May 2019 - NOeG-l - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Internationaler Workshop an der JLU Gießen zur Buchpreisbindung, 14.-15. November 2019 - Call for papers
by Götz, Georg 16 May '19

16 May '19

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen ich möchte alle Interessierten auf einen Workshop aufmerksam machen, den wir mit Unterstützung des Börsenvereins des deutschen Buchhandels an der Universität Gießen zum Thema Buchpreisbindung veranstalten. Genauere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitte dem beigefügten Call for Papers. Mit besten Grüßen Georg Götz ________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Georg Goetz Professur Volkswirtschaftslehre I Industrieökonomie, Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen Licherstr. 62 35394 Giessen Tel/Fax 0641/99 - 22 050/19 867 Web: http://wiwi.uni-giessen.de/home/goetz/

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WU Economic Research Seminar 22.05.2019, Ferre De Graeve (KU Leuven)
by Oberhofer, Harald 16 May '19

16 May '19

Dear colleagues, The Department of Economics cordially invites you to the WU Economic Research Seminar (Department Seminar) on Wednesday, May 22, with Ferre De Graeve (KU Leuven) on "Understanding International Long-Term Interest Rate Comovement" Abstract: Long-term interest rates of small open economies correlate strongly with the US long-term rate. Can central banks in those countries decouple from the US? An estimated DSGE model for the UK (vis-`a-vis the US) establishes three structural empirical results. (1) Comovement arises due to nominal fluctuations, not through real rates or term premia. (2) The cause of comovement is the central bank of the small open economy accommodating foreign inflation trends, rather than systematically curbing them. (3) Small open economies may find themselves much more affected by changes in US inflation trends than the US itself. Time and place: Wednesday, May 22, 4.30 - 6.00 p.m., Campus WU, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, building D4, entrance A, 2nd floor, Department meeting room 2.008. With best regards, Harald Oberhofer --- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Harald Oberhofer Institute for International Economics WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Phone: +43/1/31336-4984 Fax: +43/1/31336-4984 Email: harald.oberhofer(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:harald.oberhofer@wu.ac.at> Webpage: https://www.wu.ac.at/ie/mitarbeiter/harald-oberhofer/ Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) Phone: +43/1/7982601-468 Fax: +43/1/7989386 Email: harald.oberhofer(a)wifo.ac.at<mailto:harald.oberhofer@wifo.ac.at> Webpage: http://www.wifo.ac.at/harald_oberhofer

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INVITATION: 10 Years of Eastern Partnership: Achievements & Future Action, 28 May 2019
by wiiw Events (noeg) 16 May '19

16 May '19

View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201905160847-en.html] Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: 10 YEARS OF EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: ACHIEVEMENTS & FUTURE ACTION PANEL DISCUSSION TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019, 6:00 PM (18:00 CEST) Vienna School of International Studies / Diplomatische Akademie Wien, Favoritenstrasse 15a, 1040 Vienna Opening: JOSEF MOSER Austrian Federal Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Reforms, Deregulation and Justice Panelists: DĂNUŢ SEBASTIAN NECULĂESCU State Secretary, Romania; Presidency of the Council of the EU KATARÍNA MATHERNOVÁ Deputy Director General DG, DG Near, European Commission OLEG KRAVCHENKO Deputy Foreign Minister, Belarus TAMARA KHULORDAVA Chair of the European Integration Committee, Parliament of Georgia REBECCA HARMS Member of the European Parliament; Co-chair, EURONEST ANDREI POPOV President, Institute for Strategic Initiatives-IPIS, Moldova Commenters: LUZIA A. BIAŁASIEWICZ University of Amsterdam; Institute for Human Sciences-IWM, Vienna FLORENT MARCIACQ Deputy Secretary-General, Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe Moderation: THOMAS M. BUCHSBAUM Special Envoy on Eastern Partnership, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs PLEASE REGISTER HERE [https://www.da-vienna.ac.at/en/Events/MoreInformation/Id/2236/10-Years-of-E…] Partner: BMEIA [http://www.bmeia.gv.at/] / RO2019 [https://www.romania2019.eu/home/] Best regards, Mario Holzner [https://wiiw.ac.at/mario-holzner-s-6.html] _Executive Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw(a)wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [http://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [http://www.twitter.com/wiiw_news] [http://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic…] [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNuSfsgzgBsIf7AaH8Vk-Q] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2019 wiiw, all rights reserved.

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Einladung zur Vortragsreihe WIFO-Extern am 3. Juni 2019, 16:15
by WIFO-Veranstaltungen 15 May '19

15 May '19

Um die graphische Version (HTML) dieses E-Mails zu sehen, klicken Sie auf den folgenden Link, oder kopieren Sie ihn in Ihren Browser: < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/w.aspx?sub=PkBD8_Py51m&tid=2-14bA2Y-i75uz&… > Einladung zum WIFO-Extern zum Thema "Tax Mechanisms and Gradient Flows" ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, das WIFO lädt Sie herzlich zum nächsten Termin der Vortragsreihe WIFO-Extern ein: Montag, 03. Juni, 2019, 16:15 Uhr WIFO, Kleiner Sitzungssaal Stefan Steinerberger (Yale University, Department of Mathematics) "Tax Mechanisms and Gradient Flows" Kommentar: Simon Loretz (WIFO) Abstract: We study the classic static optimal non-linear income taxation problem (Mirrlees, 1971). Diamond (1998) and Saez (2001) derive expressions for the optimal taxes that are widely used in public finance. Yet, even in the simplest cases, those do not provide closed-form solutions or a full characterisation for the optimal income tax. The solution is a coupled system of differential equations and has relatively few known characteristics. We derive a new characterisation of the optimum by showing that it satisfies what we call a "fairness principle": taxes at any given level are the average of nearby taxes. This is joint work with Aleh Tsyvinski (Yale). Bei Interesse am Besuch dieses Vortrages schicken Sie bitte (bis einen Tag vor der Veranstaltung) eine formlose Anmeldung an veranstaltungen(a)wifo.ac.at < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sub=PkBD8_Py51m&tid=2-14bA2Y-i75uz&… > , um uns die Abschätzung des Raumbedarfs zu erleichtern. Um diesen Vortrag in Ihren Kalender zu importieren, klicken Sie bitte hier < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sub=PkBD8_Py51m&tid=2-14bA2Y-i75uz&… > . Wir würden uns freuen, Sie zu diesem Vortrag am WIFO begrüßen zu dürfen! _____________________________________________ Agnes Kügler WIFO - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Arsenal, Objekt 20 1030 Wien Tel.: +43 (1) 798 26 01-238 Fax: +43 (1) 798 93 86 Web: http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sub=PkBD8_Py51m&tid=2-14bA2Y-i75uz&… E-Mail: agnes.kuegler(a)wifo.ac.at © 2019 Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung 1030 Wien, Arsenal, Objekt 20 Impressum < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sub=PkBD8_Py51m&tid=2-14bA2Y-i75uz&… > | AGB < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sub=PkBD8_Py51m&tid=2-14bA2Y-i75uz&… > | Datenschutzerklärung < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sub=PkBD8_Py51m&tid=2-14bA2Y-i75uz&… > Tel.: +43 (0) 1 798 26 01-0 Fax: + 43 (0) 1 798 93 86 E-Mail: veranstaltungen(a)wifo.ac.at ------------------------------------------------------------- Persönliche Daten ändern: < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sl=1vB&sub=PkBD8_Py51m&tid=2-14bA2Y… > ------------------------------------------------------------- Weiterleiten: < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sl=1nh&mid=2d66db88&sub=PkBD8_Py51m… > ------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter abbestellen: < http://newsletter.wifo.ac.at/sys/r.aspx?sl=1vC&sub=PkBD8_Py51m&tid=2-14bA2Y… > -------------------------------------------------------------

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Invitation to public lecture by Allen Klaiber: "Market Signals, Urban Amenities and the Environment"
by Ulrich Morawetz 15 May '19

