In the presence of frictions, markets often (but not always) do not generate the socially efficient outcome. However, asymmetric information between the private and public sector prevents the government from designing efficient policies. In both labor and public economics advances have been made...

Suitable research topics for paper submissions include the following: - The structure of wages, in particular differentials across countries, regions, sectors, skill, gender and age and the impact of recent economic shocks on such differentials - More generally, issues relating to the dispersion...

On the 12 and 13 December 2011, Governments and traders from all over the world, will come together to review the progress made on the Trade Facilitation agenda and to explore the way ahead. They will develop a joint vision and framework to guide the future of Single Windows and their support to...

Key note speaker - Professor Jonathan Eaton, Penn State University

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Marc J. Melitz (Department of Economics Harvard University) Recent empirical evidence has shown that firms/plants producing similar goods react very differently to international forces. Some...

The conference aims at stimulating exchange on the methods to model and forecast aggregates such as GDP growth or labour demand for a horizon of 10 to 30 years. Contributions to general forecasting methods are as welcome as disaggregate forecasts by sectors or regions, international comparison,...

Major Theme: The Way Forward - Austerity or Stimulus The Conference will seek to explore the apparent contradictions of the policy stances that are now emerging amidst the global unemployment crisis. More specific themes: - Reflections on the global financial crisis? Reform agendas etc. - Any...

A primary goal of the conference is to promote an international dialogue between decision makers, business and government leaders from countries in transition and Western developed countries. The conference will present information about the process of economic transformation in Central and...

We invite papers by academics, trade union researchers and social movement activists in the following areas: - basic analyses of what a ‘proper’ free trade system is; - analyses of current free trade policies, the implications of neo-liberalism as well as the concrete results of free trade...

Auf der Tagung „Die Rolle des Konsumenten in der Wirtschaftsethik“ nehmen deshalb am 29. und 30. November Experten das Verhältnis von Konsumenten- und Unternehmensverantwortung genauer in den Blick. Eröffnet wird die Tagung mit einer Buchvorstellung von „Die Verantwortung des...