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Two scholarships for postgraduate studies in Economics for Ukrainian students
Following the organization of the online RCEA-Europe International Conference on Global Threats to the World Economy - A crowdfunding online conference to support Ukrainian students (2-3 February 2023), we are happy to announce the award of one two-year scholarship and one one-year scholarship for the MSc in International Economics at the University of Milano-Bicocca. The scholarship includes accommodation, tuition fee, food, and monetary allowance for € 9.825,00 per year. The awardees are Olesia Lushchyshyna (two-year scholarship) and Denys Kolesnikov (one-year scholarship).
Our best wishes for success in their career and in their new endeavors to our RCEA-UNIMIB students!
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International Workshop on Macroeconomic Regime Changes
London School of Economics, 1 December 2023
Jointly organized with the Centre for Macroeconomics (CFM, LSE) and the Center for European Studies (CefES, UNIMIB)
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4th Italian Workshop of Econometrics and Empirical Economics: “Climate and Energy Econometrics”
Bozen, 25-26 January 2024
Jointly organized with the Italian Econometric Association (SIdE-IEA)
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5th International Conference on European Studies
Zurich, 12-14 June 2023
Jointly organized with the Network for European Studies at the Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Two scholarships for postgraduate studies in Economics for Ukrainian students
Following the organization of the RCEA-Europe International Conference on Global Threats to the World Economy - A crowdfunding online conference to support Ukrainian students, we are happy to announce the co-funding of two scholarships:
A two-year scholarship for the MSc in International Economics at the University of Milano-Bicocca. The scholarship includes accommodation, tuition fee, food, and monetary allowance for a total worth of € 9.825,00 per year (€ 19.650,00 total). Applications can be made by writing to rcea.world@gmail.com
A one-year scholarship for the MSc in Economics at the Collegio Carlo Alberto, University of Torino. Please see here for info.
To our donors, sponsors, and supporters: Thank you!
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First RCEA-Panel on
Predictability in Science and Society
Thursday, 26 January 2023
Online on zoom (EU: 5 pm - 7 pm CET, Milan; US: 8 am - 10 am PST, Riverside)
RCEA is organizing an interdisciplinary colloquium on predictability in the Natural and Social Sciences with prominent researchers from various disciplines. Even in their more quantifiable disciplines, such as Economics, Social Sciences have always struggled with experimentation, measurement, and predictability limitations. Lucas (1977), in the wake of Frisch (1938) and Marschak (1953), elaborated on the inherent difficulties in identifying structural relationships. Such challenges have marred economic policy analysis, which requires structure invariance under potential interventions. Physics (more generally, Natural Sciences) may be converging toward an impasse that has slowed progress in the Social Sciences: "During the last few decades, our view upon matter, the fundamental forces, and the geometry of spacetime have undergone a metamorphosis, enabling us to extrapolate our knowledge towards time- and distance scales that in fact cannot be directly probed by experiment." (Gerard t ‘Hooft, 2001). The impossibility of experimentation, measurement, and predictability could obstruct scientific progress and open epistemological precipices.
The First Panel features keynote speeches by Nancy Cartwright (Durham University and University of California San Diego), David F. Hendry (Oxford University), and Carlo Rovelli (Aix-Marseille University). Chair: Paolo Giordani (Norwegian Business School, RCEA).
Organizers: Karim Abadir (Imperial College London, RCEA), Marcelle Chauvet (University of California-Riverside, RCEA), Paolo Giordani (Norwegian Business School, RCEA), Claudio Morana (University of Milano-Bicocca, RCEA) Gianluigi Pelloni (RCEA).
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RCEA-Europe International Conference on
Global Threats to the World Economy
A crowdfunding online conference to support Ukrainian students
2-3 February 2023
Due to the pandemic shock, inflation has returned. The energy crisis triggered by Russia's war in Ukraine has added further price pressure, particularly in Europe, leading to double-digit inflation rates in many advanced countries. Short-term inflationary pressure is mainly originating from energy markets, supply chains, and labor market developments. The risk of stagflation cum weakening financial markets hampers the implementation of disinflationary monetary policies, posing threats of financial disruptions stemming from interest rate hikes. However, the inflationary outlook is also gloomy in the medium term, as most of the favorable supply-side developments during the Great Moderation are at risk of undoing due to de-globalization forces reducing international trade and technological, capital, and migratory flows. Climate change and environmental degradation pose further threats in terms of extreme weather disruptions to economic activity and harvests and the spread of new pandemic waves. Energy prices might be further subject to increases as the green transition appears to occur before the supply of renewable resources can adequately meet energy demand.
The conference's revenue will finance scholarships for Ukrainian students to enroll in the MSc programs in International Economics or Global Management at the University of Milano-Bicocca or similar programs at other European universities. Co-funding is a requirement for suitable institutions to compete for the allocation of the RCEA-Europe scholarships. Scholarships are awarded in collaboration with the Ukrainian Global University initiative at the Kyiv School of Economics.
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Anthony Lancaster passed away on 10 December 2022. He was one of our Honorary Senior Fellows. He had been Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Econometrics and department chair at Brown University and Professor and head of department at Hull University. We wish to remember Tony not only as an outstanding researcher in the fields of Bayesian Econometrics, unemployment duration, transition data, and health Economics but also as a mentor of a string of brilliant students and a tireless champion of the underdog. Tony will be sadly missed.
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The European Union between crises to be faced and institutions to be reformed
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
The dramatic situation caused by the Russian war in Ukraine, which came after two years of pandemic emergency, has confronted the European Union with an unexpected event once again in a very short period, full of unpredictable developments and uncertain consequences from many points of view. This crisis involves multiple aspects corresponding to the competence of legal, political, and economic disciplines. The workshop aims to reflect on how the European Union is reacting to this crisis and how the crisis itself could be an opportunity to transform its institutions and the political guidelines of the Member States. The workshop foresees two sessions. The morning session reflects on political and legal issues related to needed EU constitutional reforms. The afternoon session reflects on the current energy and inflation crises and its implication for economic policy management.
This event is jointly organized by the Center for European Studies (CefES), the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, and the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA-Europe ETS). Participation in the online workshop is free through zoom.
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Forecasting Financial Markets Conference
29 June-1 July 2022
Jointly organized with the Forecasting Financial Markets Network
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Rethinking Capitalism (ReCap) Webinar Series
Capitalism is in a human, political, social, and environmental crisis. The Rethinking Capitalism (ReCap) Webinar Series is an opportunity to reflect on the failures of our cultural and production model. The objective of these talks is to foster awareness, cooperation, and activism among academics and guide policymakers in implementing corrective policies. Participation in the webinar series is free through zoom.
The webinar series is jointly organized by RCEA-Europe ETS and CefES-DEMS, under the auspices of the JRC (European Commission)
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RCEA conference
Recent Developments in Economics, Econometrics, and Finance
4-6 March 2022
Jointly organized with the Department of Economics of the University of Cyprus, the Tax Administration Research Centre (TARC), and the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research - IOBE .
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4th International Conference on European Studies
20-22 June 2022
Jointly organized with the Network for European Studies
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The Hamilton Momentum and the Future of the European Integration
A workshop jointly organized with the Center for European Studies (CefES-DEMS) and the Joint Research Center of the European Commission (JRC-EC).
The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) holds a Webinar Series every other Thursday, 9am PT/4pm GMT. The (incomplete) schedule for the first semester of 2022 is below
WEBINAR 2022
January 13th, 2022, Thursday
Gabriele Fiorentini, University of Florence, "GDP Solera: The Ideal Vintage Mix"
February 17th, 2022, Thursday
Daniel Greenwald, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "How the Wealth Was Won: Factors Shares as Market Fundamentals"
May 30th, 2022, Tuesday
Simon Glendinning, London School of Economics and Political Science, Marko Modiano, Gävle University, "On European Identity and the Europe of the Peoples"
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Guido Imbens, Professor of Economics at Stanford University and RCEA Honorary Fellow, was jointly awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021.
