International agricultural trade is key to improving global food security. It ensures better access to more diversified and nutritious food, especially in low-income countries, and acts as a safety net against food shortages caused by climate risks, crises, political tensions and other shocks....

Africa is the world region with the strongest population dynamics, resulting in a young and aspiring population that is set to almost double by 2050. More than a fifth of the world’s population will then live in Africa. This offers great opportunities for businesses and countries seeking to...

Programm: - Sustainable Finance in Europa – Status Quo und Ausblick ; - Sustainable Finance – Herausforderungen im Banking ; - Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) – Überblick und Herausforderunge ; - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) – Überblick und...

If sectoral trade flows obey structural gravity, countries’ bilateral trade imbalances are the result of macro trade imbalances, “triangular trade”, or pairwise asymmetric trade barriers. Using data for 40 major economies and the Rest of the World, we show that large and pervasive...

The Symposium on the Economic Analysis of the Firm is a conference that pro motes the enhancement and interdisciplinary application of the economic approach on business-related questions. The aim of the conference is to make the tools and methods of information economics, game theory, empirical...

Im Jahr 2022 diskutieren wir im Rahmen des Themenschwerpunktes „Rolle der Unternehmerfamilie - Chance für Vielfalt oder Potenzial für Konflikte?“ wie der Einfluss der Unternehmerfamilie zum echten Wettbewerbsvorteil werden kann. Die Unternehmerfamilie bietet Chancen für Vielfalt: Geteilte...

Der WHU Campus for Controlling ist eine Konferenz des Instituts für Management und Controlling, die sich speziell an Finanzvorstände, Führungskräfte und Controlling-Experten aus der Unternehmenspraxis richtet. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es, einen intensiven Dialog zwischen Controllingpraxis...

Die Transformation der Wirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen hin zur Nachhaltigkeit erfordert große Investitionen, die durch einen breiten Mix an Partnern finanziert werden müssen. Mit Fin.Connect.NRW ist ein Netzwerk entstanden, das Finanzinstitutionen und Unter- nehmen der Realwirtschaft...

The COVID-19 outbreak has cut China's supply of and raised the world's demand for face masks, disinfectants, ventilators, and other critical medical goods. This article studies the economic and political factors that are associated with China's exports of medical equipment during the first two...

The conference focuses on technology, trade, and demographic changes and the ways they interact with employment, wages, and participation in the labour market, with a particular emphasis on the role of institutions and on labour markets during the COVID-19 crisis. Researchers are invited to...