March 2021 - NOeG-l - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Ausschreibung Full Professor of Microeconomics and Digitalization
by Rogaunig, Nicole 10 Feb '26

10 Feb '26

Dear Members, WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor of Microeconomics and Digitalization at the Department of Economics. Digitalization has changed the way businesses operate today and how they will be run in the future. Differences may lie in consumer behavior, firm behavior, and in the modes of competition. The successful candidate is expected to conduct research on microeconomics with a specific focus on the digital economy. Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field. Depending on the candidate's academic credentials, the employment contract can be concluded either as a permanent employment contract or as a fixed-term employment contract with the option of a permanent extension. Further details on the call for applications, including a detailed qualification profile, can be found online: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/careers/careers-at-wu/current-job-openings?yid=508. Please submit your application via WU's online recruiting tool until January 22, 2020. Kind regards, Nicole Rogaunig _________________________________________ Dipl.-Kff. Nicole Rogaunig Stabsstelle für Berufungsangelegenheiten Senior Faculty Recruitment and Welcome Services WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1, Gebäude AD 1020 Wien, Austria Tel: +43-1-31336-4079 Fax: +43-1-31336-904079 Email: nicole.rogaunig(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:nicole.rogaunig@wu.ac.at> http://www.wu.ac.at<http://www.wu.ac.at/>

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INTERNSHIP - Health and Care Unit - European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
by Judith Schreiber 07 Jul '23

07 Jul '23

*INTERNSHIP: Health and Care Unit / European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research** * The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, a UN-affiliated intergovernmental organization based in Vienna, is recruiting an intern for a 3-month period attached to the institute’s Health & Care Unit. The internship will allow the successful candidate to acquaint him/herself with the tasks and responsibilities of working in a research environment and to benefit from exchanges with colleagues on a wide range of subjects. The intern will have the opportunity to participate actively in project meetings as well as in wider institutional seminars and other activities. For more information on the position, please see the vacancy attached. We would welcome candidates to send their*CV and a short statement of interest **by 15 April 2018* at the latest. _____________________________________________ European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research Berggasse 17 A-1090 Vienna AUSTRIA www.euro.centre.org

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Momentum Institut sucht Economist
by Lisa Hanzl 04 Jan '22

04 Jan '22

Liebe Kolleg*innen, das Momentum Institut sucht derzeit eine*n Economist für 30h/Woche. Hier die Details zur Ausschreibung: https://www.momentum-institut.at/news/das-momentum-institut-sucht-dich-1 Beste Grüße, Lisa Hanzl Momentum Institut Think Tank der Vielen Lisa Hanzl lisa.hanzl(a)momentum-institut.at<mailto:lisa.hanzl@momentum-institut.at> +43 678 1275 739 Märzstraße 42/1, 1150 Wien www.momentum-institut.at<http://www.momentum-institut.at/>

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Webinar Claudio Borio, BIS: "Monetary Policy Challenges", Nov. 16
by gschaef 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

You are cordially invited to the following Webinar: Claudio BORIO Head of the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank for International Settlements “Monetary policy challenges: economic, intellectual and institutional” Monday, November 16, 2020 10:30-12:00 After registering by email (Cornelia.Berger(a)wu.ac.at) you will receive the MS Teams link for the Webinar which can be opened directly from your web browser without having to install MS Teams. Claudio Borio is one of the internationally most recognized monetary policy experts. Monetary policy had a crucial role in fighting both the Great Financial Crisis of 2007/09 as well as the current Covid-19 crisis. Central banks moved into completely new – often unchartered waters – in order to contain the economic effects of the crises. Now, several large central banks, like the U.S. Fed or the European Central Bank, are in the process of reviewing their monetary policy strategies. Thus, what will be the future of monetary policy? The webinar is jointly organized by Aurel Schubert, former Director General Statistics, ECB and by the Institute for Analytical Economics at WU Vienna. Sincerely, Guido Schäfer Institute for Analytical Economics, Department of Economics, WU Vienna Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria Tel.: + 431 31336 4579 Email: Guido.Schaefer(a)wu.ac.at

