The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Prof. Dr. St. Reitz (Institute for the World Economy Kiel) Topics 1. Basic econometric concepts 2. Introduction to RATS programming 3. The classical linear regression model 4. Modelling...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Brian Copeland (University of British Columbia) This course will cover the recent literature on the interaction between international trade and the environment. It begins with some of the key...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Chris Reicher (IfW Kiel) This course is intended to be a course in practical applied econometrics. Its emphasis will be more on the practical application of econometrics and less on theory,...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. In this seminar (Professor Gordon Hanson, UC San Diego and NBER) we will examine how global economic integration affects labor markets with emphasis on mechanisms related to global...

The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers who are interested in assessing the role of technological change within the context of climate policy and in developing models that promote a better understanding of linkages between climate strategies, induced technological change and...

Papers focusing on general equilibrium growth and models of large trading economies are welcome. The roles of financial stability, global and regional trade patterns, foreign direct investment, and international governance are of particular interest. Contributions on other specialized topics,...

Preliminary Programme: Session 1 - Firm exports and multinational activity under credit constraints - Multinational enterprises and credit constraints Session 2 - The role of bond finance in firms' survival during the Asian crisis - Financial Crisis, Trade Credit and Export Performance: Evidence...

Hillel Rapoport (Center for International Development, Harvard University) The course will focus on international and development economics issues and will only address labor economics issues marginally. Content: Day One: International migration today – the global picture. Day two: The...

The aim of the conference is to bring together high quality research on the question how the labor market propagates and amplifies macroeconomic shocks. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. We are particularly interested in papers that go beyond recalibrating the standard...

Topics: - Transfer of energy efficient technologies - Impact of globalization on energy and environmental efficiency - Barriers for successful environmental technology transfer - Pollution effect of globalizationTransfer of energy efficient technologies