FIW 2019

Call for Papers

CALL for PAPERS

for the

12^th FIW-Research Conference ‘International Economics’

5-6 December 2019

Submission Deadline: 15 September 2019

OUTLINE

The Research Centre International Economics - FIW announces its 12^th Research Conference ‘International Economics’ and invites the submission of (full) working papers to be presented at the conference.

The main objective of the conference is to provide a platform for economists working in the field of ‘International Economics’ to present recent research.

Papers from Ph.D. students, , young faculty members and young researchers in similar positions are particularly welcome as the conference aims to support and encourage young economists by providing an opportunity to present their work to fellow junior economists as weel as experienced senior researchers.

The conference also aims at bringing together researchers and policy makers to provide a forum for a discussion on how empirical evidence can more effectively inform actual economic policy making.

TIME & LOCATION

The 12^th FIW Research Conference on ‘International Economics’ will take place on Thursday, 5 December 2019 and Friday, 6 December 2019, at the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO), Arsenal Objekt 20, 1030 Vienna, Austria.

Paper Submission

We invite the submission of (full) working papers on all topics in the field of International Economics.

Working Papers should be sent to fiw-pb@fiw.ac.at until 15 September 2019. Acceptance notifications will be sent out from 15###sup/sup### October to 30 ^th October. Earlier notifcations can be requested from researchers from outside of Europe.

Sessions Submission

We invite whole sessions (three papers related to a common topic) to be submitted. Sessions from all branches in International Economics can be submitted until 10###sup/sup### September, 2019 to fiw-pb@fiw.ac.at.

AWARDS

Two prizes for the best contributions to the Research Conference will be awarded. There will be a ‘Best Conference Paper Award 19’ and a ‘Young Economist Award 19’. Each award is worth € 1000.

The ‘Young Economist Award 19’ is intended for Ph.D. students, , young faculty members and young researchers in similar positions. To be considered for this award all authors of the paper have to be 34 or younger at the time of submission.

TOPICS COVERED

The broad topic of the conference is ‘International Economics’. This includes, inter alia, International Trade, International Factor Movements, Economic Integration, Trade Policy, International Trade Organizations, Economic Growth of Open Economies, Multinational Firms, Global Value Chains, International Macroeconomics and other related fields.

 ORGANISATION

The 12th FIW-Research Conference is jointly organized by the FIW Project , the Leibnitz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) Regensburg, IfW Kiel, the University of Ljubljana, the Universita di Bologna, University of Economics Bratislava and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA KRTK).

Scientific Board

FIW: Harald Oberhofer, Robert Stehrer and Fritz Breuss

University of Vienna: Alejandro Cunat

IOS Regensburg: Olga Popova

IfW Kiel:  Gabriel Felbermayr

MTA KRTK: Márta Bisztray WU Vienna: Harald Badinger

University of Ljubljana: Jože P. Damijan

Universita di Bologna: Gaetano A. Minerva

University of Economics Bratislava: Mikulas Luptacik