RIDGE invites authors to submit papers to the Workshop. The idea is to create a forum of junior and senior scholars discussing cutting-edge research in economic growth, trade, and economic history dealing with economic development disparities across and within countries. This workshop aims to...

The Workshop on Growth and Development in Macroeconomics /International Trade will take place within the framework of the 2022 RIDGE December Forum.

Thematic Workshops: Workshop 1 – Areas of concern and proposals for less unequal worlds Workshop 2 – Unequal access to “invisible or online” education for those who already suffered from unequal access to “visible or in-person” education Workshop 3 – The Pandemic and the growing...

Der Erhalt der natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen ist eine ‚Generationenaufgabe‘ der kommenden Jahrzehnte. Vor dem Hintergrund sozialer und digitaler Veränderungen sowie gesellschaftlicher Pluralisierung und politischer Polarisierung stellt sich die Frage, wie der Schutz der Natur und...

This joint workshop with will focus on how market integration - both internal and global - shapes the structural transformation process in developing countries. In particular, we are interested in the role of agriculture and connections between agriculture and on economic development. Specific...

We invite you to submit an abstract in the range of the following streams within the ICSD2022 program: 1. ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY: Financial Sustainability, SME, MicroFinance, Emerging Countries, International Trade, 2. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: Water and Soil conservation, Climate Change,...

Co-authors: Domenico Giannone (Amazon.com) and Anna Kovner (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) We study the relationship between bank capital ratios and the distribution of future real GDP growth. Growth in the aggregate bank capital ratio corresponds to a smaller left tail of GDP—smaller...

Chris Blattman (Chicago) and Klubosumo Johnson Borh (NEPI) The Digital Development Dialogue (3D) seminar is a monthly 45-minute online forum for policy and research exchange. Two speakers – one researcher and one practitioner – touch upon key topics in development policy with the goal of...

ACES Sessions: - Protest in China and Hong Kong; - The Political Economy of China’s Development; - Political Economy and Public Policy in the Emerging Age of AI; - Human and Social Capital in Turbulent Times; - Narratives and Behavior ; - Organizing for Political Change; - Assessing the...

Themes: - Not a Typical Firm: The Joint Dynamics of Firms, Labor Shares, and Capital-Labor Substitution; - Firm Heterogeneity and the Impact of Immigration: Evidence from German Establishments; - Productivity Impacts of Seasonal Migration: Evidence from New Zealand; - New-Keynesian Trade:...