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02.06.2022

July 11, 2022: The 7th Bundesbank-IAW-Lecture on European Economic Integration in Tübingen

The United States of Europe

Professor Thierry Mayer, Professor for Economics from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)

The Deutsche Bundesbank, Head Office Stuttgart, and the Institute for Applied Economic Research e.V. at the University invite you to the 7th Bundesbank-IAW Lecture on European Economic Integration.

Place: Alte Aula

Time: 18:00 (s.t.)

Registration is requested by July 5, 2022 to IAW iaw@iaw.edu.

Invitation

March 31, 2022: 23rd Göttingen Workshop "International Economic Relations" at the University of Göttingen

Quantitative Trade, Heterogenous Firms and Welfare.

Dr. Oliver Krebs [ETH Zurich/IAW]

German Firms in International Trade: Evidence from Recent Transaction-level Data.

Matthias Fauth [IAW]

September 26-29, 2021: „Climate Economics“ Annual Conference of the Verein für Socialpolitik, University of Regensburg - online

The Economic Consequences of the US Tariff War: A Quantitative Perspective

Matthias Fauth [IAW], Benjamin Jung [University of Hohenheim] and Oliver Krebs [University of Tübingen]

The Minimum Wage: An Effective Means to Regain the Electorate’s Confidence?

Dr. Natalie Laub [IAW]

17.08.2021

Improving Methods for Policy Analysis of Foreign Trade and Investment

It is of crucial importance that economic policies related to trade and investment are based on a solid understanding of the mechanisms through which enhanced internationalization of German firms affect the domestic economy.

Against this backdrop, this project pursues four goals. First, it aims at taking stock of the relevant micro-data that are provided and maintained by the statistical offices on both the federal and the state level (DESTATIS) and by the central bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) and examining whether these data may – after suitable adjustment (merging, linking) – be used for model-based quantitative policy analysis in the areas of trade and foreign investment. Secondly, taking the new quantitative trade theory as a point of departure, it aims at developing and empirically implementing simulation models for trade and investment that allow for firm heterogeneity and dynamic adjustment. Thirdly, such models will be used to address, by means of numerical simulations, various policy scenarios regarding international trade and investment. These simulations will focus on heterogeneous effects among German firms. And finally, the project involves econometric estimation, using novel micro-panel-data, aimed at shedding light on topical issues related to trade and investment.

IAW is particularly concerned with the first and second project objectives.

September 9-11, 2021: 22nd Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG), Ghent

German Firms in International Trade: Evidence from Recent Transaction-level Data

Matthias Fauth [IAW], Prof. Dr. Benjamin Jung [Universität Hohenheim], Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kohler [IAW]