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 main objective of the workshop is to provide a forum for researchers in the field of economics to discuss new developments in asset pricing. We would welcome the submission of papers on the following themes: - Liquidity risk and supply and demand effects - OTC markets and counterparty risk -...

Submissions are welcomed on issues related to unconventional monetary policy. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical analysis of unconventional monetary policy - Interactions with financial market frictions and imperfections - Impact on government and corporate yield...

Submissions are welcomed on issues related to unconventional monetary policy. Suitable topics include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical analysis of unconventional monetary policy - Interactions with financial market frictions and imperfections - Impact on government and corporate yield...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Simon Gilchrist (Boston University) This course examines theoretical foundations of New Keynesian Models and their implications for the conduct of monetary policy. The course emphasizes...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Chris Reicher (IfW Kiel) This course is intended to be a course in practical applied econometrics. Its emphasis will be more on the practical application of econometrics and less on theory,...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. This course (Prof. Harald Uhlig, University of Chicago) investigates the interrelationship between financial markets and macroeconomics, presenting some recent developments in that...

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 Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. In this seminar (Professor Gordon Hanson, UC San Diego and NBER) we will examine how global economic integration affects labor markets with emphasis on mechanisms related to global...

Cédric Tille (Geneva Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies) The course consists of two main parts. We first review the major building blocks of international economics. In the second part, we focus more extensively on selected topics that have been prominent areas of...