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Papers for the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) 2022 Special Issue on “Demographic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences”
by VID, conference 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

Dear Colleagues, please find attached the extended Call for Papers for the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) 2022 Special Issue on “Demographic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences”. Due to the ongoing impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on our academic and daily lives, we are extending the submission deadline until 31 May 2021. This extension allows us also to welcome submissions focusing on the most recent trends in the demographic impact of the pandemic. The VYPR is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal without any fees, that has been published annually by the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences since 2003. It is addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in population research. The VYPR is indexed by SCOPUS, JSTOR, ROAD (Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources). For the content of the next Special Issue on COVID-19 please see the attached call. Accepted papers will be published continuously online first. The printed volume with all contributions is scheduled for publication by end of 2022. Please find detailed information here: www.viennayearbook.org<http://www.viennayearbook.org> We kindly ask you to share this Call for Papers with your network. Thank you very much for all your efforts! With kind regards on behalf of the editors of the VYPR Barbara Barbara Simunics Administration | Administration Institut für Demographie | Vienna Institute of Demography Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften | Austrian Academy of Sciences Vordere Zollamtsstraße 3, 1030 Wien, Österreich | Vienna, Austria T: +43 1 515 81 7702 barbara.simunics(a)oeaw.ac.at<mailto:barbara.simunics@oeaw.ac.at> | www.oeaw.ac.at<http://www.oeaw.ac.at/>/vid

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Stellenausschreibung
by Juergen.Figerl＠aknoe.at 29 Mar '21

29 Mar '21

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, zur weiteren Verbreitung folgender Stellenausschreibung für einen Ökonomen/für eine Ökonomin bei der AK Niederösterreich über ihre Plattform würden wir uns freuen. Nähere Details zur Stellenausschreibung finden Sie im Attachment. Herzlichen Dank und herzliche Grüsse Jürgen Figerl =================================================== Dr. Jürgen Figerl Abteilung Wirtschaftspolitik, Referat Arbeit & Wirtschaft Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Niederösterreich AK-Platz 1, 3100 St. Pölten ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T +43 5 7171-24510 F +43 5 7171-20224510 E juergen.figerl(a)aknoe.at W http://noe.arbeiterkammer.at FB http://facebook.com/ak.niederoesterreich Diese Information und allenfalls angehängte Dokumente sind vertraulich und ausschließlich für den (die) genannte/n Adressaten/In bestimmt. Sollten Sie nicht der/die vorgesehene AdressatIn sein, so bitten wir Sie, uns unverzüglich zu informieren und die Nachricht zu löschen. Nach dem Telekommunikationsgesetz sind Sie verpflichtet, den Inhalt der Nachricht sowie die Tatsache des Empfanges weder aufzuzeichnen, noch Unbefugten mitzuteilen oder für irgendwelche Zwecke zu verwerten, sondern diese Nachricht zu löschen. Davon ausgenommen sind Presseaussendungen sowie ähnliche eindeutig zur Verbreitung bestimmte Inhalte. Hier finden Sie die Datenschutzerklärung der AKNÖ. Bitte denken Sie an die Umwelt, bevor Sie dieses eMail ausdrucken!

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Call for Papers on “The causes and consequences of depopulation”, Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2021, 29.11.-1.12.2021
by VID, conference 26 Mar '21

