The conference has the following thrust areas: Testing trade theories; Trade indices; Facilitation Mechanisms for International Trade; Regional Economic Integration; Tariff and Non-tariff barriers; Firm level issues in international business (e.g. internationalization of business); Trade Related...

Economists working in this field are invited to submit a paper or an abstract for presentation at the Manila conference. Papers focusing on the patterns and implications of international trade and foreign direct investment in a growing world economy, as well as the conditions under which nations...

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working on various aspects of productivity, trade and development. The topics of the conference include: 1) the role of productivity growth vs. factor accumulation in convergence; 2) within and between sector reallocation; 3) relative...

The first decade of ethical trade has put ethical trade squarely on the corporate responsibility map. Yet the scale and pace of change being achieved is not sufficient, and the current global economic climate threatens to undermine progress. Now more than ever, it is critical that we come...

All submissions (theory and trade) will be handled via the Conference Makerr software. [gemäß den Informationen des Anbieters - according to site editor's information] The website is no longer available.

Topics: - National and European legal regime’s evolution - Incentives and organisation of patent offices - IPR litigation and enforcement - University patenting - Patents in new technological fields - The governance of IPR systems - The impact of IPR on competition and innovation - The new...

This year's Forum — “Trading into the Future” — will provide a platform for reflection on the multilateral trading system's six decades. In particular, input will be sought on the challenges and opportunities facing the WTO in each of its main functions, as well as on the challenges and...

All European economics and business teachers are invited to join this conference. Not only will you improve your knowledge on the subject but you will also come away with useful tools for practice for your classroom. - Investments to improve the world - How do we educate students on the value of...

We call for papers on all types of flows of goods, services, and information, including interaction between politics and economics. Well designed suggestions on other fields of research are also welcome.

This course will focus on recent empirical methods used to study international trade and its impacts. It will include a discussion of new import varieties, the extensive versus intensive margin in trade, measurement of the terms of trade in time-series and cross-country date, and the impact of...