5th IWH/INFER Workshop on Applied Economics and Economic Policy: Trade and Capital Liberalisations – Boost for Growth or Bane of Spillover?

The 5th IWH/INFER Workshop on Applied Economic Policy took place in Halle (Saale) on 17 and 18 September 2015. The workshop provided a platform to discuss applied economic research. We invited empirical and theoretical contributions from all fields of marcoeconomics and international economics with an emphasis on a high relevance for economic policy.

The special topic of the workshop was international trade and capital liberalisations. Contributions on the following topics are especially highly welcomed:

• international capital allocation
• capital regulation and capital controls
• international trade agreements
• link between growth and volatility

Keynote Speakers:

• Arnoud Boot (University of Amsterdam)
• Jeromin Zettelmeyer (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Berlin)