15 May '19

Dear colleagues, Allen Klaiber, Professor at The Ohio State University and Fulbright Professor for "Environmental Economics of Urban Amenities" at BOKU, gives a public lecture on "Market Signals, Urban Amenities and the Environment" on Monday 27th May at 16.00 at BOKU University. In his lecture he will explains how he uses observed individual choices of inhabitants to elicit preference for the urban surrounding, the environment and land use. Who ever is interested is welcome to join. Please register using the following link https://lets-meet.org/reg/676906bca5b7c7d21a71 When: Monday 27th May 2019 at 16.00 Where: HS 05, 2nd floor, Exner Haus, Peter Jordan Straße 82, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU). For further details please see the attached invitation. With kind regards, Ulrich Morawetz

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Call for papers: Enef meeting 2019 am WIFO
by Werner Hölzl 14 May '19

14 May '19

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Kolleginnen, ich möchte alle Interessierten auf folgenden Call for Papers aufmerksam machen: Der 16te European Network on the Economics of the Firm (ENEF 2019) Workshop findet am 13-14 September am WIFO statt. Das Thema der ENEF 2019: "GLOBAL AND REGIONAL VALUE CHAINS, INDUSTRIAL DYNAMICS AND ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES". Der Call for Papers ist im Anhang. Die Homepage findet sich unter: https://enef2019.sciencesconf.org/. Mit beten Grüßen Werner Hölzl Werner Hölzl [WIFO_Logo_Quadrat_re] Industrieökonomie, Innovation und internationaler Wettbewerb WIFO Konjunkturtest - WIFO business surveys WIFO - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Austrian Institute of Economic Research A-1030 Wien, Arsenal, Objekt 20 Tel. +43 1 798 26 01 472 * Fax +43 1 798 93 86 www.wifo.ac.at<http://www.wifo.ac.at/> * werner.hoelzl(a)wifo.ac.at<mailto:werner.hoelzl@wifo.ac.at> * @whoelzl<https://twitter.com/whoelzl?lang=en> For details on publications see: http://scholar.google.at/citations?user=z5gx9egAAAAJ&hl=en

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Call for Abstracts - Conference in Graz/Austria 20/21. September - Deadline 25. May 2019
by Albert, Dietrich (dietrich.albert＠uni-graz.at) 14 May '19

