Deadline- 12 October 2013
EERC Research Network has announced Economics Research Grant Competition through which grants of up to $12,000 will be offered. The objective of this program is to to support policy-relevant research conducted by CIS-based scholars.
Thematic areas-
- Enterprises and product markets: regional tax policies and inter-regional competition and investment; relocation of industry and growth; industrial organization, market structure, competition and trade; corporate governance.
- Labor markets and social policy: household consumption and saving; labor supply and employment, labor mobility and migration; income and wealth distribution; education and human capital, health and fertility; pension reform.
- C. Macro, financial markets and open economy macro: macroeconomic management and economic growth, international finance and capital markets, balance of payments and exchange rate dynamics.
- D. Public economics: taxes, tariffs, economic regulation and protection; tax collection, corruption and rent-seeking behavior; fiscal federalism.
- E. International trade and regional integration: trade policy in relations with CIS and other countries, customs unions, tariffs and quotas; technological exchanges, international competition and cooperation; protectionism and long-term development strategy for the CIS.
Submissions required-
- Files must be in PDF or Word format, PDF is preferred.
- Name of the file with proposal should be the following: Proposal_Last name of the project leader.
- Name of the file with CV should be the following: CV_Last name of the participant.
- Please attach no more than 5 files.
- Don’t use dots in the name of a file or it will be uploaded incorrectly.
Eligibility & Criteria-
Applicants must be CIS citizens permanently resident in the CIS countries. EERC admits participants of any faith, race, color and ethnic origin, age or gender on a competitive basis.
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