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
According to a recent post on the economics blog Nadaesgratis, Clara Santamaria, Assistant Professor in Department of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, is among the most promising Spanish young female economists.
More information at La nueva generación de economistas españolas – Nada es Gratis
Interview with Juan J Dolado in Cadena Ser (Hora 25 de los Negocios): The New Labour Market Reform
Listen to the podcast at Radiografía del mercado laboral | Audio | Cadena SER
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
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
Sergio Feijoo-Moreira, PhD 2021 by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, has been awarded with the Nada Es Gratis prize for the best job market paper 2021, entitled “The decline of entrepreneurial dynamism: A story of apples and oranges”.
More information at III Premio Nada es Gratis a Job Market Papers
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Antonia Díaz will participate in the EconPol Europe Annual Conference 2021, The State of Fiscal Resilience – How Prepared is Europe for Future Crises? to be held on 13-14 October. Antonia will chair the panel entitled Public Policy for a Green Transition.
See the programme and details at EconPol Europe Annual Conference 2021
VSET seminars is an innitiative that the professor Angel Hernando undertook with other colleagues at different UK universities to provide high quality economic theory seminars during the pandemic. Due to its success they decided to continue it this academic year starting this Thursday at 4pm (UK time), i.e. 5 pm, Madrid time.
The Virtual Seminar in Economic Theory provides a platform for scholars to present their unpublished work to a broad academic audience in the UK and abroad. The first VSET for this academic year will take place on Thursday, 7 October.
You can find the details at Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory
The ECB Forum on Central Banking is an annual event organised by the European Central Bank since 2014 which is ordinarily held in Sintra (Portugal). It provides a discussion forum equivalent to the annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in the U.S. since 1982.
It brings together central bank governors, academics, financial market representatives, journalists and others to exchange views on current policy issues and discuss the Forum’s key topic from a longer-term perspective.