Call for papers 10th Joint IOS/APB/EACES Summer Academy on Central and Eastern Europe Firm Behavior in Central and Eastern Europe:Productivity, Innovation and Trade

Organized by the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS Regensburg) in cooperationwith the Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing (APB) and the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies (EACES).

Location: Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing on Lake Starnberg near Munich
Date: June 11-13, 2018

We invite scholars from economics and cognate disciplines to submit extended abstracts or full papers.Topics include, but are not limited to:
• Firm survival and productivity across countries
• Productivity dispersion, regional competitiveness and trade
• Determinants of firm heterogeneity in productivity and innovation.Preference will be given to papers focusing on Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Keynote speakers:
• Davide Castellani (University of Reading, United Kingdom)
• Ichiro Iwasaki (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
• Helena Schweiger (EBRD Office of the Chief Economist, United Kingdom)
• Martin Srholec (CERGE-EI, Czech Republic)

Submissions should include a short CV and an extended abstract (maximum 2,000 words) or a full paper. 
Pleasesubmit your application to summeracademy@ios-regensburg.de
Submission deadline: March 18, 2018.
Accepted participants will be notified by April 2, 2018. Full accepted papers are expected by April 22, 2018.

The IOS/APB/EACES Summer Academies on Central and Eastern Europe aim to bring together Ph.D. students and Postdocs in a workshop atmosphere. The number of participants is limited to 15. The workshop language is English.The Hans Raupach Award will honor the author(s) of a paper of exceptional merit.Сonference fee: 50 € (including single‐room accommodation for two nights and all meals). 
IOS Regensburg is an interdisciplinary area studies center affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany. It explores economic, political, and historical developments in East and Southeast Europe froma global perspective. Apart from research, it provides policy advice both within Germany and internationally.Situated on beautiful Lake Starnberg, between Munich and the Alps mountain range, APB Tutzing has a strongreputation for organizing social sciences conferences and workshops.

Further information on the program and previous Summer Academies is available at:https://www.ios‐regensburg.de/veranstaltungen/summer‐academy.html