The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Institutions and Development - James Robinson (Harvard University) The main topic of this course is recent developments in political economy, particularly the political economy of...

Climate change poses a major challenge to governments, industry and society. Since international negotiations on the control of greenhouse gas emissions have so far not led to an agreement that is able to avoid dangerous climate change, researchers, governments, and actors in civil society have...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Sjak Smulders (Tilburg University) This course of five three-hour lectures deals with a number of hot topics in environmental economics, with an emphasis on international environmental...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. Brian Copeland (University of British Columbia) This course will cover the recent literature on the interaction between international trade and the environment. It begins with some of the key...

The Kiel Institute offers the possibility of attending selected courses of its Advanced Studies Program. The main topic of this course (Professor James A. Robinson, Harvard University) is recent developments in political economy, particularly the political economy of institutions. Much recent...

The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers who are interested in assessing the role of technological change within the context of climate policy and in developing models that promote a better understanding of linkages between climate strategies, induced technological change and...

Preliminary Programme: Session 1 - Firm exports and multinational activity under credit constraints - Multinational enterprises and credit constraints Session 2 - The role of bond finance in firms' survival during the Asian crisis - Financial Crisis, Trade Credit and Export Performance: Evidence...

Topics: - Transfer of energy efficient technologies - Impact of globalization on energy and environmental efficiency - Barriers for successful environmental technology transfer - Pollution effect of globalizationTransfer of energy efficient technologies

The course will be based on Philipe Aghion’s new book "The Economics of Growth" Lecture 1: The Schumpeterian Growth Model Lecture 2: Convergence and Wage Inequality Lecture 3: Competition, Entry and Trade Lecture 4: Appropriate Growth Policy and Education Lecture 5: Environment and...