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Economic Research Seminar 2021/22- Department of Economics JKU Linz
by Victoria Schaufler 06 Oct '21

06 Oct '21

Dear colleagues, in the name of the Department of Economics, JKU Linz, I cordially invite you to our research seminar: 13th of October, 2021, 5.15-6.15pm, via Zoom Isaac Sorkin (Stanford) "The Slow Diffusion of Earnings Inequality" (joint with Melanie Wallskog) Isaac Sorking is Assistant Professor of Economics at Standford. Previous appointments include research positions with the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Brookings Institution, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He is a recipient of the 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship in Economics (https://sloan.org/fellowships/2021-Fellows) Selected publications: * Bartik Instruments: What, When, Why, and How (with Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham and Henry Swift), American Economic Review, 2020. * Reconsidering the Consequences of Worker Displacements: Firm versus Worker Perspective (with Aaron Flaaen and Matthew D. Shapiro), American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2019. * Ranking Firms Using Revealed Preference, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018. * Are There Long-Run Effects of the Minimum Wage?. Review of Economic Dynamics, 2015. You may find the seminar schedule at https://www.jku.at/en/department-of-economics/research/research-events/econ… The Zoom invitation will be sent to you on the day of the seminar, only to registered participants. Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vf3bbsIG_a8vfaAKUL6yHYxgbpnjL1-R9OUTOC3UR2… With best regards, -- PD René Böheim, PhD Department of Economics

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WU Economic Research Seminar, 13.10.2021, 4.30 pm to 6 pm, Lawrence E. Blume (Cornell University)
by Oberhofer, Harald 06 Oct '21

06 Oct '21

Dear colleagues, The Department of Economics cordially invites you to the WU Economic Research Seminar on Wednesday, October 13th, with Lawrence E. Blume (Cornell University) on "Poverty Traps in Markov Models of the Evolution of Wealth" Abstract: Poverty trap models are dynamical systems with more than one attractor. Similar dynamical systems arise in optimal growth and macroeconomic models. These systems are often studied empirically by ad hoc methods relying on intuition from deterministic systems, such as looking for multiple peaks in the stationary distribution of states. We develop Markov wealth processes in which parents' investments in children stochastically determine children's wealth, and consequently their own investment choices. We show that, relative to a zero-shock process, some of the multiple attractors are less fragile than are others, and that their presence dominates the stationary behavior of the wealth distribution. Typically, mass accumulates around attractors. An only slightly stochastically perturbed deterministic system will have an invariant distribution which puts close to probability 1 on a single steady state rather than having significant mass distributed among several attractors. We also examine how policy affects the shape of the invariant distribution. Date: Wednesday, October 13th Time: 4.30 to 6 pm (CET) Location: building D4, ground floor, room D4.0.039 The following COVID-19-related regulations apply to all events at the WU campus need to be fulfilled for attending the research seminar: 3G proof and controls * You should only attend classroom units if you are not ill. * To participate in presence units, you have to show a 3G certificate (Tested, Vaccinated, Convalescent) upon request. You can find details regarding certificates and their validity here<https://learn.wu.ac.at/open/distanzlehre/3gproof> * Please arrive on campus at least 30-45 minutes before the start of the course. To ensure that the checks can be carried out as quickly and smoothly as possible, please always bring your certificate with you on paper and have your photo ID ready as well. If necessary, please also follow the on-site guiding system. * Checks may take place in front of the building or at the beginning of the course and will be carried out by WU staff and WU security personnel. Compulsory attendance, WU check-in and contact tracing * Please use the WU check-in (checkin.wu.ac.a<http://checkin.wu.ac.a>t) at the beginning of each course unit and during exams and enter your seat number. You can find the number right on the coloured spot on the desk. Registering your attendance and documenting your seat number are the basis for (official) contact tracing; providing incorrect information can have unpleasant consequences (quarantine) for you. * In any case, please comply with the attendance regulations for the course, which were communicated in advance in the eVVZ. In case you do not fulfil the attendance obligation without a provable important reason for your absence(s) (i.e. events that you cannot directly influence), you cannot be assessed positively. * Currently, there is no obligation to wear a mouth-nose mask during courses and examinations. If you wish to wear an MNS voluntarily, you might have to take it off briefly for an identity check. With best regards, Harald Oberhofer --- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Harald Oberhofer Department of 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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Stellenausschreibung DatenwissenschaftlerIn in der VGR
by HUBER Elisa 05 Oct '21

05 Oct '21

Liebe Mitglieder der NOeG, Statistik Austria sucht im Bereich Volkswirtschaftliche Gesamtrechnungen eine(n) engagierte(n) Datenwissenschaftlerin bzw. Datenwissenschaftler. Details in der Beilage oder online unter https://jobangebote.statistik.at/fileadmin/karriere/ausschreibungen/pdfs/au… Mit besten Grüßen, Elisa Huber ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elisa Huber, MSc Direktion Volkswirtschaft - Directorate Macroeconomic Statistics STATISTIK AUSTRIA - STATISTICS AUSTRIA Guglgasse 13 A - 1110 Wien T: +43 (1) 71128 - 7286 elisa.huber(a)statistik.gv.at<mailto:elisa.huber@statistik.gv.at> www.statistik.at<http://www.statistik.at> _______________________________________________________________________ Die Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich sowie alle Mitwirkenden an den beigefügten Unterlagen haben deren Inhalte sorgfältig recherchiert und erstellt. Fehler können dennoch nicht gänzlich ausgeschlossen werden. Die Genannten übernehmen daher keine Haftung für die Richtigkeit, Vollständigkeit und Aktualität der Inhalte, insbesondere übernehmen sie keinerlei Haftung für eventuelle unmittelbare oder mittelbare Schäden, die durch die direkte oder indirekte Nutzung der angebotenen Inhalte entstehen. Korrekturhinweise übermitteln Sie bitte an die absendende Stelle. Diese Nachricht ist ausschließlich für die in der Anschrift genannte Person bestimmt. Sollten Sie dieses E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, verständigen Sie bitte die absendende Stelle und vernichten Sie die Nachricht inklusive aller Anhänge. Danke. Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich, 1110 Wien, Guglgasse 13 Tel. +43 1 71128-0, Fax +43 1 71128-7728 E-Mail: office(a)statistik.gv.at, Internet: www.statistik.at Datenschutzinformation: www.statistik.at, E-Mail: dsgvo(a)statistik.gv.at Firmenbuch: FN 191155k, Firmenbuchgericht: Handelsgericht Wien Firmensitz: Wien, Gerichtsstand: Wien, UID: ATU37869909 _______________________________________________________________________

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TU ECON-Seminar B. Hochmuth, 29.10.
by Hutter, Julia 05 Oct '21

05 Oct '21

Dear all, we would like to invite you to our ECON-Seminar Talk on October 29th, 1:00-2:30 p.m. (Seminarroom DB04 Freihaus building, yellow area): Financial Constraints, Firm Age, and the Labor Market Brigitte Hochmuth (Universität Wien) https://sites.google.com/view/brigittehochmuth/home This paper shows that credit crunches cause labor market effects that are nonlinear over time and heterogeneous by firm age. During the Great Financial Crisis, a credit supply shock caused young firms to reduce employment significantly more than old firms, because the housing bust in 2006 led to a decline in young firms’ housing collateral and restricted their ability to borrow. To understand the underlying mechanism, I propose a financial frictions model with an explicit firm age structure. A simultaneous credit crunch and a decline in young firms’ net worth can reconcile the model with my empirical results. While old firms switch to equity financing, young firms depend on debt financing and cut labor demand. As young firms disproportionately account for aggregate job growth, my findings explain the sluggish labor market recovery after the Great Financial Crisis. A counterfactual experiment shows that absent the net worth shock, the U.S. unemployment rate would have been back to its pre-crisis level two years sooner. Due to the available room capacities, we ask you to register by sending a short mail to Julia.hutter(a)tuwien.ac.at<mailto:Julia.hutter@tuwien.ac.at>. Please note, that your digital COVID certificates (“Grüner Pass”) will be checked at the entrance of the building. Best regards, Julia Hutter for Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz Julia Hutter TU Wien Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics Economics E105-3 Phone: +43-1-58801x10531 E-Mail: julia.hutter(a)tuwien.ac.at<mailto:julia.hutter@tuwien.ac.at>

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Einladung zur HEINRICH NEISSER LECTURE 2021
by Heinrich Neisser Lecture 29 Sep '21

29 Sep '21

Einladung zur HEINRICH NEISSER LECTURE 2021 13. Oktober, 17:00 Uhr, Institut für Höhere Studien Jenseits von Klasse und Stand? COVID-19 und die Klassenfrage Vortragende: Prof.in Jutta Allmendinger, Präsidentin des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) und Professorin für Bildungssoziologie und Arbeitsmarktforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Wenn Sie vor Ort an der Veranstaltung teilnehmen wollen, bitten wir um Anmeldung bis zum 08.Oktober, per Mail an hnl(a)ihs.ac.at<mailto:hnl@ihs.ac.at>. Die Teilnahme ist nur mit einem negativem PCR-Test (nicht älter als 48 Stunden) möglich. Wir bitten Sie außerdem um Verständnis, dass sich abhängig vom weiteren Verlauf der Pandemie kurzfristig Änderungen im Veranstaltungsablauf ergeben können. Die Veranstaltung kann unter diesem Link online verfolgt werden: https://go.ihs.ac.at/hnl2021 Mehr Informationen finden Sie auf der Website des IHS: https://www.ihs.ac.at/events/hnl/2021-jenseits-von-klasse-und-stand/ Diese Zusendung erfolgt entsprechend den Bestimmungen des TKG 247107. Sollten Sie keine weiteren Zusendungen wünschen, senden Sie uns bitte eine kurze Mitteilung an: hnl(a)ihs.ac.at<mailto:hnl@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: hnl(a)ihs.ac.at<mailto:hnl@ihs.ac.at>. You can find our privacy policy here.<https://ihs.ac.at/privacy-policy> Impressum Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) Josefstädter Straße 39, 1080 Vienna How to get to the IHS<https://www.ihs.ac.at/about/contact/how-to-get-to-the-ihs/> Tel: +43-1-59991-0 Email: office(at)ihs.ac.at www.ihs.ac.at<http://www.ihs.ac.at> [cid:image001.jpg@01D7AFBA.7CE26A70]

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Economic Research Seminar, 7.10.2021, 4.30 pm to 6 pm, Thomas Jungbauer (Cornell University)
by Oberhofer, Harald 28 Sep '21

28 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, The Department of Economics cordially invites you to an ad-hoc Economic Research Seminar (Department Seminar) on Thursday, October 7th, with Thomas Jungbauer (Cornell University) on "The Organization of Innovation: Incomplete Contracts and the Outsourcing Decision" Abstract: Why do firms outsource research and development (R&D) for some products while conducting R&D in-house for similar ones? An innovating firm risks cannibalizing its existing products. The more profitable these products, the more the firm wants to limit cannibalization. We apply this logic to the organization of R&D by introducing a novel theoretical model in which developing in-house provides the firm more control over the new product's location in product space. An empirical analysis of our testable predictions using pharmaceutical data concerning patents, patent expiration, and outsourcing at various stages of the R&D process supports our theoretical findings. Date: Thursday, October 7th Time: 4.30 to 6 pm (CET) Location: building D4, ground floor, room D4.0.133 The following COVID-19-related regulations apply to all events at the WU campus need to be fulfilled for attending the research seminar: 3G proof and controls * You should only attend classroom units if you are not ill. * To participate in presence units, you have to show a 3G certificate (Tested, Vaccinated, Convalescent) upon request. You can find details regarding certificates and their validity here<https://learn.wu.ac.at/open/distanzlehre/3gproof> * Please arrive on campus at least 30-45 minutes before the start of the course. To ensure that the checks can be carried out as quickly and smoothly as possible, please always bring your certificate with you on paper and have your photo ID ready as well. If necessary, please also follow the on-site guiding system. * Checks may take place in front of the building or at the beginning of the course and will be carried out by WU staff and WU security personnel. Compulsory attendance, WU check-in and contact tracing * Please use the WU check-in (checkin.wu.ac.a<http://checkin.wu.ac.a>t) at the beginning of each course unit and during exams and enter your seat number. You can find the number right on the coloured spot on the desk. Registering your attendance and documenting your seat number are the basis for (official) contact tracing; providing incorrect information can have unpleasant consequences (quarantine) for you. * In any case, please comply with the attendance regulations for the course, which were communicated in advance in the eVVZ. In case you do not fulfil the attendance obligation without a provable important reason for your absence(s) (i.e. events that you cannot directly influence), you cannot be assessed positively. * Currently, there is no obligation to wear a mouth-nose mask during courses and examinations. If you wish to wear an MNS voluntarily, you might have to take it off briefly for an identity check. 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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Stellenausschreibung WU Universitätsbibliothek – Fachreferent/in Volkswirtschaft
by Katzmayr, Michael 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, ich darf Ihnen folgende Stellenausschreibung an der Universitätsbibliothek der WU zur Kenntnis bringen: Fachreferent/in mit Schwerpunkt Volkswirtschaft, 40h/Woche, ab 01.12.2021 vorläufig befristet, mit der Möglichkeit einer unbefristeten Verlängerung. Tätigkeitsschwerpunkte der Stelle: * Weiterentwicklung des Literatur- und Informationsangebotes der Universitätsbibliothek, insbesondere im Bereich Volkswirtschaft * Verbessern und entwickeln von Serviceangeboten im Bereich Open Science, Open Access und Forschungsdatenmanagement * Mitarbeit bei der Betreuung der digitalen Sondersammlungen * Fachberatung für das wissenschaftlichen Personal und die Studierenden bei Fragen und Anliegen zum Angebot an Fachinformationen und dem Service-Portfolio der Universitätsbibliothek Die Bewerbungsfrist läuft bis zum 06.10.2021. Detaillierte Informationen zur Ausschreibung entnehmen Sie bitte der offiziellen Stellenanzeige: https://www.wu.ac.at/karriere/arbeiten-an-der-wu/jobangebote?yid=1116. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Michael Katzmayr -- Dr. Michael Katzmayr Universitätsbibliothek / Leitung Bestandsmanagement WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Gebäude LC Welthandelsplatz 1, A-1020 Wien Tel.: +43 1 31336 4930 Fax: +43 1 31336 704 E-Mail: michael.katzmayr(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:michael.katzmayr@wu.ac.at> Web: http://www.wu.ac.at/library

