YSI Workshop on “Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development” The YSI Urban and Regional Economics Working Group, in partnership with the Department of Economics of the Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil) is glad to announce its I Workshop on "Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development". The workshop is going to be held as a side-event with the …
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VIII Seminário de Desenvolvimento e Políticas Públicas Conhecimento, Inovação e Desenvolvimento Regional Abertura Oficial (09:00) Palestra de Abertura (09:30) “Repensando o Papel da Universidade no Desenvolvimento Regional” Prof. Clélio Campolina Diniz (CEDEPLAR/UFMG) Professor Emérito da UFMG. É mestre e doutor em Ciência Econômica pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Campolina foi diretor-presidente do Parque Tecnológico de …
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VIII Seminário de Desenvolvimento e Políticas Públicas Conhecimento, Inovação e Desenvolvimento Regional Mesa 1 “Ciência, Tecnologia e as Políticas Regionais” Prof. Renato Garcia (UNICAMP) Prof. Lia Hasenclever (UCAM e UFRJ) Renato Garcia: Professor Associado do Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas. É editor-adjunto da Revista Brasileira de Inovação e coordena um projeto de …
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Young Scholars Workshop Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development WG Session 2: Partnerships and Resources to Innovation. Mentor: Prof. Márcia Rapinni (CEDEPLAR/UFMG) Ana Júlia Diniz Mesquita (UNIFAL) “Uma análise sobre a relação entre três agentes para a inovação: Universidade, Empresa e Governo” (An analysis about the relation between the three innovation agents: Universities, Firms and Government) …
Instructors: Asgeir B. Torfason and Elham SaeidinezhadTeaching Assistants: Jack Krupinski, Andrew McVayTeaching Assistants with YSI focus: Nathalie Marins, Adam Kerenyi Prospective start date: 27 October, 2020Deadline to sign up: 20 October, 2020 Overview of the course This course develops the 'money view' of economic activity for modern times, building on the intellectual traditions of British …
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VIII Seminário de Desenvolvimento e Políticas Públicas Conhecimento, Inovação e Desenvolvimento Regional Palestra 2 “Complexidade Econômica e Desigualdade” Prof. Dominik Hartmann (UFSC) Professor no Departamento de Economia e Relações Internacionais da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Possui doutorado em Economia pela Universidade de Hohenheim, Alemanha (2014). Foi pós-doutorando no MIT Media Lab do Massachusetts Institute …
VIII Seminário de Desenvolvimento e Políticas Públicas Conhecimento, Inovação e Desenvolvimento Regional Palestra 2 “Complexidade Econômica e Desigualdade a Nível Nacional e Local” Prof. Dominik Hartmann (UFSC)
Young Scholars Workshop Knowledge, Innovation and Regional Development WG Session 4: Economic Complexity. Mentor: Prof. Dominik Hartmann (UFSC) Bianca Vasconcelos (UFRJ) ” Complexidade produtiva como caminho para o desenvolvimento: observações a partir dos dados de exportação e emprego” Margarida Bandeira Morais (London School of Economics) “Economic Complexity and Services: The Case of Mexican Regions”
Co-operatives are unique models as they are guided by the principles of voluntary and open membership, economic cooperation and democratic control. This means that any individual regardless of wealth and gender can participate in a co-operative. It is these principles that raise questions on the sustainability of the co-operative business model in the modern world. …
Presentations on the theme of Governance and Inclusion in Cooperatives
WEBINAR INFORMATIONIn June 2020, we welcomed Prof. Dan Awrey (Cornell) to the Liquidity Project Financial Market Infrastructure (LPFMI) conversation in a panel discussion on the implications of the law on CCPs for OTC derivatives with Robert Steigerwald (Chicago Fed). We have now the pleasure to further explore the legal and regulatory framework that applies to …
WEBINAR INFORMATIONThe Liquidity Project Financial Market Infrastructure (or LPFMI) would like to start in this mini webinar series a conversation with Economic Development, which will encompass one webinar. This project aims to shed some lights on the connection between financial market infrastructures (FMIs) and economic growth. Martijn Lathouwers (World Bank and formerly LCH) will present …
23/Sep - Emanuele Citera: The network origins of aggregate fluctuations: a demand-side approach 13/Oct - Gustavo Pereira Serra: Household borrowing for Consumption and Investment in Human Capital: a neo-Kaleckian approach 4/Nov - Vinicius Curti Cícero: Functional distribution of income as a determinant of importing behavior: An empirical analysis 25/Nov - Guilherme Spinato Morlin: Inflation and …
