EVENTS
FIW Conferences.- FIW Workshops .
- 33th FIW-Workshop on Regional Economics.
- 32th FIW-Workshop 'Gravity at Sixty'.
- 31st FIW-Workshop 'Firms and Workers in the Global Economy'.
- 30th FIW Workshop "W.I.E.N".
- 29. FIW Workshop "Women in International Economics".
- 28th FIW Workshop on International Economic Networks.
- 27th FIW Workshop on International Economic Networks.
- 26th FIW Workshop on International Economic Networks.
- 22. FIW Workshop "International Trade 200 years after Ricardo".
- 21. FIW Workshop "From Tariffs to Standards. Assessing the role of Non-Tariff Measures".
- 20. International Economics.
- 19. Trade, Migration and Labor Market Outcomes.
- 18. Political Economy of Trade Poliy.
- 17. Lessons from the Financial Crisis.
- 16. An Industrial Renaissance in Europe.
- 15. Trade & Productivity.
- 14. Rebalancing the Global Economy.
- 13. Global Trade and Growth.
- 12. Research Agenda.
- 11. FIW-Research Reports.
- 10. New Protectionism.
- 9. Access to Microdata.
- 8. New New Trade Theory.
- 7. FDI II.
- 6. Services.
- 5. Research Agenda.
- 4. FDI.
- 3. Migration.
- 2. Trade Agreements.
- 1. EU-Enlargment.
- FIW Seminars.
- FIW Lectures.
- External Events.
The FIW - Research Centre International Economics (https://www.fiw.ac.at/) is a cooperation between the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University Vienna, the Johannes Kepler University Linz, the University of Innsbruck, WIFO, wiiw and WSR. FIW is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministries of Education, Research and Science (BMBFW) and of Labour and Economy (BMAW).
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Program
March, 7th 2008
Venue: Austrian Ministery of Economics and Labour
Stubenring 1, 1010 Vienna
Gobelinsaal (1st Floor)
Time: 8.30 a.m.-2.30 p.m.
8:30-8:45 Registration
8:45-9:00 Welcome (Fritz Breuss, Project Leader FIW,WIFO) and Introduction (Yvonne Wolfmayr, FIW,WIFO)
Session I
9:00-9:35 Peter Egger (University of Munich, CES-IFO), Harald Badinger (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration): "Horizontal versus Vertical Interdependence in Multinational Activity"
9:35-10:10 Heinz Hollenstein (KOF-ETHZ): "Foreign R&D Strategies of Swiss Firms: Characteristics and Policy Implications."
10:10-10:25 Coffee Break
Session II
10:25-11:00 Harald Oberhofer, Michael Pfaffermayr (University of Innsbruck): "Firm Growth in Multinational Corporate Groups."
11:00-11:35 Wilfried Altzinger (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration): "On the Profitability of Austrian Foreign Direct Investment-Reinvestment or Repatriation?"
11:35-11:50 Coffee Break
Session III
11:50-12:25 Christian Bellak, Markus Leibrecht (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) and Robert Stehrer (wiiw): "Policies to Attract Foreign Direct Investment: An Industry Level Approach."
12:25-13:00 Martin Falk (WIFO): "Effects of Foreign Ownership on Innovation and Productivity."
13:00-13:30 Buffet
Policy Panel 13:30-14:30
"Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investments: What are the issues and what can policy do to meet the challenges?"
Moderation: Fritz Breuss
Ralf Kronberger (WKO)
Gaspar Frontini (EU Commission, DG Trade)
Matilde Madrid (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade, Spain)
Monika Bednarik-Belan (AWSG - Austria Wirtschaftsservice)
The Workshop was held in English.
Participation at the Workshop was free of charge.