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Einladung zum Science Day 2021 - Verleihung der Oskar-Morgenstern-Medaille
by oeffentlichkeitsarbeit.wiwi＠univie.ac.at 24 Sep '21

24 Sep '21

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir laden die Mitglieder der Nationalökonomischen Gesellschaft herzlich zum Science Day 2021 der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften ein. Die Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften ist eine international anerkannte Forschungsinstitution, die nicht nur Top-Forschung betreibt, sondern deren Verbreitung und das Ansehen auch sichtbar fördern möchte. Mit diesem Ziel laden wir Sie ein zum Highlight der diesjährigen WiWi Aktionswoche <https://wiwi.univie.ac.at/aktionswoche/> : Science Day 2021 Ein Tag im Zeichen herausragender Forschungsleistungen Termin: Donnerstag, 7. Oktober 2021 Uhrzeit: 10 Uhr Ort: online Wir freuen uns, dass an diesem Tag hohe Auszeichnungen an exzellente Forscher*innen verliehen werden. Bereits zum fünften Mal setzen wir mit der <https://oskar-morgenstern-medaille.univie.ac.at/> Oskar-Morgenstern-Medaille ein besonderes Zeichen der Hochachtung und Wertschätzung von Wissenschaftler*innen, deren Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Wirtschaftswissenschaften wegweisend ist. Benannt ist die Auszeichnung nach Oskar Morgenstern, dem Mitbegründer der Spieltheorie, der bis 1938 Professor an der Universität Wien war. In diesem Jahr erhält die Auszeichnung eine hervorragende Wissenschaftlerin, die seit Jahrzehnten mit unserer Fakultät verbunden ist: Prof. Muriel Niederle Ph.D. ist Levin Professor of Economics an der Stanford University in Kalifornien. Nach ihrem Studium an der Universität Wien war sie am Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre tätig und promovierte anschließend an der Harvard University. Muriel Niederle ist eine weltweit führende Expertin der experimentellen Ökonomie und des Market Design und trug mit ihrer Forschung zu Geschlechterunterschieden im Wettbewerbsverhalten maßgeblich zur Diskussion um Bewerbungsverhalten am Arbeitsmarkt bei. Martin Kocher, Bundesminister für Arbeit, wird die Oskar-Morgenstern-Medaille überreichen. Das zweite Highlight am Science Day 2021 ist die Verleihung des Österreichischen Ehrenkreuzes für Wissenschaft und Kunst I. Klasse an einen emer. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz Wirl durch Heinz Faßmann, Bundesminister für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung. Die Veranstaltung findet aufgrund der Covid-19-Maßnahmen in kleinem Rahmen statt. Sie sind herzlich eingeladen, die Verleihung über den Live-Stream zu verfolgen: <https://oskar-morgenstern-medaille.univie.ac.at/> oskar-morgenstern-medaille.univie.ac.at Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme! Beste Grüße Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften -- Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften Universität Wien Dekanat der Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1; 1090 Wien T +43-1-4277-37040 oeffentlichkeitsarbeit.wiwi(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:oeffentlichkeitsarbeit.wiwi@univie.ac.at> <https://wiwi.univie.ac.at/> wiwi.univie.ac.at