26 Mar '21

Dear Colleagues, Please find attached the Call for Papers for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2021 on “The causes and consequences of depopulation”, 29.11.-01.12.2021 Although global population is still growing, an ever larger number of regions and countries are experiencing a decline in population size, and the COVID-19 pandemic may have further accelerated the process. Undoubtedly, depopulation poses many challenges. In the public and policy discourse, negative views are often emphasised but may population decline also open up opportunities? The Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2021 aims to bring together researchers from around the world working on population decline and its consequences from demographic, economic, sociological, political, environmental, and geographical perspectives. The call is open until 15 June 2021. The conference will take place from 29 November to 1 December 2021 in full distance mode via Zoom. Please find further information in the file attached or online on our conference website: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/calendar/conferences/depopulation We are looking forward to receiving your submissions. Kindly distribute the Call for Papers within your networks. Please excuse any cross posting. With kind regards, also on behalf of the Organising Team Petra -------------------------------------------------- Petra Schmutz Vienna Institute of Demography (OeAW), Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna) Vordere Zollamtsstraße 3 1030 Vienna, Austria T: +43 1 515 81 7740 conference.VID(a)oeaw.ac.at<mailto:conference.VID@oeaw.ac.at> www.oeaw.ac.at/vid<http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid> www.wittgensteincentre.org<file://w07ds2/OeAW_Projekte02$/vid_admin/wic/admin/6%20WIC%20Events%20&%20M…> follow us on Twitter @WiCVienna<https://twitter.com/WiCVienna> follow us on YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/c/ViennaInstituteofDemography>

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Leben mit Corona - Webinar: Wenn die Schulen schließen
by IHS Event 26 Mar '21

26 Mar '21

‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [IHS Logo mit Schriftzug] <https://ihs.ac.at/> Leben mit Corona – Webinar: Wenn die Schulen schließen Wann: Donnerstag, 15. April 2021 Beginn: 13:30 UHR ________________________________ Zur Veranstaltung Fast ein Jahr lang waren Schulen, Kindergärten und andere Bildungseinrichtungen aufgrund der Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Corona-Pandemie entweder ganz geschlossen oder nur teilweise geöffnet. Und auch jetzt stehen in der öffentlichen Debatte Schulschließungen als letzte Option immer wieder im Raum. Insbesondere für die betroffenen Kinder bedeutete das „Auf“ und „Zu“ einiges an Belastung. Über die potentiellen Folgen wurde in den Medien viel spekuliert. Was aber ist der aktuelle empirische Befund? Kann man bereits von einem „Jahrgang Corona“ sprechen und was bedeutet das für die Kinder und Familien? Diese und weiterführende Fragen sollen in dem Webinar erörtert werden. Mehr dazu<https://www.ihs.ac.at/events/detail/webinar-wenn-die-schulen-schliessen/> Teilnahme Wir laden Sie herzlich zu dieser Podiumsdiskussion ein und freuen uns auf Ihre aktive Teilnahme in Form von Beiträgen und Diskussionen. Die Veranstaltung kann unter folgendem Link online verfolgt werden. Online-Teilnahme<https://go.ihs.ac.at/lebenmitcoronaschulen> ________________________________ Diese Zusendung erfolgt entsprechend den Bestimmungen des TKG 247107. Sollten Sie keine weiteren Zusendungen wünschen, senden Sie uns bitte eine kurze Mitteilung an: event(a)ihs.ac.at.<mailto:event@ihs.ac.at> Unsere Datenschutzerklärung finden Sie hier<https://ihs.ac.at/de/datenschutzerklaerung>. If you no longer wish to receive our mailings please send an e-mail to: event(a)ihs.ac.at.<mailto:event@ihs.ac.at> You can find our privacy policy here<https://ihs.ac.at/de/datenschutzerklaerung>. Impressum Sie erhalten diesen Newsletter als Stakeholder oder InteressentIn des IHS. Daten ändern<https://lists.ihs.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/news_de> Institut für Höhere Studien, Josefstädter Straße 39, 1080 Vienna Tel: +43-1-59991-0 Fax: +43-1-59991-555 Email: office(at)ihs.ac.at Web: <mailto:office@ihs.ac.at> https://www.ihs.ac.at/ ZVR-Zahl: 066207973 DVR-Zahl: 0003921 <https://www.ihs.ac.at/>

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Laborleiterstelle am Max Planck Institut zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern Bonn
by Matthias Sutter 25 Mar '21

