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Jul 7 - 18, 2008 - Summer School Programme in University of Bologna, Italy
April 22, 2008 15:54

The International Summer School Programme 2008 provides:

  • Fifty intensive courses, covering a wide variety of scientific areas
  • Highly qualified teaching staff using innovative teaching methods combining lectures, workshops and laboratories, cultural visits.

Aug 12-16, 2008 - International Summer School: Asset Pricing, in Wiesbaden-Naurod, Germany
April 22, 2008 15:54

The summer school will introduce students to these research areas. The preliminary list of topics is * Short revision of the basics of asset allocation and asset pricing * Asset prices and allocations in the presence of

  • Limited participation
  • Short-sale constraints
  • Liquidity risk
  • Heterogeneous beliefs
  • Heterogeneous risk aversion
Deadline for application submission is May 7, 2008.

Oct 16-19, 2008 - International Workshop on Meta-analysis in economics, in Nancy,France
April 8, 2008 16:49

The conference aims to present current issues in the methodology of meta-analysis and papers with applications to economics. Deadline for paper submission is May 01, 2008.

Jun 30 - Jul 11 - Barcelona Banking Summer School, in Barcelona, Spain
April 8, 2008 16:48

The courses are designed for graduate students specializing in banking and financial markets, as well as faculty members or researchers, central bankers and regulators wishing to brush up on their knowledge of the field and be exposed to the latest advances in academic research. Application deadline Jun 15, 2008.

Jun 12-13, 2008 - Barcelona LEEX Experimental Economics Summer School in Macroeconomics (BLEESS), in Barcelona, Spain
March 19, 2008 15:43

Students will be taught experimental methods and exposed to a number of macroeconomic applications that have been tested experimentally. Students will be asked to participate in experiments and to develop their own experimental macroeconomic projects. Application deadline is Apr 14, 2008.

Jul 6-23, 2008 - International Summer School in Russian Business, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
March 19, 2008 15:40

The program aims at providing advanced knowledge and expertise of the contemporary Russian business environment and the latest strategies and practices required to do successful business in it. Application deadline is Jun 1, 2008.

Jun 30 - Jul 4, 2008 - 3rd Summer School on Development Economics, in Alba di Canazei, Italy
March 19, 2008 15:39

The Summer School is intended for PhD students. A limited number of places is reserved to junior faculty members who have completed their PhD within the last two years. Application deadline is Apr 30, 2008.

Aug 24 - 27, 2008 - Seventh Summer School in International and Development Economics, in Gargnano (Brescia), Italy
March 13, 2008 16:42

The school intends to provide an intensive training course for Ph.D. students and young researchers who are working in the fields of international economics and development. This year it will focus on the main analytical and empirical approaches to the study of the impact of international migration on the sending country. Deadline for paper submission is May 11, 2008.

Dec 1-9, 2008 - Dynamic CGE Modelling Course, in Washington DC, United States
March 13, 2008 16:40

The Practical GE Modelling one-week intensive course introduces participants to practical applied general equilibrium (GE) modelling, and to the GEMPACK software used to solve equilibrium models. In particular the course covers the ORANI-G model of the Australian economy. Deadline for paper submission is Mar 10, 2008.

Jun 9-13, 2008 - Summer School on the Economics and Management of Intellectual Property Rights, in Bologna , Italy
March 13, 2008 16:39

The Summer School intends to promote research in the field of intellectual property systems and intangible assets, by encouraging the work of Ph.D students and post-doc researchers regarding strategic, economic and financial aspects of IPRs. Deadline for paper submission is Apr 23, 2008.

Sep 15-21, 2008 - DARE Graduate School in Economic Governance, Development and Public Policy, in еbo Akademi University, Department of Economics and Statistics, Turku, Finland
March 13, 2008 16:38

A particular aim of the School is to contribute to the evolution of a multinational network of people thinking about, analysing and researching into economic governance, development and public policy. Deadline for application submission is May 30, 2008.

Aug 21-31, 2008 - 4th STOREP European Summer School (SESS), in Bressanone /Brixen, Italy
March 4, 2008 17:54

The main aims of the STOREP European Summer School are:

  • to provide advanced training for postgraduate students in economics of any orientation and field of specialization;
  • to broaden the horizons of young economists on the relevance of the history of political economy for a better comprehension and further advancement of contemporary economics.
Deadline for paper submission is Jun 1, 2008.

Jul 14-19, 2008 - CESifo Venice Summer Institute 2008, in Venice, Italy
February 28, 2008 11:10

The CESifo Venice Summer Institute, held every year in July, focuses on themes of current interest in European economic policy. Deadline for paper submission Mar 31, 2008.

Jun 25-Jul 3, 2008 - Evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of public policies, in Barcelona, Spain
February 21, 2008 10:45

The course will consist of two courses: one on ‘Evaluation of Public Policies’ and ‘Efficiency Analysis in the Public Sector’. Deadline for paper submission is Apr 14, 2008.

Jul 30 - Jul 2, 2008 - 5th NIPE Summer School: Bayesian Econometrics -- by James Hamilton
February 13, 2008 14:10

Course outline

I. Bayesian econometrics
  • Introduction
  • Bayesian inference in the univariate regression model
  • Some general issues in Bayesian inference
  • Numerical Bayesian methods

IES— Scholarships for Master's Programme at the Charles University
February 4, 2008 11:16

The Czech Institute of Economic Studies offers Economics and Finance Master's Programme. The degree an a two-years English language programme and is fully accredited by the Czech Ministry of Education. The programme aims at giving students a thorough grounding in both theoretical and applied economics. The degree is taught at the Charles University in Prague by members of the Institute of Economic Studies (IES). The final deadline for applications this year is April 15, 2008.

Aug 28 - Sep 9, 2008 - HDCA Summer School on Capability and Multidimensional Poverty, in Delhi, India
January 29, 2008 17:30

The purpose of this intensive summer school is to provide a thorough conceptual and technical introduction to current literature and techniques of measuring and comparing capabilities. It is aimed for Masters & PhD students, post-docs and researchers who are working on multidimensional poverty and capability measurement or analysis. Deadline for paper submission is Apr 1, 2008.

Jun 21-28, 2008 - I.S.E.O Summer School with Nobel Laureates in Economics, in Iseo (Brescia), Italy
January 29, 2008 17:25

Since its first edition in 2004, the I.S.E.O summer school aims at bringing together 80 graduate students coming from the most important world university to improve their knowledge in economics. Deadline for paper sibmission is May 20, 2008.

Apr 21-22, 2008 - 3rd Global Sensitivity Analysis for Macroeconomic Models - Course in Ispra (VA), Italy
January 23, 2008 15:33

The scope of the course is to give an introduction to methods of global sensitivity analysis and their application to Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) macroeconomic models. Deadline for paper submisssion Mar 23, 2008.

Jun 30 - Jul 25, 2008 - Banking, Insurance and the Public Sector: Empirical Experiences and Policy Advice, in Potsdam/Berlin, Germany
January 17, 2008 15:06

The Potsdam Summer Academy (PoSA) is an outstanding venue for learning in an international context, offering a variety of courses in economics, business administration, and social policy with the focus on banking, insurance, social security, and public regulation. Deadline for paper submission is Apr 1, 2008.