Call For Participants
Tinbergen Institute Economics Lectures 2013 - Elhanan Helpman: Recent Developments in International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment

June 3-5, 2013, Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Elhanan Helpman is the Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade at Harvard University and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. The lectures will cover recent developments in international trade and foreign direct investment, including theoretical and empirical studies. After a brief review of traditional trade theory and 'new' trade theory, and the empirical challenges to these types of models, we shall discuss the research that has evolved in the last decade. This will include the role of heterogeneous firms, incomplete contracts, labor market frictions, vertical specialization, offshoring and outsourcing.

ABOUT TINBERGEN INSTITUTE: Tinbergen Institute (TI) is one of Europe's top graduate schools and research institutes in economics. The institute uniquely combines the best of three leading Dutch universities, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), University of Amsterdam (UvA) and VU University Amsterdam (VU). Tinbergen Institute offers a research master program (MPhil plus PhD) in economics, econometrics and finance. All tracks consist of two years of intensive graduate coursework which are usually followed by three years of PhD thesis research. Tinbergen Institute runs its own scholarship program for master students, sponsored by the economics departments and the Duisenberg school of finance. PhD positions are fully paid positions with a good salary. Currently, about 200 students are enrolled in our graduate program. Roughly 75% of all students come from abroad; students have come from Europe, Asia, North-America, South-America and Africa.

REGISTRATION FOR THE TI ECONOMICS LECTURES BY ELHANAN HELPMAN: You can register online (http://www.tinbergen.nl > events > lectures). The registration code for the Lectures is: TI1233. Maximum number of participants: 50.

Registration fee is Euro200. Exam fee is Euro100. Registration fee after the deadline will be Euro400. External participants need to send their vitae and a short letter in which they motivate their participation. For TI MPhil students, participation must be approved by the DGS and is free of charge.

FURTHER INFORMATION: For more information please contact Ms. Carine Horbach at courses@tinbergen.nl

Deadline for registration: May 1, 2013