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PhD students at the ENTER Jamboree 2022 Conference

The Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona hosted the last edition of the ENTER Jamboree Conference held on 21-22 June.
The ENTER Network (European Network for Training in Economic Research) to which the Department of Economics belongs organises every year the annual Conference in one of the 8 Universities that form this Network.

In this edition the students of the PhD Programme have participated:

– Isabel Micó
– Herny Redondo
– Agustina Martínez
– Andrey David Ramos
– Óscar Jaulín
– Morteza Ghomi
– Facundo Nahuel Argañaraz
– Lidia Cruces

The professor, Clara Santamaría, has participated in representation of the Faculty of the Department.

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Jesus Gonzalo one of the KEYNOTE INVITED SPEAKERS at IAAE 2022 Annual Conference

The mission of the IAAE, International Association for Applied Econometrics, is to advance knowledge of econometrics, as well as its application in economics. The annual conference brings together leading researchers in the field to discuss and debate all aspects of econometrics, covering both its theoretical development and applied uses.

In addition to Jesús Gonzalo, Professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the following invited speakers will be present:
Xiaohong Chen, Yale University
Sílvia Gonçalves, McGill University
Refet S. Gürkaynak, Bilkent University
Michael Keane, University of New South Wales
Jonathan Wright, Johns Hopkins University

More information on IAAE 2022

 

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1st “Nada es Gratis” Award for Final Degree Project and Master’s Thesis in Economics

The students of the Universidad Carlos II de Madrid, Josué Labios and Giovanni Rodríguez, have won the first award “Nada es Gratis” in the category Final Degree Project and second prize in the category Master’s Thesis respectively.

Josué Labios (1st TFG), won the award with the work titled “Effect of Initial Prices on Dutch Auctions Outcomes. The Case of the Denia Wholesale Fish Auction”.

Giovanni Rodríguez (2nd TFM), won the award for his work titled “El impacto de las tarifas de transporte público en accidentes de tráfico y consumo de alcohol”.

 

More information at Nada es Gratis Awards

 

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IV TFG Award Spanish Economic Association

The final project of our student Pedro Gallardo Sánchez entitled “A Study on the Effect of Class Size on Student Achievement in the Post Pandemic ‘New Normal'”, whose tutor was Jesús María Carro Prieto, professor of the Department of Economics at the University Carlos III of Madrid, has been awarded as the best TFG by the Spanish Economics Association (AEE).

More information at AEE

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