The International Telecommunications Society (ITS) is an association of academics and other professionals in the information, communications, and technology sectors. Its network of researchers comprises outstanding scholars in the field of telecommunications research that are well known from the...

Papers and panel sessions in the following areas are called for: - Digital divides – their character and how they can be overcome - The contribution of telecommunications to economic growth and development - The development and socio-economic impact of mobile applications - The provision of...

Main Tracks： - The Future of Broadband - The ICT Development - Innovative Business and Applications - Policy and Regulation - Smart Society - Content Issues

Empirical Methods in Money Macro - Maik Wolters (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) This course deals with the analysis of dynamic, stochastic, general equilibrium models. The focus of this course is on methodological aspects related to the analysis of business cycle models. In particular we...

Main Tracks: 1) Infrastructure layer (the “net”) 2) Logical and application layers (the “Internet”) 3) Content layer 4) Internet policy and governance 5) Beyond telecoms: the transformational power of IT) Additional relevant topics are also welcomed.

Economic Development: Asset markets in developing countries - Abhijit Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Empirical Methods in Economic Growth and Development - Erich Gundlach (University of Hamburg and GIGA) The course discusses standard empirical methods with reference to seminal papers of the growth literature. The econometric software package Stata is used to replicate core empirical results. By...

Trade and the International Organization of Production - Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (Princeton University) 1. Trade, Firm Structure, Offshoring and Outsourcing 1.1. Firm Organization and Trade 1.2. Multinationals 1.3. Vertical Specialization 1.4. Task Trade, Offshoring and Outsorcing

Monetary Theory and Policy - Simon Gilchrist (Boston University and NBER) This course examines theoretical foundations of New Keynesian Models and their implications for the conduct of monetary policy. The course emphasizes empirically relevant models that are suitable for policy analysis. The...

Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy - Atif Mian (Princeton University) This 5 day course is geared towards, (i) understanding how finance and the macro economy interact with each other, and (ii) introducing micro-empirical techniques to answer this question. The focus of the class is...