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AGENDA ONLINE, REGISTRATION OPEN: Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2021 on “The causes and consequences of depopulation”, 29 Nov. to 1. Dec 2021
by VID, conference 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the programme of the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2021 on “The causes and consequences of depopulation”, taking place online from 29 Nov. to 1. Dec 2021, is now online and the online registration open. Please find all information on the conference website<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/vid/events/calendar/conferences/the-causes-and-co…>. Although global population is still growing, an ever larger number of regions and countries are experiencing a decline in population size. Undoubtedly, depopulation poses many challenges from economic, social, political, and strategic perspectives. In the public and policy discourse, negative views are often emphasised but may population decline also open up opportunities? This conference aims to bring together researchers from around the world working on population decline and its consequences. Next to a debate session hosted by the UNFPA we are happy to announce as keynote speakers: * David Bloom, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health * Josh Goldstein, University of California * Anne Goujon, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Knowledge Centre on Migration and Demography * Dubravka Šuica, , Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Democracy and Demography Kindly spread the information within your organisation/networks. Apologies for any cross postings. We are looking forward to welcoming you at the WIC Conference 2021 on Depopulation. With best regards, Petra Schmutz -------------------------------------------------- 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 petra.schmutz(a)oeaw.ac.at<mailto:petra.schmutz@oeaw.ac.at> www.oeaw.ac.at/vid<http://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid> www.wittgensteincentre.org follow us on Twitter @WiCVienna<https://twitter.com/WiCVienna> follow us on YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/c/ViennaInstituteofDemography>

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FIW-News: Seminare in International Economics im Herbst 2021
by fiw-pb 22 Sep '21

