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Risky Choices and Solidarity
This month’s featured CESifo working paper by Conny Wunsch and Renate Strobl analyses whether people are less prone to support needy individuals when they seem to be responsible for their situation. Find a summary and the full working paper on our website.
Other CESifo Working Papers
Working Paper Submission Form
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Trade Disputes: Why Trump’s Position Is Much Weaker against EU than China
US President Donald Trump insists that his country is being treated unfairly by both the EU and China in terms of commercial trade. Clemens Fuest explains why he thinks that Trump’s position is much weaker against the EU than China. Read more in his recent Viewpoint.
More from and about Clemens Fuest
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 Attitudes towards Euro Area Reforms: Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiment
How do German voters feel about euro area reforms? In this working paper EconPol expert Mathias Dolls and co-author Nils Wehrhöfer find lots of surprising answers to this pressing question. You can access the full working paper on EconPol’s website.
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Eurozone Economic Outlook: Expansion continues amid uncertainty
Economic expansion in the euro area will continue over the forecast horizon, but at a slower pace than in 2017. This is the key finding of the Eurozone Economic Outlook for July 2018. Detailed analyses, figures and tables can be found at our website.
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ifo Business Climate Index Edges Downwards
The ifo Business Climate deteriorated marginally this month. The index fell to 101.7 points in July from 101.8 points in June. Companies were slightly more satisfied with their current business situation, but scaled back their business expectations slightly. The German economy continues to expand, but at a slower pace.
Other Economic Indicators:
ifo Employment Barometer
ifo Export Expectations
ifo World Economic Survey
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CESifo Forum 02/2018: Income Inequality in the EU
The Focus section of the latest CESifo Forum features a selection of broad-ranging articles that shed light on income inequality in the EU. For research-based facts on this hotly-debated topic, read the CESifo Forum online here.
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CESifo Economic Studies Volume 64, Issue 2
This special issue of CESifo Economic Studies offers several high-quality contributions on the use of geo-coded data in economic research. Among others, Masayuki Kudamatsu describes how to apply GIS for credible identification strategies in economics research. Find out more on our website.
Other Publications of Interest:
CESifo Working Papers
CESifo Forum
ifo DICE Report
ifo World Economic Survey
Economic Policy
 EconPol Publications
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CESifo Area Conference on the Economics of Digitization
The second annual conference of the Economics of Digitization Research Area of the CESifo Network is approaching. The keynote lecture will be delivered by Steve Tadelis (University of California, Berkeley). Interested network members are encouraged to submit papers by 1 October 2018. More information is available at the conference website.
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Guests and Locals
CESifo is hosting guest researchers from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, UK and the USA in July 2018. Learn a bit about what they are working on, and about who they are:
Ananish Chaudhuri, University of Auckland, will be visiting CES 2 July to 3 August 2018.
Thiemo René Fetzer, University of Warwick, will be visiting CESifo 24 July to 3 August 2018.
Alex Gershkov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will be visiting CES 30 July to 29 August 2018.
Matthias Kalkuhl, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), was visiting CESifo in July 2018.
Francesco Passarelli, University Bocconi, was visiting CES in July 2018.
Maria A. Polyakova, Stanford University, was visiting CES in July 2018.
Marcel Smolka, Aarhus University, was visiting CESifo in July 2018.
Paul Schweinzer, University of Klagenfurt, will be visiting CES 29 July to 9 September 2018.
Michèle Tertilt, University of Mannheim, will be visiting CESifo 28 July to 12 August 2018.
Kaspar Wuthrich, University of California, San Diego, was visiting CESifo in July 2018.
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Inaugural Fiscal Policy Seminar of the German Ministry of Finance
The German Ministry of Finance is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2018 Inaugural Fiscal Policy Seminar. The seminar will take place in Berlin on 13/14 December 2018. The theme of the 2018 seminar is “Rethinking Market Discipline” with a specific eye on the challenges of institutional design, for example within the European Monetary Union. Our objective is to bring together leading academics and policymakers to showcase frontier academic work that enhances our understanding of the interaction of market discipline, fiscal sustainability and financial resilience; identifying new questions in research, policy making, and institutional design along the way. Deadline for submission is 15 August 2018. More information is available here.
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Third Dondena Workshop on Public Policy
The welfare state and taxation unit of the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy is pleased to announce the third Dondena Workshop on public policy. This two-day workshop provides an opportunity for presentations and discussions about research on the design and impact of public policy on economic and social phenomena in an informal and highly interactive environment. This year we especially encourage submission of papers that examine how public policy affects labour market outcomes, educational choices, social mobility and intergenerational links. Keynote speakers are Gordon Dahl (UC San Diego) and Claudia Olivetti (Boston College). The deadline for submission of complete papers is 23 September 2018. Please submit your paper here.
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Professor and Chair of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (Wageningen University & Research)
We are looking for an innovative and dynamic scholar and excellent researcher to join our faculty and lead the Environmental and Natural Resource Economics Group (ENR) within the Section Economics at Wageningen University & Research, one of the leading universities on food, health and environment. Further information about the position can be obtained from Erwin Bulte or directly via WUR’s website.
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