14 May '19

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, hiermit bitte ich Sie, den angefügten CALL (also das Attachment und den Text unten) an die Mitglieder der Nationalökonomischen Gesellschaft alsbald weiterzuleiten. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Dietrich Albert Dr. Dietrich Albert, Prof. - Institute of Psychology, University of Graz, Austria - dietrich.albert(a)uni-graz.at<mailto:dietrich.albert@uni-graz.at> - Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology, Austria - dietrich.albert(a)tugraz.at<mailto:dietrich.albert@tugraz.at> - Mobile +43 664 73663043 - Skype dietrich_albert - WEB http://cognitive-science.at/team/dietrich-albert/ Dear colleague, please attend the attached CALL for abstracts forward please the CALL to persons in your surroundings, and/or submit please an ABSTRACT until May 25. 2019 to ejea(a)ejea.eu<mailto:ejea@ejea.eu>. Thank you and best regards, Dietrich Albert CALL FOR ABSTRACTS International Conference on Human-Centered Digitalization: How to Develop Next Generation of Humans and Robots for a Secure, Harmonic and Prosperous Future of Europe and Japan? September 20th (Friday) and 21st (Saturday morning), 2019 in Graz (Austria) https://www.graztourismus.at/en - https://www.graztourismus.at/en/good-to-know/service/brochures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I_V6ks_Jy0 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD2jjDJIzNo) jointly organized by the European Japan Experts Association, the Graz University of Technology, the University of Graz and the Institute for Security Development Policy Submission of your abstract for oral contribution (10 min.) or poster until May 25th, 2019. The conference is held within the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Austria. Official language of the conference is English. Number of participants is limited. The organizers expect your attendance during the whole conference. Call for Abstracts: Oral Contributions for Workshops The oral contributions should be no longer than 10 minutes and are presented during parallel sessions of workshops. Currently the following workshops are under discussion: 1. Establishing digital ethics in Western and Eastern philosophical contexts 2. New holistic views on digital security – the European and the Japanese approach 3. Future role of artificial intelligence in Europe and Japan in realizing human-centered digitalization 4. Innovating digital education and skills in different cultures, on a global scope and in an interdisciplinary context 5. Forming cooperation of robots and humans in industrial and service sectors: How does the socio-cultural context in Europe and Japan influence technology affinity? 6. What are the consequences of digitalization for economy, society and job market in Europe and Japan? Call for Abstracts: Posters Posters focusing on human-centered digitalization are very welcome, even from a more specific perspective. Submissions should include: · Given name, family name, title, affiliation, URL, email address, phone number · Abstract (max. 250 words) · Please indicate whether you want to present an oral contribution or a poster Please submit until May 25th, 2019 to: Executive Manager, European Japan Experts Association, Sabine Ganter-Richter: ejea(a)ejea.eu<mailto:ejea@ejea.eu> Review Process: Submissions are reviewed by the Organizing Committee. Notification by May 31, 2019. Organizing Committee: Prof. Dr. Anders Törnvall, European Japan Experts Association, Sweden Dr. Elisabeth Lex, Graz University of Technology, Austria Prof. Dr. Dietrich Albert, University of Graz, Austria Dr. Lars Vargö, Institute for Security and Development Policy, Sweden Conference fee: 100 Euro regular, 50 Euro Student Further Information: Numerous conferences, symposia, and workshops on digitalization demonstrate the current hype about this topic. However, these events either focus on a fragmented view on the aspects of digital transformation or only deal with specific aspects of this matter. At first glance, it may seem that digitalization is already covered by those events. Thus, the question of whether there is any need for yet another conference on this topic arises. However, this question touches only the surface of the discussion, because it does not take into account the enormous and inadequate fragmentation of the reflections on the one hand and the complexity and interconnectedness of the topics on the other hand. Moreover, without addressing the humanistic and ethic parts of the equation - such as digital maturity, digital personality, and digital competence - any attempt of a technical solution to these challenges is futile! The aim of this year’s conference is to identify ways of safeguarding and maintaining human integrity and human values in the midst of a technological development where their importance continues to fade. While not denying the benefits of technological advancements the organizers of this conference would also like to discuss how to develop the next generations of humans and robots for a secure, trustworthy and prosperous future, not least for Europe and Japan. By now the following keynote speakers from Japan and Europe have been invited: Prof. Dr. Horst Bischof, Vice Rector for Research, Graz University of Technology; Applied Computer Science; Member of the European Academy of Sciences; more than 600 scientific papers (confirmed) Prof. Dr. Mark Coeckelbergh, Philosophy of Media and Technology, University of Vienna; Member of European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (tbc) Prof. Dr. Arisa Ema, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, The University of Tokyo; Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (confirmed) DDr. Yuko Harayama, Former Executive Member of Council of Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan; Elsevier Foundation Board Member (confirmed) Dr. Fredrik Heintz, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University; Member of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (confirmed) Prof. Dr. Stefanie Lindstaedt, CEO and Scientific Director of Know-Center; Head of Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, TU Graz; Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Austrian Digitalization Agency (confirmed)

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INVITATION: FIW-wiiw Seminars in International Economics, 27 May 2019
by wiiw Events (noeg) 14 May '19

14 May '19

View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201905140912-en.html] _in cooperation with _ [Research Centre International Economics (FIW)] [http://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=1&L=3] Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: THE LOGIC OF FEAR - POPULISM AND MEDIA COVERAGE OF IMMIGRANT CRIMES STEPHANOS VLACHOS University of Vienna, Department of Economics MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019, 3:00 PM (15:00 CEST) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna FIW-wiiw Seminars in International Economics [https://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html] We study how news coverage of immigrant criminality impacted municipality-level votes in the November 2009 "minaret ban" referendum in Switzerland. The campaign, successfully led by the populist Swiss People's Party, played aggressively on fears of Muslim immigration and linked Islam with terrorism and violence. We combine an exhaustive violent crime detection dataset with detailed information on crime coverage from 12 newspapers. The data allow us to quantify the extent of pre-vote media bias in the coverage of migrant criminality. We then estimate a theory-based voting equation in the cross-section of municipalities. Exploiting random variations in crime occurrences, we find a first-order, positive effect of news coverage on political support for the minaret ban. Counterfactual simulations show that, under a law forbidding newspapers to disclose a perpetrator's nationality, the vote in favor of the ban would have decreased by 5 percentage points (from 57.6% to 52.6%). ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/the-logic-of-fear-populism-and-media-coverage-of-immigra…] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-430.html] for the event. Participation is free of charge. Best regards, Olga Pindyuk [https://wiiw.ac.at/olga-pindyuk-s-21.html] _Organiser_ Robert Stehrer [https://wiiw.ac.at/robert-stehrer-s-16.html] _Scientific Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw(a)wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [http://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [http://www.twitter.com/wiiw_news] [http://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic…] [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNuSfsgzgBsIf7AaH8Vk-Q] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2019 wiiw, all rights reserved.

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INVITATION: Skill Gap, Mismatch, and the Dynamics of Italian Companies’ Productivity, 20 May 2019
by wiiw Events (noeg) 13 May '19

13 May '19

View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201905131244-en.html] Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: SKILL GAP, MISMATCH, AND THE DYNAMICS OF ITALIAN COMPANIES’ PRODUCTIVITY LUNCHTIME SEMINAR WITH DARIO GUARASCIO National Institute for Public Policies Analysis MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019, 11:30 AM (11:30 CEST) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, library (2nd floor) Is there a relationship between companies’ knowledge-base characteristics and their performance in terms of productivity dynamics? A large part of the public and academic debate seems to support this assumption, pointing to the lack of a rich, updated and appropriate knowledge-base as one of the primary causes of ﬁrms weaknesses in terms of productivity and, more general, performance. >From an empirical standpoint, measuring companies’ knowledge-base characteristics is, however, not an easy task. And this is even more the case when it comes to measuring the degree of skill gap and/or skill mismatch at the ﬁrm level. The main reason behind such empirical diﬃculties concerns the lack of sound micro-level information on ﬁrms’ workforce characteristics (at a high degree of disaggregation); upskilling and reskilling needs; competences (again at an adequate detail level) entering into companies organizational structure via new hirings. _SANDWICHES WILL BE SERVED._ ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/skill-gap-mismatch-and-the-dynamics-of-italian-companies…] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-432.html] for the event. Best regards, Olga Pindyuk [https://wiiw.ac.at/olga-pindyuk-s-21.html] _Organiser_ Robert Stehrer [https://wiiw.ac.at/robert-stehrer-s-16.html] _Scientific Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw(a)wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [http://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [http://www.twitter.com/wiiw_news] [http://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic…] [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNuSfsgzgBsIf7AaH8Vk-Q] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2019 wiiw, all rights reserved.

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Call for papers: WU-Workshop in Applied Econometrics (WUWAETRIX-VII)
by Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus 12 May '19

12 May '19

Dear all, The seventh edition of the legendary WU-Workshop in Applied Econometrics (WUWAETRIX-VII) will take place on June 19th, 2019. 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 to jcrespo(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:jcrespo@wu.ac.at> by May 31st. When? June 19, 2019 Where? WU Campus, EA.5.030 We are looking forward to seeing you at WUWAETRIX-VII! Jesus Crespo Cuaresma Gernot Doppelhofer --- Jesus Crespo Cuaresma Professor of Economics Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1 1020 Vienna (Austria) E: jcrespo(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:jcrespo@wu.ac.at> H: http://www.wu.ac.at/vw1/m/crespo

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