The aim of the annual Global Solutions Summit is to present and discuss solutions for urgent global problems. The policy recommendations are addressed primarily to decision-makers in the G20, G7 and other international organizations. With a view to the Japanese G20 Presidency 2019 and T20 Summit...

The global developments outlined above call for new approaches to innovation policy. The intention of the workshop is to bring together scholars from different fields to discuss the consequences of digitalization and the increasing internationalization of R&D&I for regional development and for...

Agenda 2018 Social prosperity has become decoupled from economic prosperity. Ever more people sense disempowerment in the face of globalization and digitalization and feel socially estranged in the face of migration flows and terrorism. This generates political and environmental problems with...

The conference aims to bring together high-quality research that is at the intersection of labor economics and macroeconomics. We invite researchers to submit related empirical and theoretical contributions. Papers using microeconomic data are especially welcome. Among the areas of interest...

The next GES will be held in May 2017 in Berlin. There, concrete output of the T20 process, which is led this year by the Kiel Institute and the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), will be discussed and presented to support and advise the German...

International Trade: Gravity and Geography - Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics) The aim of the course is to take students to the frontier of theoretical research in geography and trade. The focus is on the firm-level approach originated from “new trade theory”, in particular on...

Economics of International Migration - Hillel Rapoport (Paris School of Economics) The aim of the course will be to present a detailed picture of international migration today, to understand the forces behind the patterns of its evolution, and to analyze both theoretically and empirically the...

New Challenges for Monetary and Fiscal Policy Posed by Financial Frictions - Lawrence J. Christiano (Northwestern University) This course will address various new challenges for fiscal and monetary policy. Most of these reflect the increased recognition of the economic importance of financial...

Growth and Comparative Economic Development - Oded Galor (Brown University) Structure of the Course: Day 1: - Lecture I: From Stagnation to Growth: An overview - Lecture II: The Malthusian Epoch Day 2: - Lecture I: Theories of the Demographic Transition - Lecture II: Unified Growth Theory and...

The Euro-Latin Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT) is now accepting submissions of papers examining the organization and operation of customs and other border agencies as well as specific trade facilitation initiatives and their impact along the economic and institutional dimensions. Both...