Keynote Speakers

Professor Javorcik specializes in international trade. Her research interests focus on determinants and consequences of inflows of foreign direct investment, propagation of shock through production networks and evasion of import duties. Her research has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, Review of Economics and Statistics, European Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics and Journal of Development Economics.

Raphaël Franck is a Visiting Professor at the University of Stuttgart. His primary research interests lie in the areas of political economy and macroeconomics with regional foci on Western Europe and sub-Saharan Africa from 1800 to the present. His research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Political Science Review, Econometrica, and the Review of Economics and Statistics.