The Digital Development Dialogue (3D) seminar is a monthly 45-minute online forum for policy and research exchange. Two speakers – one researcher and one practitioner – touch upon key topics in development policy with the goal of stimulating a meaningful dialogue across the theory & practice...

China has established its role as a major world lender, and policy changes affecting its external position would therefore have pronounced effects over a range of countries and on the global financial landscape in general. In this paper, I characterize China’s external asset holdings and macro...

Do sanctions strengthen the targeted regime? I analyze the 2014 imposition of Western sanctions on Russia and its impact on voting. The United States and the European Union introduced targeted measures against Russian entities and individuals related to President Putin’s regime. Using polling...

Highly interconnected global supply chains make countries vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. In this paper, we estimate the macroeconomic effects of global supply chain shocks for the euro area. Our empirical model combines business cycle variables with data from international container...

This paper investigates whether foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows are higher in countries ruled by trustworthy-looking or competent-looking leaders. After collecting pictures of 276 nondemocratic leaders in office between 1975 and 2010, we use a computer-based survey to assess how these...

We invite colleagues in this field (JEL-Classification F0 to F2) to submit papers for presentation at the workshop. Given the current border controls in place in New Zealand, the conference will be run online via Zoom.

Themen: - Konvergenz oder Divergenz? Daten und Methoden zum Vergleich der demographischen Entwicklung in Europa (Mittel- und Osteuropa vs. "Westeuropa"); - Demografische und gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen in Mittel- und Osteuropa; - Familie und Fertilität in Mittel- und Osteuropa-...

The conference aims at bringing together scholars who are interested in these shifting rationalities in Migration Policies throughout Europe. The call invites scholars who examine the links between fragmented and intertwined multi-level policy fields of migration control, social policies and...

Topics: - Role of government regulation, trade and investment agreements for sustainability; - Impact of GVC participation on sustainability, such as distributional aspects, environmental performance, or labour conditions; - Sustainability in non GVC firms or upstream suppliers (e.g., informal...

Workshop Program: - Five facts about the UIP Premium; - The People vs the Markets: A Parsimonious Model of Inflation Expectations; - Global inflation, monetary policy and spillovers on EM; - The end of privilege: a reexamination of the net foreign asset position of the United States; - Are...