The school intends to provide an intensive training course for graduate students and young researchers who are working in the field of development and international economics. This year the focus will be on the formation and the role of formal and informal institutions in developing...

Global trade growth was very weak over the past four years. While global trade grew at approximately twice the rate of GDP prior to the Great Recession, this trade elasticity has since declined to below unity. This raises the question to what extent the change in the relationship between global...

The submission of papers in the following thematic areas is encouraged: - Analysis and assessments of the economic, social and environmental impact of trade liberalization, with a particular focus on recent EU trade agreements - The politics of trade in the EU, with a particular focus on...