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Cowles Foundation Hosts 15th Annual Summer Conferences

… hosted the 15th annual series of Summer Conferences in 2022, welcoming 300+ participants to Yale’s campus. The … Hodgson, Chris Neilson, and Katja Seim invited a broad group of researchers focused on the use of model-based … spillovers of monetary policy, and optimal exchange rate policy. This year, organizers Alp Simsek and Ludwig …

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Looking back on the 2022 Kuznets Mini-conference, “Political Distortions and Economic Development”

… Looking back on the 2022 Kuznets Mini-conference, “Political Distortions and … development, and policy experimentation: an agenda for political economy Governments create opportunities for … & Economic Development African School of Economics Related Events Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University The 2022 …

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Yale to Host Young Economists Symposium Conference

… titled EconCon, YES is an annual graduate student-run conference for Economics Ph.D. students sponsored by five East Coast … academic talks and discussions, as well as several social events. Its purpose is to give students an opportunity to …

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Yale economist Mira Frick awarded a 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship

… and her experience at Yale. What is the focus of your research? I work on theoretical models of how people … Our group organizes 4 or 5 different research events every week, and two large conferences per year. This … and social impact. Yale economist Mira Frick awarded a 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship … February 15, 2022 | News …

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A Group of Their Own

… from different cohorts together. Unofficially calling the events, “Econ Ladies Dinners,” the group meets once every semester to dine and socialize with … so during the semester it’s easier to talk to people in your own field,” said Bernatzky Köhli, whose area of …

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Economist Costas Meghir on seeking scalable solutions to entrenched poverty

… Yale economist Costas Meghir has a children’s picture book in his office. The cover text is in Oriya — the official … edited and condensed version of the conversation follows: Your work tests the scalability of early-childhood … In both cases, some of the children were in a treatment group and some were in a control group. The researchers had …

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Robert Shiller on the power of narratives

… — to influence booms, recessions, and other economic events. He suggested expanding the field of economics to … change. Shiller expands on this idea in his latest book, “Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive … and automatically spoke to the operator, who directed your call. A dial telephone was considered a robot in that it …

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Machine learning: Economics and computer science converge

… and how it bridges these critical fields. What is your research focus? Phillipp Strack: I’m quite unfocused — … within a given set of constraints that maximizes welfare for a given group or society? It’s a very intriguing engineering …

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Conference Keynote Delivered by Moscarini

… annual Ensuring Economic and Employment Stability (EEC) Conference held in early September. Moscarini’s talk, titled … discussed reasons why the job-to-job transition rate has been slowing the recovery. “In the last five years, … Reserve Bank of New York (NYCFED) and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy was held at the NYCFED and focuses on …

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About IDE

… training in quantitative analysis, preparing students for PhD research and policy positions that require a working … curriculum , students can take classes and participate in events at the School of Management, Law School, School of the Environment, School of Global Affairs, and more. About Your Classmates Many of the IDE students are from developing …

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Cowles Hosts 17th Annual Conference on General Equilibrium

… a stellar cast of speakers and 60+ attendees came together for the 17th Annual Conference on General Equilibrium (GE) and its Applications. … of themes, showcasing the relevance of General Equilibrium for other fields, including macroeconomics, financial …

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FAS Honors Bewley and Phillips for Years of Service

… Office recently honored thirteen retiring faculty members for their long-time service to the university including … career, in which you made long-lived contributions both to your discipline and to your department. You began your … over many years, which culminated in your influential book Why Wages Don’t Fall During a Recession. The book argues …

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Digital Giants Don’t Need Your Data to Predict Your Behavior

… characteristics. -Dirk Bergemann When a shopper is looking for a book on Amazon, the company already knows a lot about their … a range of interventions.” Digital Giants Don’t Need Your Data to Predict Your Behavior … October 16, 2020 Digital …

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Meet the 2020-21 Peer Mentors

… ‘21. “I believe the peer mentor program to be a great tool for connecting students in the department,” said Lara Varela … encouraged to host occasional informal, community-building events in the department, as well as accompany Professor … chat series, and some more diversity focused events. The group is also considering hosting panel discussions to be …

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The Cowles 2024 Summer Conferences Welcome Over 350 Economists to Yale

… Above: Barbara Biasi (Yale SOM) presented ' What Works and For Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital … explore players that neglect information from hypothetical events, but make inferences from observed events. Drew … forces underlying the dramatic decline in the unionization rate in the United States in the past half-century. Benjamin …

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