In today’s highly-competitive business climate, it is vital that economists and analysts possess a firm grasp of the economic data that factor into business decisions, drive economic modeling, and influence policy debates. Understanding how the data are constructed is a prerequisite for...

For over 50 years, the European Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society have fostered interaction among young scholars and a group of more senior academics representing different regions and fields of specialisation. At the turn of the century, the meetings began to focus on PhD students...

Rob Grim Economics, Business & Data Librarian ESE/RSM, University Library, Eramus University: Data Skills Support for Business, Economics and Social Sciences: Matching Supply and Demand Ebru Gönül Türk College of Administrative Sciences and Economics (CASE) Liaison, Graduate School of...

This talk argues that there is a gap separating planning practice and the technical and legal requirements that smart city technologies entail. A pertinent case is Quayside, Toronto, where Sidewalk Labs (part of Alphabet and a sister company of Google) and Waterfront Toronto (a three-level...

“Macro Policies in Turbulent Times” – #KKG107 takes a closer look at key issues in monetary and fiscal affairs. Macroeconomically, the recent years have been turbulent times indeed. Both the pandemic as well as the energy crisis brought about new challenges for monetary and fiscal...

The anticipation of a future bailout of distressed firms worsens ex ante adverse selection, causing a market freeze at present and inviting government intervention ("bailout trap"). When firms of heterogenous qualities raise financing, high-quality firms are willing to bear adverse selection...

We are looking for researchers interested in a one-day replication challenge at Deakin University (Downtown campus) in Australia. Participants will be matched with other researchers working in the same field (e.g., dev economics, comparative politics). Each team will work on replicating a...