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New data set: MOxLAD
The Montevideo-Oxford Latin American Economic History Data Base (MOxLAD) has been added under the topic of Economic Performance.
MOxLAD is a partnership between the Economic and Social History Programme (PHES), of the Universidad de la República, Montevideo, and the Latin American Centre and the Department of International Development, Oxford University.
Check out Deardorff’s ‘Most Assigned Readings in Trade’
We have posted a link to Alan Deardorff’s ‘Readings Most Assigned on PhD Trade Syllabi at 10 Schools, 2014’. Go to the ‘Links’ tab and scroll down to the bottom. Thanks to Alejandra Riano for bringing this post to our attention.
Call for Papers: Deadline – 7 November 2014
10th Australasian Trade Workshop
School of Economics, University of Sydney
7‐8 April 2015
Local Organisers
Dr Mark Melatos
Professor John Romalis
The School of Economics at the University of Sydney will host the 10th Australasian Trade Workshop on 7-8 April 2015.
Keynote speakers will be Pablo Fajgelbaum of the University of California Los Angeles and Thibault Fally of the University of California Berkeley.
We invite colleagues in this field (JEL-Classification F0 to F2) to submit papers for presentation at the workshop. If you are interested, please send your abstract or preferably your complete paper to tradeworkshop@anu.edu.au.
The deadline for submissions is November 7, 2014.
Conference participants are expected to serve as discussants at the workshop. There is no registration fee. Unfortunately we are unable to offer financial assistance to participants.
Upon acceptance, you will be asked to book your travel and accommodation independently. The (optional) conference dinner will be held on Tuesday April 7 at a Sydney restaurant. The cost of this event will be approximately A$80-$100 per person.
If you have any further questions about the workshop, please e-mail Mark Melatos: mark.melatos@sydney.edu.au.
Welcome new members
We would like to welcome the following new members of the InsTED network.
Prof. Shushanik Hakobyan (Fordham University) Her research focuses on the impact of trade liberalization on labor market outcomes and on the relationship between trade policy and economic development.
Prof. J. Anthony Cookson (University of Colorado) His fields of specialization are Corporate Finance, Industrial Organization, and Applied Microeconomics.
New data set: GEDI Index
Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index has been added under the topic of Economic Performance. GEDI Index 2014 is provided by the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute.
Study on fostering climate action through trade-related policy instruments
Directorate-General for Climate Action, EU
The Directorate-General for Climate Action invites tenders for a study on fostering climate action through trade-related policy instruments. The tenderer will conduct a study on fostering climate action through trade-related policy instruments. The basis for the objectives of this study is to analyse the contribution that trade policy instruments can make to climate action.
Legal and natural persons based in EU member states or in authorised countries under the WTO procurement agreement may submit bids.
The estimated value of the contract ranges between €250,000 and €280,000 over 18 months.
Ref: OJ 2014/S 132-235122, CLIMA.A.1/ETU/2014/0018. CPV: 90700000.
Click here for link to original funding call
- Closing date 05 Sep 14
- Deadline information Tenders due by 4pm.
- Date added 15 Jul 14
- Award type Tenders
- Award amount max €280,000
- Award amount min €250,000
- Average award amount —
- Award budget total —
- Applications per institution —
- Consortium requirements Not Known
Eligibility Profile (Funding)
- Country of applicant institution Armenia; Austria; Aruba; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; Switzerland; China; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Germany; Denmark; Estonia; Spain; Finland; France; United Kingdom; Greece; Hong Kong; Croatia; Hungary; Ireland; Israel; Iceland; Italy; Japan; Korea, Republic of; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Latvia; Malta; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Sweden; Singapore; Slovenia; Slovakia; Taiwan; United States
- Nationality of researcher Not Known
- Type of institution Any
- Funder involvement Funding
Indexed with these disciplines
Trade Regulation Law; Business and Management Studies (RAE Unit 43); Law (RAE Unit 36); Environmental Law; Economics and Econometrics (RAE Unit 38); Environmental Planning & Policy; Politics and International Studies (RAE Unit 39); International Trade Regulation
Releasing the transformational potential of extractives for economic development: data component and online resource hub
The Department for International Development (DFID) invites tenders for releasing the transformational potential of extractives for economic development: data component and online resource hub. This five-year programme intends to help drive economic development and eradicate poverty through effective management of natural resources.
Tenderers will deliver two projects under this programme:
•enable governments, civil society and investors to revolutionise their use of data from transparency initiatives for accountability and improved policy-making in five countries;
•support a resource hub on extractives to build capacity and coordinate knowledge and supplier skills globally so that governments can manage extractives better.
DFID will hold an early market engagement event in London on 29 July 2014 to field questions and take comments.
Click here for link to original funding call
- Closing date 08 Aug 14
- Deadline information Tenders due by 5pm.
- Date added 11 Jul 14
- Award type Tenders
- Award amount max —
- Award amount min —
- Average award amount —
- Award budget total —
- Applications per institution —
- Consortium requirements Not Known
Eligibility Profile (Funding)
- Country of applicant institution Any
- Nationality of researcher Any
- Type of institution Any
- Funder involvement Funding
Indexed with these disciplines
Natural Resources, Use of; Economics and Econometrics; Poverty & the Poor; Distribution of Poverty; Economic Development; Environmental Sciences; Town and Country Planning; Development Policy ; Environmental Planning & Policy; Social Policy and Administration
Call For Papers: Deadline – 31 July 2014
CEPR Annual Conference on
Development Economics
London School of Economics
26-27 September 2014
Scientific Organisers:
Oriana Bandiera (LSE and CEPR)
Robin Burgess (LSE and CEPR)
Chang-Tai Hsieh (Chicago and CEPR)
Gerard Padró i Miquel (LSE and CEPR)
The CEPR Annual Conference on Development Economics will take place at the London School of Economics, on 26 and 27 September 2014. The meeting will be held jointly with the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) and Policy Design and Evaluation Research in Developing Countries (PODER). Financial support for the conference is provided by PODER. The conference will occur directly after IGC Growth Week at the LSE which takes place 23-25 September.
We now invite submissions for this conference from interested researchers on any topic within the area of Development Economics. The deadline for submission is Thursday 31 July 2014. Only full-length papers will be considered.
CEPR can cover accommodation and travel according to the new CEPR guidelines for presenters and a limited number of participants. For PODER Team Members, Early Stage and Experienced Researchers, the reimbursement of travel costs will be handled by the local nodes. Some funding is also available for external participants.
Authors who are CEPR members can upload their submission on dev3.cepr.org/accounts/login.asp. Authors who are not CEPR members can email their submission to . Please indicate in your email whether you will be able to cover your own travel and accommodation costs, or whether you will require funding from CEPR.
We are looking forward to a productive meeting in London.
With kind regards,
Oriana Bandiera, Robin Burgess, Chang-Tai Hsieh and Gerard Padró i Miquel
* This conference is partly funded by the European Commission’s FP7 Programme Marie Curie Actions ITN contract number 608108.
Click here to view the original call.
New data set: Worldwide Governance
A new database has been added under the topic of Political Risk. Worldwide Governance Indicators (Updated September 2013) are provided by the World Bank.