25 Mar '21

Liebe NOEG-Mitglieder! Am Max Planck Institut zur Erforschung von Gemeinschaftsgütern in Bonn haben wir eine Laborleiterstelle zu besetzen. Die Stelle ist zuerst für 2 Jahre befristet, kann dann aber entfristet werden. Wir haben am MPI in Bonn eine sehr aktive Gruppe von sehr guten Experimentalisten und Experimentalistinnen und suchen jetzt Verstärkung durch eine/einen Laborleiter/in in Vollzeit. Bewerbungsfrist ist der 30.4.2021. Für informelle Anfragen bin ich jederzeit erreichbar. Details der Ausschreibung finden sich im Anhang. Es wäre nett, wenn Sie diese Nachricht auch an möglicherweise interessierte Personen weiterleiten könnten. Liebe Grüße und frohe Ostern! Matthias Sutter ================================================== Univ.Prof. Dr. Matthias Sutter Managing Director Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Bonn and (part-time) Professor of Experimental Economics University of Cologne and University of Innsbruck Follow the Experimental Economics Group at MPI Bonn on Twitter https://twitter.com/eeg_mpi

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FIW-News: 49. FIW-Policy Brief veröffentlicht & EInladung zur 40. FIW-Vorlesung
by fiw-pb 25 Mar '21

