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Antonia Díaz will participate in the EconPol Europe Annual Conference 2021
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
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 – Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory
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The Virtual Seminar in Economic Theory provides a platform for scholars to present their unpublished work to a broad academic audience in the UK and abroad.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
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The Virtual Seminar in Economic Theory provides a platform for scholars to present their unpublished work to a broad academic audience in the UK and abroad.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
Juan J. Dolado participates as invited speaker in the 2021 ECB Forum on Central Banking
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.
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.
Workshop on High-Dimensional Data Analysis – UC3M Getafe Campus
Department of Economics at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is pleased to announce the first workshop on High-Dimensional Data Analysis, to take place Getafe Campus, on 10 September 2021.
The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for junior and senior researchers with a special interest in econometrics and statistics of high-dimensional data analysis, and to establish an academic network among this group. Priority of presentations will be given to PhD students that are close to finish their studies and go on the academic market.
Keynote Speakers
Marine Carrasco (Université de Montréal)
Siegfried Hoermann (Graz University of Technology)
Virtual workshop – Join the session here
Department of Economics at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is pleased to announce the first workshop on High-Dimensional Data Analysis, to take place Getafe Campus, on 10 September 2021.
The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for junior and senior researchers with a special interest in econometrics and statistics of high-dimensional data analysis, and to establish an academic network among this group. Priority of presentations will be given to PhD students that are close to finish their studies and go on the academic market.
Keynote Speakers
Marine Carrasco (Université de Montréal)
Siegfried Hoermann (Graz University of Technology)
Virtual workshop – Join the session here
Interview with Antonio Cabrales
The Vice-Rectorate for Communication and Culture of Universidad Carlos III interviews Antonio Cabrales, who talks about his research and the recent award received Rey Jaime I 2021 in Economics.
You can watch the full interview at Interview with Antonio Cabrales – UC3M Magazine
The Vice-Rectorate for Communication and Culture of Universidad Carlos III interviews Antonio Cabrales, who talks about his research and the recent award received Rey Jaime I 2021 in Economics.
You can watch the full interview at Interview with Antonio Cabrales – UC3M Magazine
Georgios Siotis and Damien Neven win best academic paper on Unilateral Conduct at the Concurrences Awards
Georgios Siotis, associate professor in the Department of Economics, and Damien Neven from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, win the best academic article on unilateral conduct at the Concurrences Awards:
Winners are divided into different categories, such as Academic Articles, and these in turn into subcategories, such as General Antitrust, Mergers, Concerted Practices, etc. More than 280 nominees and 1200 articles reviewed to finally choose the 37 winners in each category.
More information on Academic Articles – Concurrences
Georgios Siotis, associate professor in the Department of Economics, and Damien Neven from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, win the best academic article on unilateral conduct at the Concurrences Awards:
Winners are divided into different categories, such as Academic Articles, and these in turn into subcategories, such as General Antitrust, Mergers, Concerted Practices, etc. More than 280 nominees and 1200 articles reviewed to finally choose the 37 winners in each category.
More information on Academic Articles – Concurrences
Matilde P. Machado and Ricardo Mora win the call Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America of CAF
Matilde P. Machado, Ricardo Mora and Karen Olivo’s research proposal “Teen pregnancy in Latin America: the mother-daughter link”, was the winner among more than 200 proposals, of the call Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America by CAF (Development bank of America).
For more information: Research Projects – Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America | CAF
Matilde P. Machado, Ricardo Mora and Karen Olivo’s research proposal “Teen pregnancy in Latin America: the mother-daughter link”, was the winner among more than 200 proposals, of the call Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America by CAF (Development bank of America).
For more information: Research Projects – Intergenerational Mobility in Latin America | CAF
Josef Ruzicka is awarded again with the best paper by a PhD student
Our PhD student Josef Ruzicka, with his paper “Quantile Local Projections: Identification, Smooth Estimation, and Inference” previously distributed as “Smooth Quantile Projections”, has been awarded again with the Best Paper Award, this time at the 7th Annual Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics.
The annual conference brings together leading researchers in the field to discuss and debate all aspects of econometrics, covering both its theoretical development and its applied uses.
