BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//FIW //NONSGML Events //EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:FIW BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20260505T125358Z UID:7798 DTEND:20260519T171500Z DTSTART:20260519T154500Z DTSTAMP:20260506T115505Z LOCATION:Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1\, 1090 Vienna University of Vienna\, Faculty of B usiness\, Economics and Statistics\, Lecture hall 15\, 2nd floor DESCRIPTION:

The FIW Research Centre International Economics and its partne rs kindly invite you to participate in the upcoming Vienna International Ec onomics Seminar (VIES) on the topic: "The Incidence of Distortions"\, with Baptiste Bernadac\, Dave Donaldson\, Tishara Garg and Federico Huneeus. Abs tract: Economic distortions—such as market power\, taxes\, credit constr aints\, etc.— are fundamental in understanding income differences across countries. Recent work has documented the pervasive extent of economic dist ortions and how they lead to substantial aggregate productivity loss. Far l ess well understood is how these phenomena affect members of society differ ently. In this paper we combine unique datasets from Chile\, linking worker s and owners to firms\, firms to each other\, firms to consumers\, and firm s and consumers to the government\, in order to quantify the incidence of d istortions for the first time. Speaker: David Atkin is a Professor in the E conomics Department at MIT. His research focuses on evaluating the impacts of trade liberalization on the poor in the developing world. His recent wor k has studied the impacts of trade on health and education\, the costs of d istance and the distribution sector in developing countries\, and provided experimental evidence for the impacts of trade and industrial policy. Atkin holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University.   When: Tuesday\, M ay 19\, 17.45-19.15 p.m. Where: lecture hall 15\, 2nd floor Oskar-Morgenste rn-Platz 1\, 1090 Wien The main entrance at Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 is th e easiest way to get to lecture hall 15\, 2nd floor.     Registration: Pa rticipants are requested to register in advance with Julia Hnidek (julia.hn idek@univie.ac.at).   The Vienna International Economics Seminar (VIES) is a joint initiative of CEU\, FIW Research Centre International Economics\, Universität Wien\, WIFO\, wiiw\, and WU Vienna. The VIES seminar is dedica ted to frontier research in international economics and features presentati ons by renowned international scholars. The seminar is held at irregular in tervals on Tuesdays from 17:45 to 19:15\, alternating each semester between participating institutions. From October 2025 to January 2026\, the semina r will be hosted by the University of Vienna. Organizers: Gábor Békés (C EU)\, Alejandro Cuñat (Vienna U.)\, Harald Fadinger (Vienna U.)\, Gabriel Felbermayr (WIFO\, WU)\, Miklós Koren (CEU)\, Harald Oberhofer (WIFO\, WU) \, Robert Stehrer (wiiw). The seminar is currently coordinated by Harald Fa dinger. For more information and the detailed seminar schedule\, please vis it: https://sites.google.com/view/viennainternationaleconomicsse/       SUMMARY:VIES-Seminar with David Atkin – MIT ORGANIZER:FIW URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.fiw.ac.at/event/vies-david-aktin-mit/ TRANSP:OPAQUE BEGIN:VALARM ACTION:DISPLAY TRIGGER;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260519 DESCRIPTION:Reminder for VIES-Seminar with David Atkin – MIT END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR