wir freuen uns, Sie über die neuesten Entwicklungen des FIW-Projekts
informieren zu dürfen.
Dieses Mal mit folgendem Inhalt:
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Seminar „Brexit“
Montag, 4. Dezember 2017
(The Seminar will be held in German.)
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Fritz Breuss (WU Wien und WIFO)
Zeit: 9:00 Uhr (pünktlich) bis 12:30 Uhr
Ort: Bundeskanzleramt, Hohenstaufengasse 3, 1014 Wien
Anmeldung: Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Eine Anmeldung ist bis 29.11.2017 unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=977 möglich.
Inhalte:
Veranstaltungsreihe: „Aktuelle volkswirtschaftliche Fragen im Rahmen von internationaler Wirtschaft und Europäischer Integration"
Bitte entnehmen Sie weitere Informationen der beiliegenden Einladung.
Anmerkung für Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer aus dem Wirtschaftsministerium: Für den Besuch dieses Seminars wird seitens der Personalabteilung 1 Bildungscredit angerechnet.
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27. AW-Vorlesung
1817-2017: von David Ricardo zur Handelspolitik von US-Präsident Trump
Donnerstag, 7. Dezember 2017
(The Seminar will be held in German.)
Univ.-Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, PhD (ifo Institut München)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Landesmann (wiiw und JKU Linz)
Begrüßung: Dr. Manfred Schekulin (BMWFW)
Diskussionsleitung: Dr. Manfred Schekulin (BMWFW)
Literatur: FIW Policy Brief Nr. 37 (November 2017)
Zeit: 9:15 Uhr (pünktlich) bis 10:30 Uhr
Ort: Wirtschaftsministerium, Stubenring 1, 1010 Wien, 5. Stock, Pressezentrum
Anmeldung erforderlich unter http://www.fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=1050
AW-Vorlesungen ist eine Veranstaltungsreihe, bei der politikrelevante aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Bereich internationale Wirtschaft praxisnah präsentiert und diskutiert werden.
Die Vorlesung basiert auf dem neuen FIW Policy Brief Nr. 37„Effekte der US-Präsidentschaft Trump – Neuer Protektionismus“.
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FIW-wiiw Seminar in International Economics
Reassessing the gains from trade liberalisation using the synthetic control method
Monday, 11 December 2017
(The Seminar will be held in English.)
Florian Kaulich, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU-Wien)
Date: 11 December 2017, 3 p.m.
Venue: wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna
Registration: https://wiiw.ac.at/reassessing-the-gains-from-trade-liberalisation-using-the-synthetic-control-method-e-370.html
Abstract: This study investigates the effect of trade liberalisation on GDP per capita in a global panel of countries. While the theoretical literature broadly suggests a positive impact, the empirical verification of this relationship is complicated by the well-known problem of endogeneity. A relatively new approach to overcome this limitation is the synthetic control method (SCM), which compares the post-liberalisation GDP trajectory of a country that liberalised with the trajectory of a combination of similar economies that did not liberalise. Although this method is widely praised for being data-driven, transparent and less prone to specification searching, it has recently come under heavy criticism for actually failing to meet any of these criteria. The aim of this study is, therefore, to reassess the trade-income-relationship in light of the current debate on the possibilities and limitations of SCM, and to extend earlier studies by estimating the average effect of liberalisation for different groups of countries.
This seminar series is an activity in the framework of FIW ('Forschungsschwerpunkt Internationale Wirtschaft'), a project designed to build a centre of excellence in research on International Economics, funded by the Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW).
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PRONTO Call for Papers
Quantifying Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade and Investment
Submission deadline: 29 November 2017
(The Conference will be held in English.)
Over the past fifty years, there has been significant progress in lowering tariff barriers to international trade. This has led to a growing awareness of the importance of what are termed the "new” Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs). The relevance of these new NTMs has grown with the rising importance of global sourcing and multinational enterprises. Today, with the dominance of global value chains and the increased tradability of non-tangible products, we are confronted with new and important questions about the impact of NTMs on competitiveness and productivity. To better understand these issues, we invite the submission of papers on the following topics:
The selected papers will be presented at the
PRONTO Final Conference
18-19 January 2017, Vienna
Venue: University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, Sky Lounge
Registration: https://wiiw.ac.at/quantifying-non-tariff-barriers-to-trade-and-investment-e-369.html
Organised by:
Joseph Francois (University of Bern, WTI, and CEPR)
Ron Davies (University College Dublin)
Local organisers:
Robert Stehrer (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies)
Veronika Cervinka-Janýrová (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies) ,
How to apply
To propose a paper for the conference, please submit abstracts of 200-250 words. The abstract should give the paper title, a short description of the research paper, including the aim of the research, main results (if already available), methodology etc. Each paper will be discussed by another participant, (you will be asked to indicate whether you are willing to act as a discussant on your reply form). If you have a draft version of the paper, please submit this with the abstract.
For CEPR members, please submit your paper via the CEPR online system by visiting http://dev3.cepr.org/accounts/login.asp?NewURL=/accounts/config/accountconfig.asp. If you do not have a personal profile to use this area of the CEPR website as yet, you can create one here: www.cepr.org/active/accounts/register.php. Authors who are not CEPR members can email their submission to Amanda Vincent-Rous in the CEPR Events team at avincentrous@cepr.org with the subject header ‘2503 –PRONTO Final Conference’.
The application deadline is 18:00 GMT on Wednesday 29 November 2017. We aim to notify successful applicants by mid-December 2017.
Further information can be found in the attached document.
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Das Kompetenzzentrum FIW (http://www.fiw.ac.at/) ist ein Projekt von WIFO, wiiw und WSR im Auftrag des BMWFW. Die Kooperationsvereinbarungen des FIW mit der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, der Universität Wien und der Johannes
Kepler Universität Linz werden aus Hochschulraumstrukturmitteln gefördert.)
The ‘center of excellence’ FIW (http://www.fiw.ac.at/) is a project of WIFO, wiiw and WSR on behalf of the BMWFW. The FIW cooperation with the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University Vienna and the Johannes Kepler University Linz is supported by the former Federal Ministry of Science and Research (now integrated in the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy).