2019 Forum on Globalization and Industrialization is Now Open for Registration

16th October 2019
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The 2019 Forum on Globalization and Industrialization (FGI) with its overarching topic “The Future of Global Value Chains (GVCs): How the Fourth Industrial Revolution is Changing Global Production Networks” will take place on Nov. 19, 2019 at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria. This is the fourth annual conference jointly organised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG) at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy[...]

Thilo Kroeger to Present at the Midwest International Economics Meeting and at Yale University

11th October 2019
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KCG Fellow Thilo Kroeger will present joint research at the Midwest Economic Theory and International Trade Conference at Washington University in St. Louis on October 13. The Conference was established in 1981 with the goal to foster and encourage research in international trade. Bi-annually around 50 papers on topics in international trade are presented at the Conference. Thilo Kroeger will present his joint work with Prof. Holger Görg, Ph.D., Prof. Horst Raff, Ph.D. and Frauke Steglich[...]

KCG Lunch-Time Seminar on the Trade Effects of Antidumping Duties on Oct. 8, 2019

7th October 2019
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Prof. Dr. Alexander-Nikolai Sandkamp (Kiel University & Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)) will give a research seminar based on his paper “The Trade Effects of Antidumping Duties: Evidence from the 2004 EU Enlargement” on October 8, 2019. The seminar is co-organised by IfW and KCG.

Abstract: With over 1,600 measures in force in 2017, antidumping (AD) duties constitute a frequently used trade defence instrument. Theory predicts that, unlike normal tariffs, AD duties raise producer prices[...]

KCG Researchers Gave Presentations at the PEGNet Annual Conference

2nd October 2019
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KCG PhD Fellows Finn Ole Semrau and Frauke Steglich joined the Annual Conference of the Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet) on September 9-10, 2019 in Bonn. The conference brought together development researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to discuss topics related to this year’s conference theme “Promoting Social, Economic and Socio-political Development through Social Protection”.[...]

KCG Lunch-Time Seminar on the Extensive Margin of Trade on Oct. 1, 2019

23rd September 2019
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Dr. Julian Hinz (KCG and Kiel Institute for the World Economy) will give a research seminar on the extensive margin of trade on October 1, 2019. The presentation is based on his current paper titled “Persistent Zeros: The Extensive Margin of Trade”, co-authored with Amrei Stammann (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf) and Joschka Wanner (University of Bayreuth). The seminar is co-organised by KCG and the Kiel Institute.[...]