The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Empirical Methods: Macroeconomics - Stefan Reitz (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) Applied Econometrics of FX Markets Course syllabus 1. Basic econometric concepts 2. Introduction to...

Climate change poses a major challenge to governments, industry and society. Since international negotiations on the control of greenhouse gas emissions have so far not led to an agreement that is able to avoid dangerous climate change, researchers, governments, and actors in civil society have...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Sjak Smulders (Tilburg University) This course of five three-hour lectures deals with a number of hot topics in environmental economics, with an emphasis on international environmental...

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 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...

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

The course will be based on Philipe Aghion’s new book "The Economics of Growth" Lecture 1: The Schumpeterian Growth Model Lecture 2: Convergence and Wage Inequality Lecture 3: Competition, Entry and Trade Lecture 4: Appropriate Growth Policy and Education Lecture 5: Environment and...

Jonas Dovern and Jens Hogrefe (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) Empirical Methods in Macroeconomics (module I) Topics: 1. Introduction to Econometrics 2. The Classical Multiple Regression Model 3. Properties of the OLS Estimator 4. Hypothesis Tests 5. Selection of Explanatory Variables 6....