The post-war period has witnessed a dramatic increase in international trade flows and foreign direct investment, as well as in the number of firms that produce outside of national borders. The objective of the conference is to improve our understanding of the impact of these trends. Specific...

The new WTO agenda of trade bargaining concentrates on how to proceed with the Doha Agenda in near future: This conference aims also to discuss the special role of the EU. (1) Liberalization of trade: e.g. in agricultural products; the Common Agriculture Policy; and food security; (2) GATS: to...

The present conference focuses on financial development, integration and stability in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, i.e. the new EU member states, candidate and potential candidate countries as well as the European countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Relevant...

Die Industrietagung ist die institutionalisierte Zusammenarbeit des DIW Berlin mit der Wirtschaft. Rund einhundert Repräsentanten aus Unternehmen, Wirtschaftsverbänden und Wissenschaft nehmen regelmäßig teil. Die Industrietagung befasst sich mit der kurzfristigen Entwicklung der deutschen...

Uncertainty, insecurity and conflict are constitutive features of globalisation. 9/11 has been viewed as the symbolic unleashing of a new Age of Terror, in which traditional conceptions of national security are shattered and a new kind of global vulnerability emerges. This interdisciplinary...

Das World Business Forum ist ein Symposium auf dem bedeutende und einflussreiche Köpfe über aktuelle Themen sprechen werden. Über alles, was für die Business Community wichtig ist. Nach dem Erfolg von 2004 versammelt das World Business Forum - wiederum in Frankfurt - die einflussreichsten...

Session I: Macroeconomic Dimensions of Integration and Trade Session II: Economic Policy Dimensions of Integration and Trade Session III: Institutional Dimensions of Integration and Trade Papers submitted to these sessions should have a focus on trade, investment and regional integration issues,...

The conference objective is to discuss recent scientific contributions on long-term care research. Theoretical, empirical, experimental and policy oriented contributions are welcome.

The purpose of this invitational conference is to present and promote active exchange and discussion of the latest health economics research among senior and junior economists.