Die Anfänge des Liberalismus im Großfürstentum Siebenbürgen: der Hermannstädter Landtag 1863-1864

Ein Vortrag von Lorand Mádly (Historisches Institut „George Bariţiu“ der Rumänischen Akademie in Cluj-Napoca) - Gastwissenschaftler im IOS.
Datum: Mittwoch, 25. April 2018
Zeit: 13 – 14:30 Uhr
Ort: Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Landshuter Str. 4 (Raum 109)

Die EU-Beitrittskandidaten in Südosteuropa – Chancen im Spannungsfeld der Geopolitik

Ein Vortrag von Thomas Brey (dpa Belgrad) in Kooperation mit der Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft (SOG)
Datum: Dienstag, 22. Mai 2018
Zeit: 18 Uhr
Ort: Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Landshuter Str. 4 (Raum 017)
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The European Imbalances, the North-South Divide and the International Linkages: A Global VAR Approach

Ein Vortrag von Theodore Panagiotidis (University of Macedonia, Greece)  im Rahmen der Seminarreihe des AB Ökonomie am IOS.
Datum: 29. Mai 2018
Zeit: 13.30 Uhr
Ort: Leibniz-Institut für Ost-und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Landshuter Str. 4 (Raum 109)

The north-south divide of the European economies has been the subject of debate. Motivated by the global trade imbalances and their impact under the EMU framework, we employ a Global Vector Auto-Regressive (GVAR) model for 28 developed and developing countries in order to assess the propagation mechanisms of real trade and macroeconomic shocks, focusing on the interconnections among the North Euro Area (NEA) and the South Euro Area (SEA). We incorporate theory-based long-run restrictions and examine various scenarios such: non-export real output shocks, expansionary shocks and real exchange rate shocks. The results provide support for a symmetric adjustment in the Euro area; an expansionary policy of the NEA and increased competitiveness in the SEA should establish a common framework to encounter trade imbalances of the debtor Euro area economies. We show that NEA and U.S. origin shocks to domestic output exert a dominant influence in the rest of Europe and Asia while the strong linkage between trade flows within the Euro area is confirmed.

A Difficult Coexistence. From Heavy Industry to Tourist Industry in the Region of Istria

Ein Vortrag von Andrea Matošević (Head of Department, Centre for Cultural and Historical Research of Socialism and Department for Interdisciplinary, Italian and Cultural Studies, Section of Humanities and Social Sciences, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula), Visiting Fellow am IOS.
Datum: 29. Mai 2018
Zeit: 16 Uhr
Ort: Leibniz-Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Landshuter Str. 4 (Raum 109)

This presentation will highlight some of the most important industrial events that are essential for the development of the region of Istria, Croatia in the XXth century. With shutting down or serious restructuring of industrial plants (mining, shipbuilding, garment industry) this part of Croatia oriented its economy, culture and development mainly towards tourism. This passage towards service economy has a huge influence on communities and relations between people that can be interpreted in terms of post-fordism.

Are Chinese Big Banks Really Inefficient? Distinguishing Persistent from Residual Inefficiency

Ein Vortrag von Zuzana Fungacova (Bank of Finland Institute of Transition [BOFIT]) im Rahmen der Seminarreihe des AB Ökonomie am IOS.
Datum: 7. Juni 2018 (Donnerstag!)
Zeit: 14.00 Uhr
Ort: Leibniz-Institut für Ost-und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Landshuter Str. 4 (Raum 109)

There is large evidence that the five largest state-owned banks in China (the Big Five) suffer from low cost efficiency. The objective of this paper is to investigate how overall inefficiency of Chinese banks is decomposed between persistent inefficiency and transient inefficiency. While persistent efficiency reflects structural problems, transient efficiency is associated with short-term events. We use the model from Kumbhakar, Lien and Hardaker (2014) based on the stochastic frontier approach to measure persistent efficiency and transient efficiency for a large sample of 166 Chinese banks over the period 2008-2015. We find that Big Five banks have lower cost efficiency on average than other Chinese banks, which results from lower persistent cost efficiency. Big Five banks do not significantly differ in transient efficiency from other Chinese banks over the period, even if their transient efficiency is more volatile. Our findings support the view that major structural reforms need to be implemented to enhance efficiency of Big Five banks.

Replacement Subsidies for Energy Efficient Appliances: Consumer Responses in Time and Product-Space

Ein Vortrag von Boryana Madzharova (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) im Rahmen der Seminarreihe des AB Ökonomie am IOS.
Datum: 19. Juni 2018
Zeit: 13.30 Uhr
Ort: Leibniz-Institut für Ost-und Südosteuropaforschung (IOS), Landshuter Str. 4 (Raum 109)