Economists working in this field are invited to submit a paper or an abstract for presentation at the Manila conference. Papers focusing on the patterns and implications of international trade and foreign direct investment in a growing world economy, as well as the conditions under which nations...

This conference will explore the inter-relationships between migration, immigrant integration, and development. The intent is to bring to the foreground issues that are often lost when we discuss these general topics in isolation from one another. In this way we hope to uncover new aspects of...

The following aspects of international employment patterns will be addressed to gain further insights into this topic and to deduce policy implications: - The degree of substitutability of labor across locations - Short run vs. long run effects of FDI - Multinational SMEs - Counterfactual...

Gilles Saint-Paul (University of Toulouse) Topics: - Explaining the divergence in the unemployment experience of different countries in recent years - The role of shocks and institutions - The role of a more volatile environment - Is there a unique natural rate of unemployment? - The...

This focused workshop is about the Globalization of Chinese companies and the political and business contexts. Topics: • Outward Direct Investment (ODI) of China and Chinese companies • Impacts of Chinese outward investment on host markets • Chinese global competitiveness and export...

Special Issue - International Entrepreneurship - Do Institutions Matter?

Prof. John Stopford, London Business School, UK The purpose of the workshop is two-fold. First, it is designed to broaden your perspectives on the forces that are shaping world-wide competition and how successful companies have adapted and must adapt further in the future. Not only must economic...

Theoretical, empirical and policy-oriented contributions from all areas of the economics of regulation are welcome. A non-exhaustive list of topics is: - Infrastructure Regulation in alternative Network-based Markets - Innovation in Downstream Industries - Regulation driven R&D and its Success...

Am 1. Juli hat Frankreich die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft übernommen. Unter der Führung des französischen Staatpräsidenten Sarkozy soll in den nächsten Monaten ein EU-Einwanderungsabkommen als Grundlage einer gemeinsamen Migrationspolitik verabschiedet werden. Migration ist gerade im Zeitalter...

The core of the Conference discusses various dimensions of Demographic Change and Sustainable Development in Europe from different perspectives, country-specific experiences and theoretical as well as empirical approaches. This hopes to contribute in pushing the frontier of knowledge and to...