Congratulations!
Our PhD student Josef Ruzicka, with his paper “Quantile Local Projections: Identification, Smooth Estimation, and Inference” previously distributed as “Smooth Quantile Projections”, has been awarded again with the Best Paper Award, this time at the 7th Annual Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics.
The annual conference brings together leading researchers in the field to discuss and debate all aspects of econometrics, covering both its theoretical development and its applied uses.
Congratulations!
Antonia Díaz, Antonio Cabrales and Juan J Dolado in Nada es Gratis
Antonia Díaz, Antonio Cabrales and Juan J Dolado participate in three recent debates organized by Nada es Gratis (through Twitch) on:
- The Future of the Educational System in Spain (Cabrales)
- Reforms of the Spanish Pension System (Díaz)
- Policies against Precarious Work (Dolado)
Antonia Díaz, Antonio Cabrales and Juan J Dolado participate in three recent debates organized by Nada es Gratis (through Twitch) on:
- The Future of the Educational System in Spain (Cabrales)
- Reforms of the Spanish Pension System (Díaz)
- Policies against Precarious Work (Dolado)
Antonio Cabrales receives the Rey Jaime I award in Economics
Antonio Cabrales, professor in the Department of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, has been awarded with the Rey Jaime I 2021 in the Economics category. This prize, endowed with 100,000 euros and with a jury of 21 Nobel laureates, recognises the work and contributions of the researcher in the field of game theory, behavioural and experimental economics, and the analysis of social networks. It also highlights his recent contribution in adaptive dynamics or bounded rationality.
Cabrales is a Professor in the Department of Economics at UC3M. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, San Diego, and has been a professor at University College London and Pompeu Fabra University. He is a research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), executive vice-president of the European Economic Association and former president of the Spanish Economic Association, as well as honorary member of both associations. His main lines of research focus on the economics of social networks, design and mechanisms, learning games and evolution, experimental economics, behavioural economics and industrial organisation.
His interests include public policies in education, health and labour, for whose analysis he uses a varied set of techniques anchored in economic theory, according to the executive president of the Rei Jaume I Awards Foundation, Javier Quesada, during the proclamation of this year’s winners.
The Rey Jaime I Awards were created in 1989 with the aim of bringing together, in studies and research, scientific and business entities for the promotion of research, scientific development and entrepreneurship in Spain. They are the prizes with the best financial endowment in the country, with the commitment to reinvest part of the prize money in research and entrepreneurship in Spain. The juries are made up of eighty people, including more than twenty Nobel Prize winners.
Antonio Cabrales is the second member of the Economics department to receive this prestigious award along with Juan J. Dolado in 2015.
More information:
Antonio Cabrales, professor in the Department of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, has been awarded with the Rey Jaime I 2021 in the Economics category. This prize, endowed with 100,000 euros and with a jury of 21 Nobel laureates, recognises the work and contributions of the researcher in the field of game theory, behavioural and experimental economics, and the analysis of social networks. It also highlights his recent contribution in adaptive dynamics or bounded rationality.
Cabrales is a Professor in the Department of Economics at UC3M. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, San Diego, and has been a professor at University College London and Pompeu Fabra University. He is a research associate at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), executive vice-president of the European Economic Association and former president of the Spanish Economic Association, as well as honorary member of both associations. His main lines of research focus on the economics of social networks, design and mechanisms, learning games and evolution, experimental economics, behavioural economics and industrial organisation.
His interests include public policies in education, health and labour, for whose analysis he uses a varied set of techniques anchored in economic theory, according to the executive president of the Rei Jaume I Awards Foundation, Javier Quesada, during the proclamation of this year’s winners.
The Rey Jaime I Awards were created in 1989 with the aim of bringing together, in studies and research, scientific and business entities for the promotion of research, scientific development and entrepreneurship in Spain. They are the prizes with the best financial endowment in the country, with the commitment to reinvest part of the prize money in research and entrepreneurship in Spain. The juries are made up of eighty people, including more than twenty Nobel Prize winners.
Antonio Cabrales is the second member of the Economics department to receive this prestigious award along with Juan J. Dolado in 2015.
More information: