The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the resulting lockdowns have created a deep global recession, induced massive government interventions and forced a change in the social and economic behaviour of economic agents. This raises many questions about the path to economic recovery and the...

The European Central Bank organises a biennial conference on household finance and consumption. Its objective is to foster empirical and theoretical research on the implications of household heterogeneity for the accumulation of assets and debt, consumption/saving behaviour and the transmission...

The aim of the workshop is to bring scholars together to present their current research involving expectations surveys. Contributions in the following areas are of particular interest: - factors influencing the way consumers and firms form expectations - the effect of policy measures on...

We welcome any contributions on these topics, particularly those that focus on the following four areas: - The cyclical position of trade: Empirical studies on the cyclical dynamics of trade, short- and medium-term forecasting models, and trend/cycle decompositions. - Structural changes and...

The focus of the Conference is on research that makes use of household level data, with a special interest in the data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Topics: - household consumption, saving, and portfolio choice - housing, mortgage markets, and financial markets -...

Topics: - Household consumption, saving, and portfolio choice - Housing, mortgage markets, and financial markets - Household finance, credit constraints and monetary policy - Household indebtedness and financial distress - Household finances and the financial and economic crisis - Financing...

International Trade: Gravity Rules - Thierry Mayer (Sciences Po, Paris, CEPII and CEPR) Syllabus: Day 1 : Introduction Lecture 1: Gravity is nontrivial and true. Lecture 2: First foundations for gravity equations Day 2 : 21st Century Gravity Lecture 3: Ricardian models, theory-consistent...

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.

Trade and the International Organization of Production - Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Princeton University) 1. Trade, Firm Structure, Offshoring and Outsourcing 1.1. Firm Organization and Trade 1.2. Multinationals 1.3. Vertical Specialization 1.4. Task Trade, Offshoring and Outsorcing

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. International Trade: Gravity and Geography - Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics) The aim of the course is to take students to the frontier of theoretical research in geography...