Peter Egger

ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute

Research Interests

• Applied and theoretical panel econometrics (time-invariant variables; long and short run estimates; spatial econometrics)
• Applied and theoretical international and regional economics (outsourcing; multinational firms; trade volumes; economic integration; new economic geography)
• Industrial organization and multinational firms

Education

1996, Master in Economics - University of Linz, Austria
2001, PhD in Economics - University of Linz, Austria
2002, Habilitation, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Jack Hou

"Scholar from the Yellow River" - Distinguished Adjunt Professor from the California State University Long Beach, CA, US

Education

Ph.D, Yale University, May 1989
M.Phil., Yale University, December 1988
M.A., Yale University, May 1987
B.A., National Taiwan University, June 1979

Research Interests

• Labor Economics
• International Economics
• Economics of China

Jarko Fidrmuc

Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany

Education

2010, Habilitation (venia legendi), Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics

2000, Doctor of the Social and Economic Sciences (Dr.), University of Vienna

1990, M.A. in Business Informatics, University of Economics in Bratislava

Research Interests

• Empirical Analysis of European Integration
• Empirical Analysis of Globalization
• Analysis of Economic Cycles and Theory of Optimal Currency Area
• Development of Emerging Economies in Eastern Europe and Asia
• Financing of small and medium sized enterprises
• Financing conditions of houshold and banks

Nahid Masoudi 

Memorial University Newfoundland, St. John´s, Canada

Research Interests

• Environmental and Resource Economics
• Applied Microeconomics
• Game Theory
• Public Economics

Education

PhD in Quantitative Methods, University of Montreal, 2013

MA in Economics, Tehran University, 2006

BA in Economics, Shiraz University, 2004