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 Symposium will start by considering the significance of mobility in developing regions, including relevant cultural aspects. The following panel will explore ways of promoting mobility in developing regions in a sustainable manner. As the next step, sustainable mobility will be considered in...

Topics: - Qualitative/Quantitative Analysis of ICT - Analysis & Practical Uses, Global/Sectoral Spinn-off of the Internet - Transformation of Traditional Markets - Place & Development of New Markets - Role/Evolution of Intellectual Property Rights - Modelling, Development of Internet and ICT -...

Recent developments in general equilibrium theory focus on strategic interactions. Several models offer strategic foundations for the theory of perfect competition. Others analyze the functioning of markets and the working of market power in economies where competition takes place on multiple...

Topics: - Intra- and Interorganisational Networks and Cooperation - Internationalization and Strategies of Decentralization - Decentralization and International Human Resource Management - Decentralization of Public Services - Family Businesses and Networks - Internal Capital Markets and Capital...

We are looking for original empirical and theoretical contributions that have implications for concrete policy recommendations in any of the four broad areas outlined below: 1. The necessity of a new global development agenda. 2. The content and purpose of a new global development agenda. 3....

The INSEAD-EABIS Programme Committee invites the submission of extended abstracts that focus on one or more of the following in development and/or developing countries: - Research into the role and responsibilities of business in addressing any dimension of the sustainability and/or development...

This meeting is at the same time the annual symposium of the CEPR Development Economics Programme, the Twentieth BREAD Development Economics Conference and AMID Third Network Annual Conference. We invite submissions for the CEPR/BREAD/AMID conference from interested researchers on any topics...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Thierry Mayer (Sciences Po, Paris) Gravity: 1 – Why is gravity so universal? 2 – Border effects 3 – Trade with heterogeneity: gravity still rules Geography: 4 - The history of thought...

The central theme of the conference will be the consequences of and the lessons to be learnt from the economic and political rise of new global actors, including countries like China and India. The resulting power shifts and the strengthening of interactions between developing countries have...