The Inter-American Development Bank, the largest and leading source of financing for regional development in Latin America and the Caribbean, is seeking highly qualified Economists to work in the Integration and Trade Sector. Candidates must have proven research experience in specialized trade and economic integration issues, in particular in areas such as trade-related labor market dynamics, trade finance, transport costs and trade facilitation; foreign investment and financial market integration. He/she will be part of a team with a mission to influence regional policies and IDB loan and technical assistance programs in these areas.
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Call for Papers: Royal Economic Society Conference 2016
University of Sussex, 21 to 23 March 2016
Submissions are invited for the 2016 Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society, taking place from Monday 21 March to Wednesday 23 March 2016 at the University of Sussex, Brighton.
Submissions of papers and special sessions are invited from academic, government and business economists in any field of economics and econometrics. The deadlines for submissions are as follows:
- Deadline for the submission of papers: 11 October 2015. This must be done via the link available on the conference webpage.
- Deadline for the submission of special session proposals: 1 November 2015. These should be sent by email to the Programme Chair () and should include a short description of the intended session along with the proposed list of contributors (typically three/four, perhaps including the proposer) and indicative paper titles.
- Notification of acceptance will be by the end of December 2015, while online registration opens from January 2016.
The keynotes lectures will be given by:
- Esther Duflo (MIT) – Economic Journal Lecture
- Kristin Forbes (MIT and MPC) – Hahn Lecture
- Susanne Schennach (Brown) – Sargan Lecture
In addition to the main conference agenda, there will be a drinks reception on Monday 21 March at the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, set in the beautiful Pavilion Gardens, with the opportunity for delegates to tour the Royal Pavilion. The conference Gala Dinner will take place at Brighton’s iconic seafront Grand Hotel onTuesday 22 March.
Further information about the conference, including details of financial assistance for PhD students, is available via the conference webpage: http://www.res.org.uk/view/0/2016conference_home.html
Authors of papers accepted for presentation at the 2016 RES conference will be entitled to submit their papers for possible publication in the associated conference issue of the Economic Journal.
Please feel free to contact the Programme Chair (Richard Dickens) or Deputy Programme Chair (Holger Breinlich) if you have questions about this Call, or the Local Organiser (Dimitra Petropoulou) with wider questions about the conference.
New Working Papers – August 2015
The following working papers have recently been added to our working papers page.
Dreher, Axel, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky and Michael J. Tierney (2015) “Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance”
Hessami, Zohal, Claudio Thum and Silke Uebelmesser (2012) “A Political Economy Explanation for In‐kind Redistribution: The Interplay of Corruption and Democracy”
Krishna, Kala (2014)“Wheat or Strawberries? Intermediated Trade with Limited Contracting”
Krishna, Kala, Sergey Lychagin and Veronica Frisancho Robles (2015) “Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?”
Lake, James (2015) “Why don’t more countries form Customs Unions instead of Free Trade Agreements? The role of flexibility”
Lake, James and Maia Linask (2015) “Domestic political competition and pro-cyclical import protection”
Magda, Iga , David Marsden and Simone Moriconi (2015) “Lower coverage but stronger unions? Institutional changes and union wage premia in central Europe”
8th FIW Research Conference ‘International Economics’
December 3-4, 2015 – WIFO (Austrian Institute of Economic Research)
Venue: WIFO (Austrian Institute of Economic Research), Arsenal, Object 20, 1030 Vienna
Keynote Lecture: Prof. Dr. Franz Hubert (Humboldt-Unviversity Berlin)
The Research Centre International Economics – FIW announces its 8th Research Conference that is jointly organized with the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) Regensburg, the Ifo Institute, the University of Ljubljana and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA KRTK) and invites the submission of papers to be presented at the conference. The main objective of the conference is to provide a platform for economists working in the field of ‘International Economics’ in Austria and its neighbouring countries to present recent research.
Papers from Ph.D. students, post-graduate students, young faculty members and young researchers in similar positions are particularly welcome as the conference aims to support and encourage young economists by providing an opportunity to present their work. Participants will have the opportunity to interact in a dynamic and open atmosphere and to discuss their papers/research ideas with experts in the field of ‘International Economics’.
TOPICS COVERED
The broad topic of the conference is ‘International Economics’. This includes, inter alia, the areas of Trade, International Factor Movements, Economic Integration, Trade Policy, International Trade Organizations, Economic Growth of Open Economies, Multinational Firms, International Macroeconomics and other related fields.
Deadline for Submission: September 14, 2015
New Working Papers – July 2015
The following working papers have recently been added to our working papers page.
