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FIW-Trade Talks „Global Supply Chain Chaos: Micro- and Macroeconomic effects”
with Gabriel Felbermayr (WIFO, WU Vienna)
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
FIW is pleased to announce the next edition of FIW-Trade Talks. Univ-Prof. Dr. Harald Oberhofer will talk with to the Director of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) Professor Gabriel Felbermayr on the topic „Global Supply Chain Chaos: Micro- and Macroeconomic effects”.
Time: December 7, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
Location: online event (Zoom)
Language: German
Video-Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpP-pjqYb-Q
FIW Trade Talks is a series of events organized by the Research Centre International Economics (FIW). International economic researchers or high-level policy makers are interviewed on current topics in international economics and economic policy.
Partcipants:
Gabriel Felbermayr
Gabriel Felbermayr has been Director of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) in Vienna and university professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) since 1 October 2021. Professor Gabriel Felbermayr, PhD, was born in June 1976 in Steyr, Austria.
After studying Economics and Trade at the University of Linz, he went to Florence, Italy, to pursue his doctoral studies From 2005 to 2008, he was Assistant Professor at the University of Tübingen. From 2010 to 2019, he led the ifo Center for International Economics at the University of Munich, where he also served as a full professor in International Economics. From 2019 till September 2021 he was President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and held a chair in Economics and Economic Policy at Kiel University (CAU).
His research and consulting work focuses on issues of international trade theory and policy, labour market research, European economic integration, and current economic policy issues. He has published a large number of articles in international academic journals, policy briefs, and newspapers. His research has been recognised with several awards.
Harald Oberhofer
Harald Oberhofer is a Senior Economist at WIFO, the Austrian Institute of Economic Research. He is Professor of Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
His research interests include International Economics, empirical Industrial Organisation and Applied Econometrics. Harald Oberhofer studied at the University of Innsbruck and holds a doctorate in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Innsbruck. Harald Oberhofer regularly serves as a consultant to international organisations such as the OECD and the World Bank, where he analyses the impact of institutional regulations on firm performance, also over the business cycle.