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FIW Statistics
Current FIW Statistics on International Trade, a clear and graphical overview.
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next FIW-Seminar, Thursday October 13th
"Slicing up Global Value Chains" by Gaaitzen de Vries, University of Groningen (with Marcel Timmer, Abdul Azeez Erumbana, Bart Los, Robert Stehrer).
Working Paper Nr. 73 published
"How much do technological gap, firm size, and regional characteristics matter for the absorptive capacity of Italian enterprises?" by C. Imbriani (University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’), R. Pittiglio (Second University of Naples), F. Reganati (University of Rome ‘La Sapienza) and E. Sica (University of Sussex) is now available for download.
Vienna 2011 Conference on Schumpeter's Heritage
To celebrate the 100th birthday of Joseph Alois Schumpeter's book "The Theory of Economic Development" a conference in Vienna (Austria) is organized. This conference is aiming to address all scholars interested in Schumpeter's work or the topics they cover. The conference will take place from Thursday, 27-10-2011, till Sunday, 30-10-2011.
FIW-Note No. 5 - September 2011 published
FIW publishes quarterly FIW Notes. They present an overview of the most important Austrian and international developments regarding International Economics. The fith issue is now available for free on the FIW-Website.
1. FIW-Vorlesung: Prof. Fritz Breuss - „EU-Wirtschaftsregierung“ am 19.10.
Die FIW-Vorlesungen bilden eine neue Veranstaltungsreihe, bei der politikrelevante aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Bereich internationale Wirtschaft praxisnah präsentiert und diskutiert werden. In der erste FIW-Vorlesung am 19. Oktober um 8:45 Uhr im Wirtschaftsministerium behandelt Prof. Fritz Breuss (WIFO) das Thema EU-Wirtschaftsregierung.
Update of the FIW-Statistics
We updated the FIW-Statistics. The "Current FIW-Statistics on International Trade" offer a clear and graphical overview on key data and indices reflecting current international developments on international trade.
Working Paper Nr. 72 published
"The real exchange rate of an oil exporting economy: Empirical evidence from Nigeria" by Hassan Suleiman and Zahid Muhammad (University of Abertay Dundee) is now available for download.
Working Paper Nr. 71 published
"Exploring oil price – exchange rate nexus for Nigeria" by Zahid Muhammad, Hassan Suleiman and Reza Kouhy (University of Abertay Dundee) is now available for download.
Statistik Austria veröffentlicht Zahlen zum 1. Halbjahr 2011
Im 1. Halbjahr 2011 stiegen demnach die Einfuhren um fast 19%, Ausfuhren um mehr als 17%. Der Gesamtwert der Einfuhren von Waren liegt damit im Zeitraum Jänner bis Juni 2011 bei 63,67 Mrd. Euro, die Ausfuhren von Waren betrugen in diesem Zeitraum insgesamt 60,51 Mrd. Euro. Die Handelsbilanz wies ein Passivum von 3,17 Mrd. Euro auf. Details entnehmen Sie der Presseaussendung von Statistik Austria.
FIW-Research Report 2010/11 No. 7 published
"Structural Estimation of Gravity Models with Path-Dependent Market Entry " from Peter Egger and Michael Pfaffermayr has been published and is available as a free download.