RIDGE invites authors to submit papers to the Workshop. The idea is to create a forum of junior and senior scholars discussing cutting-edge research in economic growth, trade, and economic history dealing with economic development disparities across and within countries. This workshop aims to...

The Workshop on Growth and Development in Macroeconomics /International Trade will take place within the framework of the 2022 RIDGE December Forum.

The aim of the conference is to build bridges between the trade union movement and the post- and de-growth community, and to situate a transformative just transition vision within the ‘beyond growth’ narrative. It should prompt reflection on how the (contested) concept of just transition and...

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...

The main theme of the conference is “Institutions, Laws, and Economic Development.” Any research related to an economic analysis of institutions and laws, or how institutions or laws matter for economic growth will be considered for presentation. The meeting will be held face-to-face format...

This joint workshop with will focus on how market integration - both internal and global - shapes the structural transformation process in developing countries. In particular, we are interested in the role of agriculture and connections between agriculture and on economic development. Specific...

Co-authors: Domenico Giannone (Amazon.com) and Anna Kovner (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) We study the relationship between bank capital ratios and the distribution of future real GDP growth. Growth in the aggregate bank capital ratio corresponds to a smaller left tail of GDP—smaller...

Themes: - Not a Typical Firm: The Joint Dynamics of Firms, Labor Shares, and Capital-Labor Substitution; - Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Immigration: Evidence from German Establishments; - Productivity Impacts of Seasonal Migration: Evidence from New Zealand; - New-Keynesian Trade:...

The Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE) is pleased to announce a call for papers for the Virtual Workshop “Towards Sustainable Growth” to be held via Zoom on 10 December 2021. RIDGE invites authors to submit papers to the Workshop. The idea is to create a forum...