This course covers the most important theories and recent empirical work on labor market effects of immigration, trade, local agglomerations and technology touching on the recent trends in the structure of employment and wages in US and Europe.

Firms in International Trade - Kalina Manova (Stanford University) Day 1: Heterogeneous-Firm Trade Models Day 2: Empirics of Firm Heterogeneity in Trade Day 3: Product Quality in Trade Day 4: International Trade with Financial Frictions Day 5: Multinational Activity with Financial Frictions

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The organizing committee is attempting to develop a theme that is broad enough to encompass a variety of issues in development economics generally and the Indian economy in particular. The AIEFS has a broad focus covering all areas in economics and finance. Special preference would be given to...

The three-day conference, around the theme “Cuba–What’s next?,” will focus on what to expect after the recent historic announcements of changes in diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US. Will Cuba make the necessary internal economic reforms to attract enough foreign direct...

Over the past two decades, technological advances have facilitated an increasing international fragmentation of production processes. The academic literature has proposed several explanatory paradigms for this new form of trade. Some of these follow the lines of comparative advantage, while...

The original intention behind the ‘Doha Round’ of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was to promote the integration of developing countries into the world trading system. The collapse of the round in 2008 led to pessimism over whether the pursuit of such a ‘development-based’ agenda is...

Conference Theme “Regionalism in Asia and Pacific and Beyond: Challenges and Opportunities". The theme is not limited to WTO law and/or international trade law. It covers a broad range of international trade law. It covers a broad range of International Economic Law (“IEL”) , including...

The forum encourages authors to submit papers using modern theories and methodologies to study problems in Chinese Economy, especially those arise along China’s development and reform and are of significant theoretical and practical value. The topics may be in (but not limited to) the...

Theme of the Conference: Impacts of Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) on the financial and banking services in Asian and other Pacific basin regions and countries will be discussed. Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Privatization and Risk...