25 Mar '21

[FIW_Logo_de_en] Please scroll down 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: * FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 49 "Die Folgen des Brexit für Österreich und die EU" veröffentlicht * Einladung zur 40. FIW-Vorlesung * Last-Minute-Reminder: Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics * Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: Patent Boxes and the Success Rate of Patent Applications (Online event) * Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: Border Policies and Unauthorized Flows: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Europe (Online event) FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 49 "Die Folgen des Brexit für Österreich und die EU" veröffentlicht Im FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 49<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Publikationen/Policy_Briefs/49_FIW_Po…> des "Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW)" gibt der Autor einen Überblick über die zeitliche Abfolge und Geschichte des Brexit und erläutert im Anschluss die wesentlichen Inhalte des Handels- und Kooperationsabkommens. Zudem wird ein Überblick über die ersten Studien zu den ökonomischen Auswirkungen des HKA und die politischen Folgen des Brexit gegeben. Der FIW-Policy Brief steht auf dem FIW-Blog<https://blog.fiw.ac.at/fiw-policy-brief-zu-folgen-des-brexit-veroffentlicht/> sowie fiw.ac.at<https://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=835&no_cache=1> zum Download zur Verfügung Einladung zur 40. FIW-Vorlesung Das Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort und das FIW laden ein zum Webinar 40. FIW-Vorlesung "Brexit und Co: Die ökonomischen und (verkehrs-)politischen Folgen disruptiver Ereignisse" Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Fritz Breuss (WIFO; WU) Mag. Maximilian Bauernfeind (BMK) Begrüßung: Sektionschefin Mag. Cynthia Zimmermann (BMDW) Diskussionsleitung: Dr. Manfred Schekulin (BMDW) Literatur zum Vortrag von Prof. Breuss: FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 49 (März 2021) Montag, 12. April 2021, 9:15 h bis 10:30 h Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Fritz Breuss (WIFO; WU) präsentiert FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 49 "Die Folgen des Brexit für Österreich und die EU", Mag. Maximilian Bauernfeind (BMK) trägt zum Thema "Brexit, Handelskriege und darüber hinaus: Disruptive politische Entscheidungen und ihre Auswirkungen auf den Internationalen Handel und Verkehr" vor. FIW-Vorlesungen ist eine Veranstaltungsreihe, bei der politikrelevante aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Bereich internationale Wirtschaft praxisnah präsentiert und diskutiert werden. Anmeldung erforderlich unter: https://my.demio.com/ref/A9wSWEgVBAUqYQuG Den Teilnahmelink erhalten Sie unmittelbar nach der Anmeldung. Technische Voraussetzungen: Dieses Webinar sollte in allen aktuellen und gängigen Browsern und auf allen gängigen Plattformen (inklusive Tablets und Smartphones) funktionieren. Bitte vermeiden Sie den Internet Explorer, da dieser veraltet ist und seit einiger Zeit nicht mehr weiterentwickelt wird. Wir empfehlen die aktuellsten Versionen von Firefox, Chrome, Edge oder Safari. Wenn Sie Probleme mit einem dieser Browser haben, versuchen Sie es bitte mit einem anderen. Last-Minute-Reminder: Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: >From Theory to Policy with Gravitas: A Solution to the Mystery of the Excess Trade Balances (Online event) >From Theory to Policy with Gravitas: A Solution to the Mystery of the Excess Trade Balances (Online event) Vortragender: Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA) Zeit: Donnerstag, 25. März 2021, 16:00 Uhr Registrierungslink: https://wiiw.ac.at/from-theory-to-policy-with-gravitas-a-solution-to-the-my… Dies ist eine Online-Veranstaltung über Zoom. Bitte registrieren Sie sich für den Einwahllink. Dieser wird Ihnen kurz vor der Veranstaltung zugesandt. Sprache: Englisch Beschreibung: Bilateral trade balances often play an important role in the international trade policy debate. Academic economists understand that they are misleading indicators of competitiveness and of the gains from trade. However, they also recognize their political relevance, calling for accurate statistical measurement and for more scholarly work. Disturbingly, Davis and Weinstein (2002) argue that the canonical gravity model of trade fails when confronted with bilateral trade balances data, dubbing this "The Mystery of the Excess Trade Balances''. Capitalizing on the latest developments in the theoretical and empirical gravity literature, we demonstrate that the workhorse international trade model actually performs well in explaining bilateral trade balances. Moreover, in our data, only 11 to 13% of the variance in bilateral balances is due to asymmetric bilateral trade costs, belying beliefs that bilateral imbalances are driven by 'unfair' manipulation of terms-of-trade. We also perform several general equilibrium experiments within the same structural gravity framework to show that free trade agreements tend to exacerbate bilateral imbalances and that macroeconomic rebalancing leads to adjustment with all trade partners. Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: Patent Boxes and the Success Rate of Patent Applications (Online event) Patent Boxes and the Success Rate of Patent Applications (Online event) Vortragender: Ronald B. Davies, University College Dublin Zeit: April 8, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Registrierungslink: https://wiiw.ac.at/patent-boxes-and-the-success-rate-of-patent-applications… This is an online event via Zoom. Please register for the dial-in link. The link will be sent shortly before the event. Sprache: English Beschreibung: Patent boxes significantly reduce the tax rate applied to income earned from a patent. Existing work finds that those reductions increase the number of patents. That said, not all patents are equally novel. In particular, the patent box encourages the submission of patents of marginal novelty, a selection effect that would reduce the average success rates of patents. At the same time, the increased return to patenting encourages additional effort in innovation development and application preparation, increasing success rates. While this predicts an ambiguous effect, by exploiting the time dimension of these responses, we are able to examine their relative size. Using data from applications to the European Patent Office from 1978 to 2017 and find that the introduction of a patent box increases the average success rate of applications from the large innovators who make up the majority of applications by 6.9 percentage points. This impact only materializes two years after a patent box takes effect, suggesting that improved research effort is the dominant response by rms. Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: Border Policies and Unauthorized Flows: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Europe (Online event) Border Policies and Unauthorized Flows: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Europe (Online event) Vortragender: Francesco Fasani, Queen Mary University of London Zeit: April 29, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Registrierungslink: https://wiiw.ac.at/border-policies-and-unauthorized-flows-evidence-from-the… This is an online event via Zoom. Please register for the dial-in link. The link will be sent shortly before the event. Sprache: English Beschreibung In this paper, we first describe the size, composition and characteristics of the recent unauthorised migration flows through external European Union borders. We then assess the effectiveness of EU border enforcement policies in deterring or diverting migration flows across alternative routes. Our empirical analysis is based on a novel dataset of Frontex records on attempted illegal crossing by quarter, country of origin and route of entry in Europe for the period 2009-2017. These records are matched with a dataset - that we assembled - on the monthly EU budget spent on border enforcement and search and rescue operations on each route of entry. Our empirical analysis is threefold. First, we document the existence of a political cycle in enforcement spending at the external EU borders which is orthogonal to expected ows. Second, we use this result as a first stage to deal with the endogeneity of border policies and retrieve the causal impact of enforcement on unauthorized flows. Third, we analyse the effect of outsourcing border controls to a non-EU transit country (the 2016 EU-Turkey deal) on deterrence and diversion of unauthorized flows. Wir freuen uns über Ihre Teilnahme an den Veranstaltungen. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Alexander Hudetz und Birgit Buschbom 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". __________________________________ Der Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW) (https://www.fiw.ac.at/) ist eine Kooperation zwischen der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU), der Universität Wien, der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz und der Universität Innsbruck, WIFO, wiiw und WSR. FIW wird von den Bundesministerien BMBFW und BMDW finanziert. Dear Sir or Madam, We are pleased to inform you about the latest developments of the FIW project. * FIW Policy Brief No. 49 "The consequences of Brexit for Austria and the EU" published * Invitation to the 40th FIW Lecture * Forthcoming Seminars in International Economics FIW Policy Brief No. 49 "The consequences of Brexit for Austria and the EU" published FIW-Policy Brief No. 49 by Fritz Breuss (WIFO; WU Vienna) gives an overview over the chronology and history of the Brexit and subsequently explains the main contents of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. In addition, an overview of the first studies on the economic impact of the PCA and the political consequences of the Brexit is provided. The FIW policy brief is available for download on the FIW blog<https://blog.fiw.ac.at/fiw-policy-brief-zu-folgen-des-brexit-veroffentlicht/> as well as fiw.ac.at<https://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=835&no_cache=1> Der FIW-Policy Brief steht auf dem FIW-Blog<https://blog.fiw.ac.at/fiw-policy-brief-zu-folgen-des-brexit-veroffentlicht/> sowie fiw.ac.at<https://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=835&no_cache=1> zum Download zur Verfügung Invitation to the 40th FIW Lecture The Federal Ministry for Digitalization and Economic Location and FIW invite you to the Webinar 40th FIW-Lecture "Brexit und Co: Die ökonomischen und (verkehrs-)politischen Folgen disruptiver Ereignisse" Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. Fritz Breuss (WIFO; WU) Mag. Maximilian Bauernfeind (BMK) Welcome-address: Sektionschefin Mag. Cynthia Zimmermann (BMDW) Chair of Discussion: Dr. Manfred Schekulin (BMDW) Literature: FIW-Policy Brief Nr. 49 (März 2021)<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Publikationen/Policy_Briefs/49_FIW_Po…> Monday, 12 April 2021, 9:15 h -10:30 h Fritz Breuss (WIFO; WU) presents FIW-Policy Brief No. 49 "The consequences of Brexit for Austria and the EU", Maximilian Bauernfeind (BMK) presents on "Brexit, Trade Wars and Beyond: Disruptive Policy Decisions and their Impact on International Trade and Transport". FIW Lectures is a series of events where policy-relevant current research results from the field of international economics are presented and discussed in a practical way. Registration required at: https://my.demio.com/ref/A9wSWEgVBAUqYQuG You will receive the participation link immediately after registration. Technical Requirements: This webinar should work in all current and popular browsers and on all popular platforms (including tablets and smartphones). Please avoid Internet Explorer as it is outdated and has not been developed for some time. We recommend using the latest versions of Firefox, Chrome, Edge or Safari. If you have problems with one of these browsers, please try another. Last-Minute-Reminder: Invitation to Seminar in International Economics: >From Theory to Policy with Gravitas: A Solution to the Mystery of the Excess Trade Balances (Online event) >From Theory to Policy with Gravitas: A Solution to the Mystery of the Excess Trade Balances (Online event) Speaker: Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University (Philadelphia, USA) Time: March 25, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Registration link: https://wiiw.ac.at/from-theory-to-policy-with-gravitas-a-solution-to-the-my… This is an online event via Zoom. Please register for the dial-in link. The link will be sent shortly before the event. Language: English Description: Bilateral trade balances often play an important role in the international trade policy debate. Academic economists understand that they are misleading indicators of competitiveness and of the gains from trade. However, they also recognize their political relevance, calling for accurate statistical measurement and for more scholarly work. Disturbingly, Davis and Weinstein (2002) argue that the canonical gravity model of trade fails when confronted with bilateral trade balances data, dubbing this "The Mystery of the Excess Trade Balances''. Capitalizing on the latest developments in the theoretical and empirical gravity literature, we demonstrate that the workhorse international trade model actually performs well in explaining bilateral trade balances. Moreover, in our data, only 11 to 13% of the variance in bilateral balances is due to asymmetric bilateral trade costs, belying beliefs that bilateral imbalances are driven by 'unfair' manipulation of terms-of-trade. We also perform several general equilibrium experiments within the same structural gravity framework to show that free trade agreements tend to exacerbate bilateral imbalances and that macroeconomic rebalancing leads to adjustment with all trade partners. Invitation to Seminar in International Economics: Patent Boxes and the Success Rate of Patent Applications (Online event) Patent Boxes and the Success Rate of Patent Applications (Online event) Speaker: Ronald B. Davies, University College Dublin Time: April 8, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Registration link: https://wiiw.ac.at/patent-boxes-and-the-success-rate-of-patent-applications… This is an online event via Zoom. Please register for the dial-in link. The link will be sent shortly before the event. Language: English Description: Patent boxes significantly reduce the tax rate applied to income earned from a patent. Existing work finds that those reductions increase the number of patents. That said, not all patents are equally novel. In particular, the patent box encourages the submission of patents of marginal novelty, a selection effect that would reduce the average success rates of patents. At the same time, the increased return to patenting encourages additional effort in innovation development and application preparation, increasing success rates. While this predicts an ambiguous effect, by exploiting the time dimension of these responses, we are able to examine their relative size. Using data from applications to the European Patent Office from 1978 to 2017 and find that the introduction of a patent box increases the average success rate of applications from the large innovators who make up the majority of applications by 6.9 percentage points. This impact only materializes two years after a patent box takes effect, suggesting that improved research effort is the dominant response by rms. Invitation to Seminar in International Economics: Border Policies and Unauthorized Flows: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Europe (Online event) Border Policies and Unauthorized Flows: Evidence from the Refugee Crisis in Europe (Online event) Speaker: Francesco Fasani, Queen Mary University of London Time: April 29, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Registration link: https://wiiw.ac.at/border-policies-and-unauthorized-flows-evidence-from-the… This is an online event via Zoom. Please register for the dial-in link. The link will be sent shortly before the event. Language: English Description: In this paper, we first describe the size, composition and characteristics of the recent unauthorised migration flows through external European Union borders. We then assess the effectiveness of EU border enforcement policies in deterring or diverting migration flows across alternative routes. Our empirical analysis is based on a novel dataset of Frontex records on attempted illegal crossing by quarter, country of origin and route of entry in Europe for the period 2009-2017. These records are matched with a dataset - that we assembled - on the monthly EU budget spent on border enforcement and search and rescue operations on each route of entry. Our empirical analysis is threefold. First, we document the existence of a political cycle in enforcement spending at the external EU borders which is orthogonal to expected ows. Second, we use this result as a first stage to deal with the endogeneity of border policies and retrieve the causal impact of enforcement on unauthorized flows. Third, we analyse the effect of outsourcing border controls to a non-EU transit country (the 2016 EU-Turkey deal) on deterrence and diversion of unauthorized flows. We are looking forward to your participation in the events. 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