Anesi, Vincent and Giovanni Facchini (2014) “Coercive Trade Policy“
Baland, Jean-Marie, Rohini Somanathan and Zaki Wahhaj (2014) “Group Lending and Endogenous Social Sanctions“
Basu, Kaushik and Avinash Dixit (2014) “Too Small to Regulate“
Besedes, Tibor (2014) “The Effects of European Integration on the Stability of International Trade: A Duration Perspective“
Brown, James R., J.Anthony Cookson and Rawley Heimer (2015) “Law and Finance Matter: Lessons from Externally Imposed Courts“
Camarero, Mariam, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D. and Cecilio Tamarit (2013) “Trade Openness and Income: A Tale of Two Regions“
Cookson, J. Anthony (2014) “Economic Consequences of Judicial Institutions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”
Eberhardt, Markus, Zheng Wang and Zhihong Yu (2015) “From One to Many Central Plans: Drug Advertising Inspections and Intra-National Protectionism in China”
Lopes da Fonseca, M. and T. Baskaran (2015) “Re-evaluating the economic costs of conflicts”
Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada, Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D. and Kai Rehwald (2014) “Is aid for trade effective? A Quantile Regression Approach“
Exploratory research grants
The Centre for Economic Policy Research and the Department for International Development, through their private enterprise development in low-income countries initiative, invite applications for their exploratory research grants. These enable researchers to explore new approaches to the study of firms in low-income countries and develop new or existing sources of data on these firms. Research may relate to private enterprises of all sizes and should produce results that will be useful for policy-making. Proposals should address the following themes:
•modelling market frictions in low-income countries using newly available data;
•understanding how constraints interact using micro-founded macro models;
•the dynamics of SMEs – informality and entrepreneurship;
•the role of export-oriented industries in driving growth.
Proposals that address fragile and conflict-affected states, gender, and climate, environment and social compliance are particularly encouraged.
Only individuals, or teams with an individual representative, may apply.
Grants are worth between £10,000 and £35,000 over one year.
Closing date 30 Jul 15 (Forecast)
Welcome new members
We would like to welcome the following new members of the InsTED network.
Prof.Lee J. Alston (Indiana University) His research interests have focused on the important roles of institutions, beliefs, and contracts in shaping economic and political outcomes in multiple domains.
Prof.Tibor Besedes (Georgia Institute of Technology ) His research interests include international trade and experimental/behavioral economics.
Prof. Amrita Ray Chaudhuri (University of Winnipeg) Her research interests are industrial organization, environmental economics, and international trade.
Pramila Crivelli (University of Geneva) Her research interests are international trade, development economics, and applied econometrics.
Dr.Fariha Kamal (U.S. Bureau of the Census) Her research interests are international trade and investment, economic geography, and development.
Prof.Volodymyr Lugovsyy (Indiana University) His research interests are international trade, applied microeconomics, and experimental economics.
Dr.Assaf Zimring (University of Michigan) His research interests are international economics, and economics of innovation.
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Transatlantic postdoctoral fellowship for international relations and security
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung – Fritz Thyssen Foundation, DE and other funders
The Fritz Thyssen Stiftung along with other institutions invite applications for their transatlantic postdoctoral fellowship for international relations and security. This enables candidates who have recently received their doctorate in social and political sciences or economics, and whose work focuses on international relations, peace or security issues, to spend three eight-month stays at participating research institutions or think tanks.
At least one stay must be on the Eastern side of the Atlantic and one on the Western side. Each candidate must have successfully defended their PhD by 1 October of this year and must either be a citizen of the US, Canada or Europe or must have resided in the US, Canada or Europe for at least two and a half years in the five years before the application deadline.
Up to seven fellowships will be awarded. Funding provides a monthly stipend worth €1,800, a monthly health insurance allowance worth €200 and a one-time travel allowance worth €3,500 for travel to and from the host institutions.
Closing date: July 10th 2015
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Kiel Institute Advanced Studies in International Economic Policy Research
Advanced Studies Program 2015/16 the Kiel Institute will again offer several one-week and two-week courses from August 1, 2015 – May 31, 2016 with outstanding teachers:
Macroeconomics in Open Economies
Cedric Tille (Geneva)
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Tommaso Monacelli (Bocconi)
Monetary Policy: Theory and Practice
Lawrence Christiano (Northwestern)
International Trade: Gravity and Geography
Gianmarco Ottaviano (LSE)
Firms in International Trade
Kalina Manova (Stanford)
Globalisation and Labour
David Dorn (Zurich)
International Migration
Hillel Rapoport (Bar-Ilan)
Economic Growth
Oded Galor (Brown University)
Economic Development
Rohini Pande (Harvard)
Detailed course outlines are available at Kiel Institute’s website.
XIII ELSNIT Annual Conference Trade Facilitation Kiel, Germany, October 23-24, 2015
This year the Annual Conference of ELSNIT (Euro-Latin Study Network on Integration and Trade) will focus on trade facilitation. Papers examining the organization and operation of customs and other border agencies as well as specific trade facilitation initiatives and their impact along the economic and institutional dimensions are eligible for submission.
- The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2015.
- The final selection of papers will be made by June 10, 2015 by the network coordinators.
- The final versions of the papers must be delivered by September 20, 2015.
- The selected papers will be presented along invited contributions at the XIII Annual ELSNIT Conference that will be hosted by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, in Kiel, Germany on October 23 -24, 2015