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INVITATION to Eastern Partnership Workshop “Connectivity in EU’s Wider Eastern Neighbourhood” - 29 November 2018, Vienna
by wiiw Events (noeg) 09 Nov '18

09 Nov '18

View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201811090939-en.html] Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to invite you to a dedicated Workshop organised in cooperation with the Friedrich Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe (FES-ROCPE) [https://www.eu2018.at/de/] under the auspices of the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council [https://www.eu2018.at/de/] CONNECTIVITY IN EU’S WIDER EASTERN NEIGHBOURHOOD Eastern Partnership External Relations Workshop THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2018, 9.30-17.30 Austrian Central Bank (OeNB) Otto-Wagner Platz 3, 1090 Vienna Welcome and Opening THOMAS M. BUCHSBAUM, Special Envoy on Eastern Partnership, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs and HANNES SWOBODA, President, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) Panel I: The development of the EAEU and the EU, and effective multilateralism The panel will compare the very different stages of institutional and integrational developments of the EAEU and the EU as well as the respective goals and prospects of the two integrations. _Panelists: _DIRK SCHÜBEL (European External Action Service, Brussels) - ANDREAS STADLER (Austrian diplomat and political scientist, Vienna) - ANDREA HOFER (Austrian Central Bank, Vienna) - EKATERINA DYACHENKO (Court of the Eurasian Economic Union, Minsk) - ALEXANDRA DIENES (FES ROCPE, Vienna) Panel II: Macro-economic aspects and effects of EU-EAEU cooperation and potential integration The panel will discuss potential effects of integration, focusing on economic growth, trade and foreign direct investments. _Panelists: _NATHANIEL YOUNG (EBRD, London) - DIANA GALOYAN (Armenian State University of Economics, Yerevan) - VIACHASLAU YARASHEVICH (International University “MITSO”, Minsk) - VALERYI PYATNYCKYI (Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, Thessaloniki) - AMAT ADAROV (wiiw, Vienna) - PETER HAVLIK (wiiw, Vienna) Panel III: Sectoral connectivity, including infrastructure, energy and labor markets issues The panel will deal with the priority areas transport infrastructure, energy and mobility, as well as issues related to labour market developments. _Panelists_: HERMINE VIDOVIC (wiiw, Vienna) - YURI SHCHERBANIN (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow) - IGOR BURAKOVSKY (Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting, Kyiv) - JOHANNES LEITNER (University of Applied Sciences, Vienna) - MICHAEL LANDESMANN (wiiw, Vienna) Enclosed, please find the Outline and Agenda of the Workshop, which will be held in English. We kindly ask you to REGISTER for the event via the following link [https://wiiw.ac.at/e-409.html] and look forward to seeing you at an insightful discussion. Yours sincerely, Thomas M. Buchsbaum, Special Envoy on Eastern Partnership, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Peter Havlik, Economist and Former Deputy Director, wiiw Alexandra Dienes, Research Associate, FES-ROCPE 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 ©2018 wiiw, all rights reserved.

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REMINDER: FIW-wiiw Seminars in International Economics, 12 November 2018
by wiiw Events (noeg) 07 Nov '18

07 Nov '18

View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201811070853-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: ESTIMATING THE TRADE AND WELFARE EFFECTS OF BREXIT. A PANEL DATA STRUCTURAL GRAVITY MODEL MICHAEL PFAFFERMAYR University of Innsbruck, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) MONDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2018, 3:00 PM (15:00 CET) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna FIW-wiiw Seminars in International Economics [https://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html] This paper proposes a new panel data structural gravity approach for estimating the trade and welfare effects of Brexit. The suggested Constrained Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood Estimator exhibits some useful properties for trade policy analysis and allows to obtain estimates and confidence intervals which are consistent with structural trade theory. Assuming different counterfactual post-Brexit scenarios, our main findings suggest that UK's exports of goods to the EU are likely to decline within a range between 7.2 percent and 45.7 percent (EU's exports to UK by 5.9 percent to 38.2 percent) six years after the Brexit has taken place. For the UK, the negative trade effects are only partially offset by an increase in domestic goods trade and trade with third countries, inducing a decline in UK's real income between 1.4 percent and 5.7 percent under the hard Brexit scenario. The estimated welfare effects for the EU are negligible in magnitude and statistically not different from zero. ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/estimating-the-trade-and-welfare-effects-of-brexit-a-pan…] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-404.html] for the event. Participation is free of charge. Best regards, Julia Grübler [https://wiiw.ac.at/julia-gruebler-s-866.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 ©2018 wiiw, all rights reserved.

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[International_seminars] International Seminar European Centre 7.11 (12h30-14h00): Reaching hard-to-reach migrant populations using different methodologies
by rodrigues＠euro.centre.org 06 Nov '18

06 Nov '18

Dear Sir / Madame, We would like to invite you to our upcoming event in the International Seminar series of the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research: Reaching hard-to-reach migrant populations using different methodologies: the Italian experience presented by: Dr. Livia Elisa Ortensi, University of Milan (Italy) Date: Wednesday, 11 November 2018, 12:30 – 14:00 Location: Seminar Room at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Berggasse 17, 1090 Vienna For more information please refer to: https://www.euro.centre.org/events/detail/3274 Registration for the event is mandatory and free of charge, at: https://www.euro.centre.org/events/register/3274 Please feel free to disseminate this information in your professional network. Thank you very much in advance. Kind regards, Ricardo Rodrigues _______________________________________________ International_seminars mailing list International_seminars(a)euro.centre.org https://lists.euro.centre.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/international_semina…

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Einladung | VOSTA Freitagsseminar | Martin Wolf
by Event-Management 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

E-Mail im Browser anzeigen.<http://oenb-events.com/VOSTA%20Wolf?mid=ZGIwYTA3YjgyNGU1ZmRiZGU2NmFlNjg2MTl…>. [https://files.oenb-events.com/108-55a9b3195c6a44a008cca477a916e337.jpg] EINLADUNG ________________________________ Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, wir laden Sie herzlich zum VOSTA Freitagsseminar mit Herrn Martin Wolf, Universität Wien, mit dem Titel "Optimal Prudential Policy in Economies with Downward Wage Rigidity" ein. Termin: Freitag, 9. November 2018 um 11.00 Uhr Ort: Oesterreichische Nationalbank Veranstaltungssaal, Erdgeschoss Otto-Wagner-Platz 3 1090 Wien Abstract: This paper studies optimal policy in economies with downward nominal wage rigidity when only prudential instruments are available. The optimal prudential policy intervenes in the labor market while all other markets may clear competitively. In contrast to fiscal devaluation where labor is subsidized in recessions, the prudential policy taxes labor in expansions as this curtails unemployment in recessions. However, the economy produces below potential in expansions. We analyse this trade-off theoretically and quantitatively by applying the model to Greece. We find that prudential intervention before 2008 would have significantly reduced Greek unemployment after 2008. The welfare cost of downward wage rigidity is reduced by about half. Our results hold in a Walrasian labor market, and in a labor market with wage-setting firms. Um Ihre verlässliche An- bzw. Abmeldung ersuchen wir bis Dienstag, 6. November 2018, unter event-management(a)oenb.at<mailto:event-management@oenb.at>. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Event-Management Die OeNB freut sich, wenn Sie an der Zusendung von Einladungen interessiert sind. Sollten Sie von diesem Service keinen weiteren Gebrauch machen wollen, bitten wir Sie, ein E-Mail an event-management(a)oenb.at<mailto:event-management@oenb.at> zu senden. Wir weisen darauf hin, dass im Rahmen der Veranstaltung, Foto-, Ton- und Filmaufnahmen für Veröffentlichungen der OeNB gemacht werden können. Weitere Informationen zur EU Datenschutzgrundverordnung (DSGVO) finden Sie unter www.oenb.at/datenschutz<http://www.oenb.at/datenschutz>. Oesterreichische Nationalbank Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Wien event-management(a)oenb.at<mailto:event-management@oenb.at> _________________ Diese Nachricht wurde vom OeNB Mailserver TLS verschluesselt empfangen Diese E-Mail kann vertrauliche Informationen enthalten und irrtümlich an Sie gelangt sein. In diesem Fall informieren Sie bitte sofort die Absenderin bzw. den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail oder von Teilen dieser Mail sind nicht gestattet. Informationen gemäß DSGVO zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten durch die OeNB finden Sie unter www.oenb.at/datenschutz<https://www.oenb.at/datenschutz>.

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INVITATION: Policy Perspectives for European Integration, 15 November 2018
by wiiw Events (noeg) 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201810310937-en.html] Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: THE NEW VIEW ON FISCAL POLICY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EMU ATANAS PEKANOV Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) THURSDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2018, 5:00 PM (17:00 CET) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, lecture hall (entrance from the ground floor) Policy Perspectives for European Integration [https://wiiw.ac.at/policy-perspectives-for-european-integration-es-15.html] The New View on fiscal policy represents a rethinking of the mainstream consensus on the optimal macroeconomic policy mix. It focuses on a reassessment of the relative effectiveness of fiscal policy and its ability to stabilize the economy when monetary policy reaches its limit. This paper aims to present in detail the main principles of The New View, to extend them, bring additional theoretical and empirical evidence, as well as concrete policy implications for the architecture of the European Monetary Union. The New View builds upon five core principles. Firstly, fiscal policy is a significant and efficient complement to monetary policy at the zero lower bound on theoretical grounds. Secondly, we take a closer look at the empirical evidence on government spending multipliers in a recession, both in the DSGE and in the VAR literature, and show it points to much higher multipliers than in normal times. Thirdly, we provide evidence to why fiscal space is actually higher than normally perceived in a recession, because fiscal stimuli can pay for themselves by enhancing current growth and potential output. We shortly discuss whether it is not better to have a sustained stimulus rather than a short one and whether enhanced global spillover effects in an environment of insufficient aggregate demand further enhance fiscal policy effectiveness. All of the above arguments point to the welfare enhancing effects of fiscal stimulus during a zero lower bound episode and that an approach, led by the New View, would have delivered better macroeconomic outcomes during the Eurozone crisis. We then discuss what such an approach could mean for a more resilient EMU architecture and for stabilization mechanisms in the Euro Area. ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/the-new-view-on-fiscal-policy-and-its-implications-for-t…] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-405.html] for the event. Best regards, Sandor Richter [https://wiiw.ac.at/sandor-richter-s-14.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 ©2018 wiiw, all rights reserved.

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Invitation: Public Lecture Prof. Kathrin Zippel, Nov. 22, 2018
by IHS Event 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

[cid:image001.jpg@01D46F89.F7C6F180] PUBLIC LECTURE INVITATION The Research Platform Gender & Diversity in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research cordially invite you to Prof. Kathrin Zippel's public lecture: Date: Thursday, November 22nd, 2018, 2:00 - 4:00 pm Venue: Institute for Advanced Studies, Lecture Room Josefstädter Strasse 39, 1080 Vienna RSVP: gender(a)ihs.ac.at<mailto:gender@ihs.ac.at> until November 19th, 2018 Program: Lecture including discussion, there will be light refreshments "Women in Global Science: Advancing Careers through International Collaboration" with Kathrin Zippel, Northeastern University (Boston, USA)<https://cssh.northeastern.edu/people/faculty/kathrin-zippel/> Abstract Scientific and engineering research is increasingly global, and international collaboration can be essential to academic success. Yet even as administrators and policymakers extol the benefits of global science, few recognize the diversity of international research collaborations and their participants, or take gendered inequalities into account. Zippel considers systematically the challenges and opportunities that the globalization of scientific work brings to U.S. academics, especially for women faculty. While some have approached underrepresentation as a national concern with a national solution, Zippel highlights how gender relations are reconfigured in global academia. The case of STEM fields shows how gendered cultures and structures in academia persists and contribute to an underrepresentation of women also in global science. But for U.S. women in particular, international collaboration offers opportunities to step outside of exclusionary networks at home. International collaboration is not the panacea to gendered inequalities in academia, but, as Zippel argues, international considerations can be key to ending the steady attrition of women in STEM fields and developing a more inclusive academic world. There will be comments by Karin Schönpflug (IHS), Maria Schreiber (University of Vienna) and Laura Wiesböck (University of Vienna). The event will be moderated by Angela Wroblewski (IHS). We are looking forward to seeing you! DIRECTIONS TO IHS on Google maps<https://www.google.at/maps/place/Institut+f%C3%BCr+H%C3%B6here+Studien/@48.…> [Bildergebnis fÃ¼r bmbwf]<https://bmbwf.gv.at/wissenschaft-hochschulen/gleichstellung-und-diversitaet…> [cid:image003.png@01D46F89.F7C6F180]<http://www.ihs.ac.at/> Impressum: Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) Josefstädter Straße 39, 1080 Vienna Tel: +43-1-59991-0 Email: gender(at)ihs.ac.at Web: www.ihs.ac.at ZVR-Zahl: 066207973 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. If you no longer wish to receive our mailings please send an e-mail to: event(a)ihs.ac.at.

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WU Economic Research Seminar 14.11.18, Dieter Pennerstorfer (JKU)
by Oberhofer, Harald 30 Oct '18

30 Oct '18

Dear colleagues, The Department of Economics cordially invites you to the WU Economic Research Seminar (Department Seminar) on Wednesday, November 14, with Dieter Pennerstorfer (JKU Linz) on "When Weak Ties are Strong: Ethnic Enclaves, Information Frictions, and Labor Market Sorting of Immigrants" Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the effects of ethnic enclaves on the economic prospects of newly arrived immigrants. Using a geo-coded full population longitudinal matched employer-employee data for Stockholm metropolitan region, we create dyads between residential neighborhoods and potential workplace neighborhoods for newly arrived unemployed immigrants from the Balkans and the Middle East, who arrived to Sweden during two distinct time periods following wars. By estimating a conditional logit model on the first workplace location, we control for unobserved individual heterogeneity, as well as general enclave effects stemming from the residential neighborhood. We find that immigrants are more likely to find their first jobs in locations where many ethnic peers from their neighborhoods are employed. Our analysis provides evidence for causal effects from ethnic networks on reducing labor market frictions associated with information on jobs and job locations. Time and place: Wednesday, November 14, 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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Workshop "Macroeconomic policy in the Eurozone", November 26th, 2018
by Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

Attached please find the program of the Workshop "Macroeconomic policy in the Eurozone", which will take place at the Vienna University of Economics and Business on November 26th, 2018. The workshop is jointly organized by the Department of Economics of the Vienna University of Economics and Business and Agenda Austria and aims to gather local and international academics, students and researchers interested in the topic of macroeconomic policy in the Eurozone. Prof. Isabel Schnabel (University of Bonn) will be the keynote speaker of the workshop. Please register here: https://www.wu.ac.at/economics/news-vwl-special-pages/news-details-vwl/deta… All the best, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma Professor of Economics Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1 1020 Vienna (Austria) T: +43(1)31336-4530 F: +43(1)31336-728 E: jcrespo(a)wu.ac.at H: http://www.wu.ac.at/vw1/m/crespo

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INVITATION: FIW-wiiw Seminars in International Economics, 12 November 2018
by wiiw Events (noeg) 29 Oct '18

29 Oct '18

View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201810290957-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: ESTIMATING THE TRADE AND WELFARE EFFECTS OF BREXIT. A PANEL DATA STRUCTURAL GRAVITY MODEL MICHAEL PFAFFERMAYR University of Innsbruck, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) MONDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 2018, 3:00 PM (15:00 CET) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna FIW-wiiw Seminars in International Economics [https://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html] This paper proposes a new panel data structural gravity approach for estimating the trade and welfare effects of Brexit. The suggested Constrained Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood Estimator exhibits some useful properties for trade policy analysis and allows to obtain estimates and confidence intervals which are consistent with structural trade theory. Assuming different counterfactual post-Brexit scenarios, our main findings suggest that UK's exports of goods to the EU are likely to decline within a range between 7.2 percent and 45.7 percent (EU's exports to UK by 5.9 percent to 38.2 percent) six years after the Brexit has taken place. For the UK, the negative trade effects are only partially offset by an increase in domestic goods trade and trade with third countries, inducing a decline in UK's real income between 1.4 percent and 5.7 percent under the hard Brexit scenario. The estimated welfare effects for the EU are negligible in magnitude and statistically not different from zero. ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/estimating-the-trade-and-welfare-effects-of-brexit-a-pan…] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-404.html] for the event. Participation is free of charge. Best regards, Julia Grübler [https://wiiw.ac.at/julia-gruebler-s-866.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 ©2018 wiiw, all rights reserved.

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Hanns Abele Preis 2018
by Ulrich Berger 25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, ich möchte Sie gerne auf die diesjährige Ausschreibung des *Hanns Abele Preis* aufmerksam machen und ersuche Sie, diese in Frage kommenden MitarbeiterInnen bzw. AbsolventInnen zu kommunizieren. Der Preis ist mit € 2.000,- dotiert und richtet sich an junge PostDocs, die in ihrer Dissertation zur wissenschaftlichen Fundierung von Wirtschaftspolitik gearbeitet haben. Die Bewerbungsfrist ist der 30. November 2018. Alle Details finden Sie im Anhang oder unter https://www.wu.ac.at/vw5/hanns-abele-prize/. Mit besten Grüßen, Ulrich Berger -- Univ.Prof. Dr.Dr. Ulrich Berger Institute for Analytical Economics WU Vienna, Department of Economics https://www.wu.ac.at/vw5/mitarbeiter/ulrich-berger/

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