22 Sep '21

[FIW_Logo_de_en] Please click here for the English version Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, im heutigen Newsletter möchten wir Sie über die kommenden Seminare in International Economics im Herbst 2021 informieren. Das FIW bietet gemeinsam mit dem Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw) regelmäßig Vorlesungen in Form eines „Seminars in International Economics" an, zu denen wir Sie herzlich einladen. Folgende Seminare in International Economics finden im Herbst 2021 statt: * The Domestication of value chains. Can the Visegrád Group countries benefit from the Chinese experience? (Online event) * Growing imbalances of cross-border investment incomes: A ‘Fault Line’ in the Eurozone? (Online event) * Market Selection in Global Value Chains (Online event) * Climate Change and Internal Migration: Evidence from Global Census Data (Online event) * Reminder: Einladung zur Auftaktveranstaltung im Rahmen des Außenwirtschaftscurriculums 2021/22: Open Markets Matter (Webinar) Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: The Domestication of value chains. Can the Visegrád Group countries benefit from the Chinese experience? (Online event) The Domestication of value chains. Can the Visegrád Group countries benefit from the Chinese experience? (Online event) Vortragender: Tomasz Geodecki, Cracow University of Economics Zeit: Donnerstag, 30. September 2021, 15:00 Uhr Registrierungslink: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sLHfp0-cRaydRVAsr9K1-A Der Einwahllink wird Ihnen unmittelbar nach der Registrierung zugeschickt. Sprache: Englisch Description: Developing countries sometimes deploy local content requirements (LCRs) with a view to strengthening the capacity of domestic firms for industrial upgrading. They induce foreign lead firms to intensify cooperation with local suppliers and transfer technological knowledge in the process. The literature underscores the ineffectiveness of LCRs, as the gains for local suppliers tend to be offset by losses for final producers and consumers, yet treating LCRs as an innovation policy instrument may alter these outcomes. Taking the Chinese LCR policy pursued in 2004‒2014 in the high-tech and medium-high-tech (HT&MHT) sectors as a starting point, we intend to consider whether or not it can be replicated by the Visegrád Group countries (or the V4, i.e. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia). Apart from natural for the EU ban on violating free trade rules, the benefits of such policy would not offset the negative effects of decreased share of foreign demand. The authors’ research hypothesis is that LCRs cannot actually become an effective tool of the V4’s economic policy. In order to test it, three auxiliary questions were formulated: (1) Did the application of LCRs contribute to value-added in the Chinese economy?; (2) What were the mechanisms of LCRs’ impact on value-added in Chinese HT&MHT sectors?; and (3) Can the V4 countries follow the Chinese development path?. Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: Growing imbalances of cross-border investment incomes: A ‘Fault Line’ in the Eurozone? (Online event) Growing imbalances of cross-border investment incomes: A ‘Fault Line’ in the Eurozone? (Online event) Vortragender: Konstantin M. Wacker, University of Groningen Zeit: Donnerstag, 07. Oktober 2021, 15:00 Uhr Registrierungslink: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dzn1pXqcSKGFXzacguGJ-g Der Einwahllink wird Ihnen unmittelbar nach der Registrierung zugeschickt. Sprache: Englisch Description: The investment income balance has become an important component of current account imbalances – magnitudes above 5% of GDP are not uncommon in major economies. This paper investigates trends, dynamics, and potential determinants of cross-border investment income flows. The essential question I explore in this paper is whether those investment income imbalances can become a substantial problem for countries in the Eurozone, which lacks the exchange rate as an adjustment mechanism for such imbalances. I find no evidence for a particularly persistent or divergent pattern of imbalances in Euro area countries. However, investment incomes behave fundamentally different from other current account components and a negative association between the two is found exclusively for Euro area countries. This calls for a much more differentiated perspective on the current account in academic analysis and policy. Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: Market Selection in Global Value Chains (Online event) Market Selection in Global Value Chains (Online event) Vortragender: Simone Vannuccini, University of Sussex Business School Zeit: Donnerstag, 14. Oktober 2021, 16:00 Uhr Registrierungslink: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nch_T53NQSKm34AWeBsrvw Der Einwahllink wird Ihnen unmittelbar nach der Registrierung zugeschickt. Sprache: Englisch Description: The presentation is based on a paper<https://www.uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/uni/fakultaeten/sowi_faecher/vwl/BERG/…> co-authored with Philipp Mundt, Uwe Cantner, Hiroyasu Inoue, and Ivan Savin. The idea that market selection promotes survival and expansion of the “ﬁttest” producers is a key principle underlying theories of competition. Yet, despite its intuitive appeal, the hypothesis that companies with superior productivity also exhibit higher growth lacks empirical support. One reason for this is that companies are not “islands” that produce goods and services in isolation but depend on their suppliers in value chains, implying that excessive growth can also originate in the superior productive performance of these value-chain partners. Neglecting these dependencies in empirical tests of the selection hypothesis leads to measurement errors and may impair the identiﬁcation of competition for the market. In this paper, we use data from the World Input-Output Database to capture these global value-chain relationships in an empirical test for market selection, studying competition between country-sectors for a global market share in diﬀerent economic activities. Compared to the conventional view that focuses on individual productivities, our value-chain perspective on the productivity-growth nexus provides stronger empirical support for market selection. This suggests that the scope of selection reaches beyond the level of individual producers and requires a systemic analysis of production networks. Our ﬁndings contribute to a better understanding of the determinants of selection in competitive environments and also represent a novel application of global value-chain data. Einladung zum Seminar in International Economics: Climate Change and Internal Migration: Evidence from Global Census Data (Online event) Climate Change and Internal Migration: Evidence from Global Census Data (Online event) Vortragender: Roman Hoffmann, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Zeit: Donnerstag, 4. November 2021, 15:00 Uhr Registrierungslink: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vwvjGbVJTTC72Kd8w32jIw Der Einwahllink wird Ihnen unmittelbar nach der Registrierung zugeschickt. Sprache: Englisch Description: In this paper, we provide a systematic comparative analysis of climate-induced internal migration across 69 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean based on the micro census data supplied by the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) International over the period 1960-2015. Using the data from 188 censuses, we construct a longitudinal database at the sub-national regional level (Geo 1 census regions) with information on bilateral migration flows between the regions. Migration is estimated based on information on the previous residence of the census participants five or ten years prior to the respective census date (Garcia et al. 2015). In total, the data contains information on internal migration from 1600 census regions allowing us to estimate approximately 98000 bilateral migration flows. We use gravity-type fixed effects models to estimate internal migration flows induced by temperature and rainfall anomalies as well as drought taking into account both socioeconomic and climate drivers at the origin and destination. All models control for both region of origin as well as destination fixed effects and common time trends. We find a sizeable impact of negative precipitation anomalies, as well as weaker but significant impacts of heat anomalies and droughts on migration. Our findings furthermore suggest that also climatic conditions in destination regions influence migration flows to those regions. Fitting a series of spatial interaction models for different world regions, we find long-term heat stress increases out-migration in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean while internal migration flows decline in Africa as the frequency of dry years increase. For the latter, the vulnerable subgroups of population may be ‘trapped’ in the place with unfavorable climatic conditions since they do not have necessary resources to facilitate outmigration (Black et al. 2013). Reminder: Einladung zur Auftaktveranstaltung des Außenwirtschaftscurriculums 2021/22 (Webinar): Open Markets Matter Das Kompetenzzentrum Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft (FIW), die Verwaltungsakademie des Bundes, und das Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung und Wirtschaftsstandort laden Sie und Ihre interessierten Kolleginnen und Kollegen herzlich zur Teilnahme am Außenwirtschafts-Curriculum 2011/2022 ein. Die Auftaktveranstaltung zum Thema „Open Markets Matter“ mit Dr. Manfred Schekulin (BMDW) findet am 30. September 2021, 9 bis 11 Uhr als Webinar statt. Anmeldung erforderlich: https://my.demio.com/ref/PqbPIKbJZKBA7ydy 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 aktuelle Versionen von Firefox, Chrome, Edge oder Safari. Wenn Sie Probleme mit einem dieser Browser haben, versuchen Sie es bitte mit einem anderen. Alle Informationen zum Außenwirtschafts-Curriculum sowie zu den Seminaren 2021 und 2022 finden Sie hier: Informationen zum AW-Curriculum 2021/2022<https://fiw.ac.at/veranstaltungen/aussenwirtschafts-curriculum/aw-curriculu…> Einladung<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2021/Einladung_AW…> Programm<https://fiw.ac.at/fileadmin/Documents/Veranstaltungen/VAB/2021/Programm_AW-…> Anmeldelinks<https://fiw.ac.at/veranstaltungen/aussenwirtschafts-curriculum-2021-22/anme…> 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, In today's newsletter we would like to inform you about the upcoming Seminars in International Economics in autumn 2021. Together with the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), FIW offers regular lectures in the form of a "Seminar in International Economics", to which we cordially invite you. The following seminars in International Economics will take place in autumn 2021: * The Domestication of value chains. Can the Visegrád Group countries benefit from the Chinese experience? (Online event) * Growing imbalances of cross-border investment incomes: A ‘Fault Line’ in the Eurozone? (Online event) * Market Selection in Global Value Chains (Online event) * Climate Change and Internal Migration: Evidence from Global Census Data (Online event) * Reminder: Invitation to the kick-off event of the Foreign Trade Curriculum 2021/22: Open Markets Matter (Webinar in German language) Invitation to Seminar in International Economics: The Domestication of value chains. Can the Visegrád Group countries benefit from the Chinese experience? (Online event) The Domestication of value chains. Can the Visegrád Group countries benefit from the Chinese experience? (Online event) Speaker: Tomasz Geodecki, Cracow University of Economics Time: Thursday, 30 September 2021, 03:00 p.m. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sLHfp0-cRaydRVAsr9K1-A The dial-in link will be sent immediately after registration. Language: English Description: Developing countries sometimes deploy local content requirements (LCRs) with a view to strengthening the capacity of domestic firms for industrial upgrading. They induce foreign lead firms to intensify cooperation with local suppliers and transfer technological knowledge in the process. The literature underscores the ineffectiveness of LCRs, as the gains for local suppliers tend to be offset by losses for final producers and consumers, yet treating LCRs as an innovation policy instrument may alter these outcomes. Taking the Chinese LCR policy pursued in 2004‒2014 in the high-tech and medium-high-tech (HT&MHT) sectors as a starting point, we intend to consider whether or not it can be replicated by the Visegrád Group countries (or the V4, i.e. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia). Apart from natural for the EU ban on violating free trade rules, the benefits of such policy would not offset the negative effects of decreased share of foreign demand. The authors’ research hypothesis is that LCRs cannot actually become an effective tool of the V4’s economic policy. In order to test it, three auxiliary questions were formulated: (1) Did the application of LCRs contribute to value-added in the Chinese economy?; (2) What were the mechanisms of LCRs’ impact on value-added in Chinese HT&MHT sectors?; and (3) Can the V4 countries follow the Chinese development path?. Invitation to Seminar in International Economics: Growing imbalances of cross-border investment incomes: A ‘Fault Line’ in the Eurozone? (Online event) Growing imbalances of cross-border investment incomes: A ‘Fault Line’ in the Eurozone? (Online event) Speaker: Konstantin M. Wacker, University of Groningen Time: Thursday, 07 October 2021, 03:00 p.m. