Topics include: ‐ Causes of external imbalances ‐ Private or public sector indebtedness and external imbalances ‐ Exchange rates, competitiveness and external imbalances ‐ External debt sustainability ‐ The role of financial flows in the adjustment of current accounts ‐ Policy...

Global trade growth was very weak over the past four years. While global trade grew at approximately twice the rate of GDP prior to the Great Recession, this trade elasticity has since declined to below unity. This raises the question to what extent the change in the relationship between global...

The explosion of regional agreements in many parts of the world over the last decade and a half raises important questions about what this trend means for multilateral trade relations in an increasingly globalized world. There is much literature that seeks to explain and understand what...

Topics: - Energy and climate change: When will we finally move from words to serious action? - Globalisation and equity: How can the fruits of globalisation be better shared? - Reform: Can governments make reform happen and still get re-elected? - Innovation: How can we foster creative and...

The Research in International Economics and Finance (RIEF) network was constituted in 2004 with the objective to reinforce scientific collaboration and contacts between European research centers working on international economics (either trade, international macro, or international finance)....