INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE at the WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, OCTOBER 4th-6th, 2007

On October 4th-6th, 2007, the Warsaw School of Economics (Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie, SGH) will host the conference on 'International Mobility', aimed at analyzing the international mobility of goods, services and factors of production as well as the causes, consequences and constraints thereof.

The increasing international mobility of goods, services, and factors of production affects economic growth, the distribution of income, and economic stability. Increased international mobility gives countries the opportunity to raise economic welfare. At the same time, integration remains incomplete in many ways, and it exposes countries to potential risks.

The aim of the conference is to analyze the international mobility of goods, services and production factors and to study the implications for the world economy, for national economies, and for economic policy. Studying the degree of international integration is of special interest for today's European Union. On the one hand, the EU is an example of successful integration since most direct intra-European barriers to integration have been abolished. On the other hand, indirect barriers to integration persist, and the EU retains barriers to the integration vis-a-vis the rest of the world.

We invite submissions of papers addressing the following topics:

Taking stock of international mobility inter-industry, intra-industry, and intra-firm trade international trade in semiproducts international trade in services foreign direct investment, capital flows portfolio, and bank lending international migration spreading of innovation and R&D direct and indirect barriers to international mobility

International mobility and economic policy international trade liberalization under GATT/WTO fiscal policies in integrated markets employment and labour market policies in integrated markets institutional and political constraints to international mobility national protectionism international mobility and the environment

The conference will be followed by a workshop for Ph.D. students on October 5th-6th, 2007. The workshop is to provide young researchers (in particular from Poland) with the opportunity to discuss their research agenda with international scholars.

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