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...

Session 1 — Data 'Made in China' Session 2 — More from Less with ICT & Innovation? Session 3 — Globalisation, Innovation and Growth Session 4 — The Traded Services Revolution Session 5 — Aspects of Innovation: From Europe to Developing Markets

Die deutsche Außenwirtschaft hat zu alter Stärke zurückgefunden. Waren die Exporte 2009 noch um 18,4% eingebrochen, so werden 2010 bereits wieder zweistellige Zuwachsraten erwartet. Das wird auch in Zukunft ein wesentliches Prinzip für Wachstumserfolge sein. Der 9. Deutsche...

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...

The conference will focus on growth and trade in the world’s leading emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRICs) and the repercussions on the world economy. Topics will be: - Growth prospects of the BRICs - The BRICs and the current world economic crisis - International trade...

Researchers, who are specialized in regional/urban economics and international trade, come together in order to share their ideas and comment on other’s research papers. The meeting encourages interaction and discussion between the researchers, so that new ideas and joint projects can be...

Topics of particular interest include: • Economic integration and endogenous trade costs • Aggregation bias in trade data • Regional vs. multilateral trade liberalisation • Interaction between trade and financial markets

In the future, the „agricultural giants“ China and Russia will play an important role for the development of the world's agricultural markets and global food security – on the supply and as well as on the demand side. What is the current state of the agricultural sectors in China and...