The Conference will be based on the following themes, with an emphasis on globalisation: - The marine economy; - Innovation; - International trade; - Marine economy China;

Key note speaker - Professor Jonathan Eaton, Penn State University

The Conference is intended to provide a forum for the dissemination of student research relating to issues of Globalisation and Economic Policy from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. These areas include Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, Productivity, Economics of the MNEs, Migration...

Preliminary Programme: - Innovation, Trade and Finance - Policies, Finance, and Economic Integration - (Inter-state) Banking and (Inter-state) Trade: Does Real Integration Follow Financial Integration? - Market Imperfections, Wealth Inequality, and the Distribution of Trade Gains - Credit Market...

The Conference is intended to provide a forum for the dissemination of student research relating to issues of Globalisation and Economic Policy from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. These areas include Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, Productivity, Economics of the MNEs, Migration...

Scholars and PhD students are invited to submit papers on the following themes: - Global imbalances and current world financial crisis; - System risks of banking and other financial institutions; - Causes, consequences and lessons of the current and past crises; - The rise of economic...

The Conference is intended to provide a forum for the dissemination of student research relating to issues of Globalisation and Economic Policy from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. These areas include Foreign Direct Investment, Trade, Productivity, Migration and Labour Market...

The speakers are: • Marta Aloi (GEP, University of Nottingham) • Giovanni Facchini (University of Illinois) • Timothy Hatton (University of Essex) • Tom Ivlevs (GEP, University of Nottingham) • Willi Kohler (Eberhard Karls University, Tuebingen) • Sharun Mukand (Tufts University) •...

The area of coverage is recent developments in heterogeneous firm models and the analysis of heterogeneous response to aggregate shocks. In particular, the workshop will focus on the following issues: • The role of macro-economic shocks on firm entry and selection • Imperfect factor markets...

Topics: - Globalisation: Opportunity or Threat? - Trade and the Environment - Globalisation and Growth - Transforming China and India: Challenges and Opportunities - Practical exercise on International Trade