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dzn1pXqcSKGFXzacguGJ-g The dial-in link will be sent immediately after registration. Language: English Description: The investment income balance has become an important component of current account imbalances – magnitudes above 5% of GDP are not uncommon in major economies. This paper investigates trends, dynamics, and potential determinants of cross-border investment income flows. The essential question I explore in this paper is whether those investment income imbalances can become a substantial problem for countries in the Eurozone, which lacks the exchange rate as an adjustment mechanism for such imbalances. I find no evidence for a particularly persistent or divergent pattern of imbalances in Euro area countries. However, investment incomes behave fundamentally different from other current account components and a negative association between the two is found exclusively for Euro area countries. This calls for a much more differentiated perspective on the current account in academic analysis and policy. Invitation to Seminar in International Economics: Market Selection in Global Value Chains (Online event) Market Selection in Global Value Chains (Online event) Speaker: Simone Vannuccini, University of Sussex Business School Time: Thursday, 14 October 2021, 04:00 p.m. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nch_T53NQSKm34AWeBsrvw The dial-in link will be sent immediately after registration. Language: English Description: The presentation is based on a paper<https://www.uni-bamberg.de/fileadmin/uni/fakultaeten/sowi_faecher/vwl/BERG/…> co-authored with Philipp Mundt, Uwe Cantner, Hiroyasu Inoue, and Ivan Savin. The idea that market selection promotes survival and expansion of the “ﬁttest” producers is a key principle underlying theories of competition. Yet, despite its intuitive appeal, the hypothesis that companies with superior productivity also exhibit higher growth lacks empirical support. One reason for this is that companies are not “islands” that produce goods and services in isolation but depend on their suppliers in value chains, implying that excessive growth can also originate in the superior productive performance of these value-chain partners. Neglecting these dependencies in empirical tests of the selection hypothesis leads to measurement errors and may impair the identiﬁcation of competition for the market. In this paper, we use data from the World Input-Output Database to capture these global value-chain relationships in an empirical test for market selection, studying competition between country-sectors for a global market share in diﬀerent economic activities. Compared to the conventional view that focuses on individual productivities, our value-chain perspective on the productivity-growth nexus provides stronger empirical support for market selection. This suggests that the scope of selection reaches beyond the level of individual producers and requires a systemic analysis of production networks. Our ﬁndings contribute to a better understanding of the determinants of selection in competitive environments and also represent a novel application of global value-chain data. Invitation to Seminar in International Economics: Climate Change and Internal Migration: Evidence from Global Census Data (Online event) Climate Change and Internal Migration: Evidence from Global Census Data (Online event) Speaker: Roman Hoffmann, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Time Thursday, 4 November 2021, 03 p.m. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vwvjGbVJTTC72Kd8w32jIw The dial-in link will be sent immediately after registration. Sprache: English Description: In this paper, we provide a systematic comparative analysis of climate-induced internal migration across 69 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean based on the micro census data supplied by the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) International over the period 1960-2015. Using the data from 188 censuses, we construct a longitudinal database at the sub-national regional level (Geo 1 census regions) with information on bilateral migration flows between the regions. Migration is estimated based on information on the previous residence of the census participants five or ten years prior to the respective census date (Garcia et al. 2015). In total, the data contains information on internal migration from 1600 census regions allowing us to estimate approximately 98000 bilateral migration flows. We use gravity-type fixed effects models to estimate internal migration flows induced by temperature and rainfall anomalies as well as drought taking into account both socioeconomic and climate drivers at the origin and destination. All models control for both region of origin as well as destination fixed effects and common time trends. We find a sizeable impact of negative precipitation anomalies, as well as weaker but significant impacts of heat anomalies and droughts on migration. Our findings furthermore suggest that also climatic conditions in destination regions influence migration flows to those regions. Fitting a series of spatial interaction models for different world regions, we find long-term heat stress increases out-migration in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean while internal migration flows decline in Africa as the frequency of dry years increase. For the latter, the vulnerable subgroups of population may be ‘trapped’ in the place with unfavorable climatic conditions since they do not have necessary resources to facilitate outmigration (Black et al. 2013). Reminder: Invitation to the kick-off event of the Foreign Trade Curriculum 2021/22: Open Markets Matter (Webinar) The FIW - Research Centre International Economics, the VAB, and the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs invite you and your interested colleagues to participate in the Foreign Trade Curriculum 2021/22. The kick-off event on the topic "Open Markets Matter" (in German language) with Dr Manfred Schekulin (BMDW) will take place as a webinar on September 30, 2021, 9 to 11 a.m. Registration link: https://my.demio.com/ref/PqbPIKbJZKBA7ydy You will receive the dial-in link immediately after registration. Technical requirements: This webinar should work in all recent browsers, on all common devices including tablets and smartphones. 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