The prize was awarded to David Card (University of California, Berkeley), for empirical contributions to labor economics, and jointly to Imbens and Joshua D. Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), for methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.
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The Political Economy of Brexit
Organized by: Gianluigi Pelloni, Mike Plummer, Marcelle Chauvet, Claudio Morana
The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) holds a Webinar Series every other Thursday, 9am PT/4pm GMT. The schedule for the second semester of 2021 is below
WEBINAR 2021
September 23rd, 2021, Thursday Adolfo Barajas (IMF) "Loose Financial Conditions, Rising Leverage, and Risks to Macro-Financial Stability "
October 7th, 2021, Thursday Petr Sedlaceck (Oxford University) "Productivity, Profitability, and Growth"
October 21st, 2021, Thursday Christian Conrad (University of Heidelberg) "Modelling Volatility Cycles: The (MF)2 GARCH Model"
November 4th, 2021, Thursday Lubos Pastor (University of Chicago) "Dissecting Green Returns"
November 18th, 2021, Thursday Karim Abadir (Imperial College London) "Vive la Différence! Or How the Diversity of Firms Predicts Macroeconomic (and Financial) Trends and Cycles"
December 2nd, 2021, Thursday Francesco Drudi (European Central Bank) "Climate Change and Monetary Policy in the Euro Area"
December 16th, 2021, Thursday Joseph Zeira (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) "The Israeli Economy: Some Results"
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11th RCEA Money, Macro and Finance Conference
Organized by: Marcelle Chauvet, Claudio Morana, Lucia Alessi, Patrizio Tirelli and Pierpaolo Benigno
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7th RCEA Time Series Workshop
Organized by: Alessandra Luati, Karim Abadir, and Claudio Morana
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Sponsored Workshop: Recent Advances in Info-Metrics Research
Organized by: Min Chen, J. Michael Dunn, Amos Golan, and Aman Ullah
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The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) holds a Webinar Series every other Thursday, 9am PT/4pm GMT. The schedule for 2020 is below
WEBINARS 2020
October 22, Thursday
YongMiao Hong, Cornell University , "Time-varying Model Averaging via Adaptive LASSO" Recording Part 1 Part 2
November 5, Thursday
Alessandro Rebucci, Johns Hopkins University, "Estimating Macroeconomic Models of Financial Crises: An Endogenous Regime Switching Approach"
November 19, Thursday
George Kapetanios, King's College London, "Testing the Adequacy of the Fixed Effects Estimator in the Presence of Cross-section Dependence"
December 3, Thursday
Tae-Hwy Lee, University of California Riverside, "Time-Varying Model Averaging"
The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) holds a Webinar Series every other Thursday, 9am PT/4pm GMT. The schedule for the first semester of 2021 is below
WEBINAR 2021
January 28, Thursday
Tobias Adrian, IMF, "Monetary and Macroprudential Policy with Endogenous Risk"
February 11th, Thursday
Giovanni Gallipoli, Vancouver School of Economics, "Consumption & Income Inequality across Generations"
February 25th, Thursday
Gilles Duranton, Wharton School, "Urban growth and its aggregate implications"
March 11th, Thursday
Paolo Giordani, Norwegian Business School, "Introducing SMARTboost, a new machine learning tool for financial and economic data"
March 25th, Thursday
Alessandro Riboni, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris - Laboratoire d'Econometrie, "Nation-Building, Nationalism, and Wars"
May 13th, Thursday
J. Isaac (Zack) Miller, University of Missouri, "What drives temperature anomalies? A functional SVAR approach"
May 27th, Thursday
Stefano Giglio, Yale University, "Climate change and asset prices"
June 10th, Thursday
Antonin Bergeaud, Banque de France and Centre for Economic Performance, "Technological Change and Domestic Outsourcing"
July 1st, 2021, Thursday
Claudio Borio, Bank for International Settlements, "Challenges for monetary policy: economic, intellectual and institutional"
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