The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Firms in International Trade - Marc Melitz (Department of Economics, Harvard University) Recent empirical evidence has shown that firms/plants producing similar goods react very differently...

The Summit on the Global Agenda is the world’s largest brainstorming event, bringing together the most relevant thought leaders of the World Economic Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils. Comprised of more than 80 groups of experts from academia, business, civil society, international...

Ukraine has reached a critical turning point in its economic development. As the country weighs the long-term benefits of its economic orientation and devises new strategies for the future, major shifts are taking place in the global economy that will reshape opportunities and challenges for...

Russia’s economic growth is embedded in a complex global and regional context. Regional champions within Russia are increasingly active in advancing new ideas and innovative models of development. In order to maximize this potential, public and private sector stakeholders need to analyse best...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Erich Gundlach (Claussen-Simon-Professor of Economics University of Hamburg and GIGA) The course discusses standard empirical methods with reference to seminal papers of the growth...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Empirical Methods: Macroeconomics - Stefan Reitz (Kiel Institute for the World Economy) Applied Econometrics of FX Markets Course syllabus 1. Basic econometric concepts 2. Introduction to...

Mongolia is currently one of the world’s fastest growing economies, with GDP growth for 2013 forecasted to be between 14-16%. The country is benefiting from a booming mining industry, which is still far from realizing its full potential, and the government has strong ambitions to use this...

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The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Labor Markets and Distribution - Giuseppe Bertola (EDHEC Business School) The course studies how the structure of labor markets determines employment and unemployment outcomes and, together...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Prof. Tommaso Monacelli (Università Bocconi, IGIER, and CEPR) 1. Financial Imperfections and the Macroeconomy: Background Partial Equilibrium Models 2. Credit Market Imperfections and the...