Veranstaltung
16
Aug 2018

17
Aug 2018
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.

Who
Keynote Speaker: Hiro Ito  (University of Portland)
Where
IWH conference room
Keynote Speaker: Hiro Ito

Personal details

Dr Hiro Ito is Professor of Economics at Portland State University, Oregon, U.S.A. His areas of focus are financial liberalization and development, capital flows, emerging market open macro policies, and global imbalances. He is currently an associate editor of the Journal of International Money and Finance and the Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy. Ito received his Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and M.A. in international relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C.He holds a B.A. in Law from Waseda University.

The workshop provided a platform to discuss applied economic research. We invited empirical and theoretical contributions from all fields of macroeconomics and international economics with an emphasis on a high relevance for economic policy. The special topic of the workshop was capital flows. Contributions on the following topics were highly welcome:

  • financial liberalisation and growth
  • capital flows and interest rates
  • capital flows and international competitiveness
  • capital flow regulation and financial stability

Whom to contact

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