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Young Scholars Development Programme on Input and Output Analysis

Università degli Studi di Sassari Alghero, Sardinia, Italy

Introduction Input-output (I-O) analysis represents an important tool for economists to understand the complexity of our economies. To support a new generation of economists using I-O analysis, the YSI Working Groups on Urban and Regional Economics, and Innovation are partnering up with the International Input-Output Association (IIOA) to invite Young Scholars to apply for participation …

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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC (2023)

Discussion — Lectures 11 & 12

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session covers Lecture 11: Banks and the Market for Liquidity and Lecture 12: Lender/Dealer of Last Resort. Lecture 11 Notes Lecture 12 Notes Lecture 11 generalizes the Treynor model from security dealers to the term funding market and the overnight money market. It also examines the puzzle of why it's profitable for banks to …

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Ecologizing Economics: Reflexivity, Methods and Interdisciplinarity…

Sciences Po Lille Lille, Hauts-de-France, France

Ecologizing Economics: Reflexivity, Methods and Interdisciplinarity in the Age of Anthropocene In the context of a multidimensional ecological crisis, economic analysis is challenged to adapt its methods so that it can remain relevant to contemporary issues and preserve the important place it has gained in public decision-making. In particular, calls to strengthen the consideration of …

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The Global South in the electric vehicles global value chains

YSI-Gerpisa Panel Boulevard de la Plaine, Ixelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

The 2008-2009 economic crisis interrupted the expansion of Global Value Chains (GVCs) as different manufacturing reshoring processes were registered, that then were deepened by the Covid-19 pandemic. This was accompanied with a re-emergence of industrial policy in developed and developing countries. In the automotive industry, this crisis generated a general shift in output in favour …

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YSI Roundtable at AHE 2023: Rethinking Development in a Unequal World

AHE 2023 Conference Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

The YSI Inequality and Development Working Groups happily announces a special session to be held during the 25th Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE). The joint session will focus on ''Rethinking Development in a Growingly Unequal World''. We invite young scholars (PhD and MSc students) to submit working papers for discussion. Selected …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

The Currency of Politics | Session 1

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This is the first of three sessions on Stefan Eich's 2022 book The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes. https://www.amazon.com/Currency-Politics-Political-Theory-Aristotle/dp/0691191077/ From the Description: Stefan Eich examines six crucial episodes of monetary crisis, recovering the neglected political theories of money in the thought of such figures as Aristotle, John Locke, …

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project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC (2023)

Discussion — Reading 6: Jack Treynor

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session covers Reading 6: The Economics of the Dealer Function by Jack Treynor. Treynor Study Questions We've already built an intuition for the Treynor model. This is the article where Treynor spells the original version of that model in which securities dealers profit by selling market liquidity. Dealers make a bid-ask spread inside the …

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YSI @ 16th EAEPE Summer School

Roma Tre University Via Silvio D'Amico, Roma, Lazio, Italy

The Keynesian Working Group is happy to announce a call for papers to the YSI @ 16th EAEPE Summer School, Economic policy and welfare in a context of high inflation. We invite you to submit your abstract to the Special section organized by the Young Scholars Initiative at the EAEPE Summer School. The event will …

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Navigating some inherent contradictions in CBDC – a LPFMI workshop make-up

Virtual Project Virtual Project

Following the rise of crypto-assets, developments in IT and most recently in the wake of covid-19, discussions surrounding the potential introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) have intensified. In general terms, this webinar and the corresponding paper reconcile 3 key questions: Should CBDC be issued? How will CBDC be delivered to end-users (i.e. the …

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project Series Money View Reading Group

The Credit–Money Hierarchy: a Republican , Egalitarian Appraisal

Virtual Project Virtual Project

We are discussing with Aaron James his new paper entitled "The Credit–Money Hierarchy: a Republican , Egalitarian Appraisal." https://www.dropbox.com/s/egdve0xeqxjkfwc/James_paper%20Credit-Money%20Hiearchy.docx?dl=0 James presented the paper at this month's "Money as a Democratic Medium 2.0" conference, which some of us attended. According to James, the paper describes "three ways 'intrinsic' moral considerations apply to the global credit-money hierarchy."

project Series Economics of Money and Banking MOOC (2023)

Discussion — Midterm Review Lecture

Virtual Project Virtual Project

This session covers the Review Lecture for the first half of the course. NOTE: The videos for this lecture are not available on the BU site or the ColumbiaLearn YouTube playlist, but you can access them directly through the Coursera site or through the playlist linked above. The lecture gives a brief overview of the …

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