ.-Doz. Dr. Robert Stehrer "Die Seidenstraße einst - und jetzt: wirtschaftliche Potenziale für Österreich" Welcome Adress: Sektionschefin Mag. Bernadette Gierlinger (BMWFW) Discussant: Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Stephan Barisitz (OeNB) Moderation: Dr. Manfred Schekulin (BMWFW) Literature: FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 33<http://www.fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Publikationen/Policy_Briefs/33_FIW…> Time: 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m Venue: Wirtschaftsministerium, Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien, 5. Stock, Pressezentrum FIW-Lectures in the Ministry of Economy present recent research of political and practical relevance. Participation is free of charge. The lecture will be held in German language. Registration necessary: unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=949 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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2nd Kazimierz Łaski Lecture, 22 March 2017
by wiiw Events (noeg) 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Ladies and Gentlemen, We cordially invite you to the 2nd Kazimierz Łaski Lecture MARC LAVOIE Senior Research Chair at the University Sorbonne Paris Cité, University of Paris 13 and Emeritus Professor at the University of Ottawa THE ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF THE DEBATE ON WAGE-LED AND PROFIT-LED DEMAND REGIMES WEDNESDAY, 22 MARCH 2017, 3.00 PM BILDUNGSZENTRUM (BIZ) DER AK, GROßER SAAL, THERESIANUMGASSE 16-18, 1040 VIENNA The lecture is organized in cooperation with AK Wien. We kindly ask you to register via email to daniela.paraskevaidis(a)akwien.at until March 15, 2017. Abstract Kaleckian authors tend to find that economies are in a wage-led demand regime, meaning that a higher wage share tends to speed up economic activity, while Marxian and post-Keynesian authors influenced by Goodwin tend to find that economies are in a profit-led demand regime. The presentation avoids econometric technicalities and provides instead a historical perspective that goes back to the 1970s. This hopefully will help to bring some light on the more recent controversy over the existence of profit-led or wage-led demand regimes. Some emphasis will be given to the existence of overhead labour costs, which have been mostly neglected in the literature, and hence to the distinction between managers and ordinary workers, and thus to the rise in wage income inequalities. Speaker Prof. Marc Lavoie holds a Senior Research Chair at the University Sorbonne Paris Cité, University of Paris 13 and is emeritus professor at the University of Ottawa, where he was teaching for 37 years. He has published many articles on monetary theory and policy, growth theory and macroeconomics in general. In 2014 he has published a book, ‘Post-Keynesian Economics: New Foundations’, providing a synthesis of post-Keynesian approaches. He also published an ‘Introduction to Post-Keynesian Economics (2006), ‘Foundations of Post-Keynesian Economic Analysis (1992), as well as ‘Monetary Economics: An Integrated Approach to Money, Income, Production and Wealth’ (2007) with Wynne Godley. Best regards, Univ. Doz. Dr. Robert Stehrer _Scientific Director wiiw _ -- Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw) The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, A-1060 Wien http://www.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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wiiw-FIW-Seminar in International Economics, 20 March 2017
by wiiw Events (noeg) 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

[http://wiiw.ac.at] [http://fiw.ac.at] Dear Colleague, We cordially invite you to the WIIW-FIW-SEMINAR IN INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS on MONDAY, 20 MARCH 2017, 3.00 – 4.30 PM wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna Import Competition in Services: Firm Survival, Firm Growth and Implied Changes in Employment YVONNE WOLFMAYR Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) The presentation is based on a paper co-authored with Elisabeth Christen (WIFO) and Michael Pfaffermayr (WIFO, University of Innsbruck). ABSTRACT Focusing on services firms and services trade in Austria, this paper provides new insights into the firm level employment effects of import competition at the industry level and its interactions with firm heterogeneity in productivity and size. We use firm level data from the Austrian Social Security database (ASSD) and apply a two part model that permits an integrated treatment of firm exit and firm growth and the resulting net changes in employment within a specific service sector. The results imply that higher levels of international competition increase the probability of firm exit and decrease employment growth in surviving firms with the impact inversely related to firm productivity and firm size as predicted by theory. In addition, we find that the geographical source of import competition is important, as the impact of trade on job creation are highest when trading partners are Central and Eastern European countries. Furthermore, the results imply that employment changes due to firm exits contribute an important part to the overall trade-induced change in employment and emphasize the importance to integrate the impact of firm exits into the analysis of employment impacts of trade. Keywords: Firm dynamics, Job creation, DHS growth rate, Import competition, Services JEL Codes: D22, F16, J23, L25, L80 WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [http://wiiw.ac.at/import-competition-in-services-firm-survival-firm-growth-…] FOR THE EVENT. PARTICIPATION IS FREE OF CHARGE. 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 the wiiw [http://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html] or FIW [http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=748] website for the current version of the programme. Papers and presentation slides, as far as available, are posted on our webpage [http://wiiw.ac.at/events.html] after the respective seminars. Best regards, Julia Grübler [http://wiiw.ac.at/julia-gruebler-s-866.html] _Organizer_ -- Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw) The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, A-1060 Wien T: +43 1 533 66 10 F: +43 1 533 66 10 - 50 http://www.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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Invitation: Vienna Joint Economics Seminar (March 9): Rachel Griffith
by IHS Economics 01 Mar '17

01 Mar '17

[cid:image002.png@01CEBF6B.D0B28790] VIENNA JOINT ECONOMICS SEMINAR INVITATION The University of Vienna and 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, March 9, 2017 University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, Lecture room 9, 1st floor 1:15 pm Rachel Griffith<http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/rachel.griffith/> University Manchester Design of optimal corrective taxes in the alcohol market Alcohol consumption is associated with costs to society due to its impact on crime and health. Tax can lead consumers to internalise these externalities. We study optimal corrective taxation in the alcohol market. We allow for the fact that the externality generating commodity (ethanol) is available in many differentiated products, over which consumers might have heterogeneous preferences, and that there may also be heterogeneity in marginal externalities across consumers. We show that, if there is correlation in preferences and marginal externalities, setting different tax rates across products can improve welfare relative to a single tax rate on ethanol. We estimate a model of demand in the UK alcohol market and numerically solve for the optimal tax rates. Moving to an optimal system that taxes alcohol types at different rates would close half of the welfare gap between the current UK system and the first best. Paper jointly with Martin O'Connell and Kate Smith We are looking forward to seeing you! Institute for Advanced Studies Josefstädter Straße 39, 1080 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43 1 599 91 232 e-Mail: economics(a)ihs.ac.at<mailto:economics@ihs.ac.at> http://www.ihs.ac.at LINKS DIRECTIONS TO<https://www.google.com/maps?q=Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz+1,+1090+Vienna+%28lec…> UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA on Google maps<https://www.google.com/maps?q=Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz+1,+1090+Vienna+%28lec…> 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://ihs.ac.at/> [cid:image004.jpg@01CEBF6B.D0B28790]<http://econ.univie.ac.at/home/> [http://www.ihs.ac.at/vienna/resources/Economics/Others/twitter-bird-white-o…]<https://twitter.com/IHS_Vienna>Institute for Advanced Studies @IHS_Vienna<https://twitter.com/IHS_Vienna> Diese Zusendung erfolgt entsprechend den Bestimmungen des TKG 247107. 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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