IWH Research Seminar

The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Firm Value and Investment

The increasing rates of opioid abuse has had a significant impact on the United States. This paper shows that the opioid epidemic has implications for firms which must now contend with a lower pool of available and productive workers.

IWH Research Seminar

The Market for SME Bonds - The German Experiment

IWH Research Seminar

Credit Supply and Human Capital: Evidence from Bank Pension Liabilities

We identify the effects of exogenous credit constraints on firm ability to attract and retain skilled workers. To do so, we exploit a shock to the value of the pension obligations of Portuguese banks resulting from a change in accounting norms.

IWH Research Seminar

Technological Change and Skill Demand in Non-Competitive Labor Markets

This paper investigates the consequences of technological change in the presence of non-competitive labor markets. We propose a model of technological progress where firms invest in innovation in the hope of developing new technologies.

Workshops and conferences

Compnet-EBRD Workshop on Localisation and Productivity

The aim of this workshop is to dig deeper into localisation economies and associated productivity gains. The increasing availability of new cross-border databases at the firm level and of micro-level databases at the firm and individual levels creates the opportunity to analyse localisation economies in novel settings.

Workshops and conferences

4th IWH-FIN-FIRE Workshop on "Challenges to Financial Stability"

The Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) – Member of the Leibniz Association and the FIRE research centre at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management are organising a joint Workshop on “Challenges to Financial Stability” on August 20th and 21st, 2018, to be held in Halle (Saale). The workshop provides a platform to discuss changes in the regulatory framework of the financial sector, their impact on financial stability, and consequences for the real sector.

Workshops and conferences

8th IWH/INFER Workshop on International Capital Flows and Macroprudential Stability

The Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and the International Network for Economic Research (INFER) were organising a workshop on capital flows.

Workshops and conferences

7. CompNet-Jahreskonferenz "Economic Growth, Trade and Productivity Dispersion"

Am 21. und 22. Juni 2018 fand in Halle die vom IWH organisierte Jahreskonferenz des Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet) statt. Nahezu 100 Wissenschaftler und Wissenschftlerinnen sowie Entscheidungsträger und Entscheidungsträgerinnen internationaler Universitäten und Organisationen diskutierten im Festsaal der Nationalen Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina neue Forschungsergebnisse zum Thema „Produktivität und Fehlallokation auf mikroökonomischer Ebene“. Insbesondere ging es um die Gründe einer suboptimalen Faktorallokation bei einzelnen Firmen und die dadurch im Aggregat verursachten Wohlfahrtsverluste.