Project Conference: The economic integration of the Nordic-Baltic region through labour, innovation, investments, trade - LIFT
Dear colleague
We invite you to participate in the conference of the project „The economic integration of the Nordic-Baltic region through labour, innovation, investments, trade - LIFT“ on the 16th of December, Friday, 10-16.30.
The aim of the project is to study the historical performance and estimate the potential for the economic integration of the Nordic-Baltic region via labour migration, technology transfer, foreign direct investments and capital mobility, and trade of both physical goods and services. The project consortium is led by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania) with the University of Tartu (Estonia), the Institute of Transport Economics (Norway), the University of Latvia (Latvia), and the Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS, Latvia) as research partners.
The conference will take place via Zoom, and for participation, please register here. Upon registration, the Zoom link will be sent to your e-mail.
https://ut-ee.zoom.us/w/94350168068
Meeting ID: 943 5016 8068
Passcode: 178919
We will be most grateful if you can find time to participate in the conference.
16 December 2022
Online in Zoom and University of Tartu Delta Centre
Programme
All times are by Eastern European Time (Vilnius/Riga/Tartu)
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9:45-10:00 |
Gathering; video on Delta Centre |
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10:00-10:15 |
Jaan Masso, head of the LIFT project Tartu team (University of Tartu) |
Opening remarks |
Session 1: labour market developments in the Nordic-Baltic region
Chair: Manuela Tvaronavičienė
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10:15-10:35 |
Mihails Hazans, Jaan Masso, Tiiu Paas |
Personality traits and supervisory responsibilities: Comparative evidence from Latvia and Estonia |
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10:35-10:55 |
Nicolas Gavoille, Mihails Hazans |
Personality traits, remote work and productivity |
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10:55-11:15 |
Liis Roosaar, Jaan Masso, Rasmus Bøgh Holmen |
The effects of acquisitions on wages: Does the FDI's country of origin matter? |
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11:15-11:30 |
Discussant: Kadri Männasoo, Taltech |
Q&A |
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11:30-11:40 |
Coffee/tea break |
Session 2: factors of firm performance – trade, FDI, innovation
Chair: Liis Roosaar
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11:40-12:00 |
Gaygysyz Ashyrov, Nicolas Gavoille, Rasmus Bøgh Holmen, Jaan Masso, Kjetil Haukas |
FDI and productivity in the Nordic and Baltic countries |
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12:00-12:20 |
Amaresh Kumar Tiwari, Nicolas Gavoille, Rasmus Bøgh Holmen, Jaan Masso |
Learning by Exporting: A Cross-Country Comparison |
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12:20-12:40 |
Giedrė Lapinskienė, Askoldas Podviezko, Manuela Tvaronavičienė |
Assessment of International Technology Transfers for Nordic-Baltic region |
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12:40-13:00 |
Per Botolf Maurset |
Trade and FDI |
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13:00-13:20 |
Discussant: Konstantins Benkovskis, Bank of Latvia |
Q&A |
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13:20-14:00 |
Lunch break– videos on Tartu, Estonia |
Session 3: regional integration in Baltic and Nordic countries
Chair: Tiiu Paas
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14:00-14:20 |
Rasmus Bøgh Holmen, Arunas Burinskas, Nicolas Gavoille, Jaan Masso |
Internationalization in the Baltic Regional Accounts |
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14:20-14:40 |
Luca Alfieri, Anastasia Sinitsyna |
The effects of financial similarity in remittances: the case for the Nordic-Baltic region |
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14:40-15:00 |
Agnė Šimelytė, Manuela Tvaronavičienė |
Barriers and performance drivers of successful technology transfer: Case of Nordic-Baltic countries" |
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15:00-15:20 |
Anastasia Sinitsyna, Iuliia Trabskaia , Tõnis Mets, Raul Eamets, Tiit Tammaru |
Immigrant Entrepreneurship: The Role of Ethnolinguistic Characteristics and Migration Policy Selection |
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15:20-15:40 |
Discussant: Valdonė Darškuvienė; ISM University of Management and Economics |
Q&A |
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15:40-16:00 |
Jaan Masso (University of Tartu) |
Closing remarks |
The project "The economic integration of the Nordic-Baltic region through Labour, innovation, investments, trade - LIFT" is funded by the EEA and Norway Grants See for more information: https://sisu.ut.ee/lift