WEBINAR INFORMATIONAfter being narrowed in their scope and delayed in their implementation, new rules surrounding initial margin (“IM”) in uncleared OTC transactions - the “UMR Rules” - have been slowly coming into force. In this webinar, lawyer Poseidon Retsinas will describe the legal mechanics of UMR and the significance of these rules for the financial …
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We are glad to announce the first event of the Webinar series in 18th-Century History of Political Economy. In the opening webinar, Professor Paul Cheney will present the paper "Montesquieu as Dependency Theorist? Capitalism versus Commercial Society in the Intellectual History of Political Economy". He will explore Montesquieu not as a World-Systems theorist avant la …
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Adam Frost, PhD student at Harvard University, will present his work: Entrepreneurial transformation of socialist China Abstract:China’s socialist era (1957–1980) is often described as having been void of entrepreneurial activity. Generations of scholars argued that beginning with the Communist’s victory over the Nationalists in 1949 and culminating until the establishment of collective economic institutions in …
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Ana Paula Londe Silve (PhD student in economics at Cedeplar - UFMG) will present her paper "Political economy and antislavery in mid 18th-century Britain: Malachy Postlethwayt's remarks on slave trade."
Despite long-lasting debates, no steps have been taken towards the adoption of a European Unemployment Benefit Scheme (EUBS).Traditional political economy literature explains such impasse by looking at the rationale of the political conflict and arguing that a one-dimensional divide between creditor and debtor Member States characterizes the conflict over the implementation of a EUBS. Conversely, …
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The Keynesian Economics Working Group is glad to announce the II YSI Alumni Workshop at the IV Summer School on Keynesian Theory and the XIII Brazilian Keynesian Association Annual Meeting. Our Workshop will take place on November 23rd, 2020, and will be followed by the School (November 24th-25th, 2020) and the Brazilian Keynesian Association Annual …
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Vitantonio Mariella, PhD student at Sapienza University, will present his work: Tenancy contracts and social capital at the origins of the North-South divide in Italy Abstract:This paper investigates the historical determinants of social capital in Italy, widely seen at the root of the North-South divide. By focusing on the rural economic structure of Italy during …
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23/Sep - Emanuele Citera: The network origins of aggregate fluctuations: a demand-side approach 13/Oct - Gustavo Pereira Serra: Household borrowing for Consumption and Investment in Human Capital: a neo-Kaleckian approach 4/Nov - Vinicius Curti Cícero: Three essays on FDI and uneven development 25/Nov - Guilherme Spinato Morlin: Inflation and conflicting claims in the open economy …
This meeting will serve to select the papers that will be presented at the plenary and decide the sessions' design.
The Network of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Economics in Latin America and the Caribbean (RIE by its acronym in Spanish) aims to promote the study, dissemination and training of innovation and entrepreneurship issues in Latin America. Check out the website here RIE, IDB, Universidad del Rosario and YSI invite you to send research papers on Economics …
Session 5: Regression discontinuity designs Reading: Cunningham 2020 (Ch. 6 - Regression discontinuity) Available at: https://www.scunning.com/mixtape.html
INET Future of work series: Meaningful Integration Or Jobless Future? 02 December, 12pm ETDaron Acemoglu and William Janeway This session will discuss the likeliness of these two poles: meaningful integration and jobless future. Could we expect a future in which jobs are not only guarantee for everyone but also fairly compensated or the displacement effect …
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The Finance, Law and Economics Working Group is glad to invite you to a webinar with Dr. Daniele D'Alvia on Specified/Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). Dr. D'Alvia is one of the few world leading experts on SPACs and he will critically analyse this last Wall Street Trend, which has been gaining incredible interest in the …
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George Soros' latest op-ed in the Project Syndicate reasserts his view how perpetual bonds could help the European Union overcome its deadlock on fiscal spending. Our panelists will discuss the proposal and reflect which openings exist to shape Europe’s fiscal future. An Effective Response to Europe’s Fiscal Paralysis (Excerpt) By: George Soros | Project Syndicate …