Theme: "The economics of populism: Drivers and consequences" We invite junior scholars (Ph.D.students and PostDocs) from economics and cognate disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Topics include, but are not limited to; - Economic nationalism and the economics of...

We invite scholars from economics and cognate disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Topics include, but are not limited to impacts of climate change, disasters, and extreme events on: - Human capital (i.e. health, educational achievements, labor outcomes, gender inequality,...

Topics: - Collective actions and public goods - Comparative studies of governance - Social capital, trust, and cultural norms - Human capital and economic development - Political elites and economic performance - History and persistence of economic growth The conference will follow the EACES-HSE...

We invite scholars from economics and cognate disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Cultural, economic, and institutional legacies of empires, socialist regimes, and wars - Long‐run persistence of values and attitudes - Determinants...

Topics: - Formal and informal institutions and firms in the open economy - Natural resources and the quality of institutions - Interactions between domestic product and factor markets, institutions and comparative advantage - The role of institutions in transition - Institutional determinants of...

Economic Growth - Gino Gancia (CREI and University Pompeu Fabra) This course consists of five three-hour lectures on topics in the area of economic growth and technological progress. A first goal of the course is to discuss different theories of economic growth and their relative merits in...

Labor Market Consequences of Globalization - Gordon Hanson (University of California at San Diego) Overview: The course will examine recent empirical and theoretical literature on the labor market consequences of international trade and foreign investment in advanced and emerging economies.

Empirical Methods in Economic Growth and Development - Erich Gundlach (University of Hamburg and GIGA) The course discusses standard empirical methods with reference to seminal papers of the growth literature. The econometric software package Stata is used to replicate core empirical results. By...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Economic Growth - David Weil (Brown University) This course will consist of five lectures, each lasting three hours. Day 1: Facts, Framework, and Measurement Day 2: Cross-country regressions...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Erich Gundlach (Claussen-Simon-Professor of Economics University of Hamburg and GIGA) The course discusses standard empirical methods with reference to seminal papers of the growth...