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Secondt Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics

University of Bologna, Rimini Campus, Rimini (Italy)
Aula Magna, Via Quintino Sella 13, Rimini
January 25-26, 2007

The CIdE (Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria) is responsible for the organization of the second Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics in collaboration with the universities affiliated to the Centre

Scientific Committee

Organising Committee

Call for Papers

Economists, statisticians and econometricians are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers in all areas of econometrics and empirical economics for presentation at the Second Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics. There is no limitation on the number of submissions from each author.

Submissions must consist of a single PDF file with a maximum size of 2MB to the following e-mail: Guglielmo Weber weber.cide@unipd.it. No other format will be accepted. The following information will also be required:

The deadline for submission of contributed papers is October 15, 2006. Authors of submissions to contributed sessions will be notified regarding acceptance or rejection by December, 4th 2006. Registratrion can be made from September, 18th 2006.

Paper Update: authors are invited to send the most recent versione of their papers to m.pompoli@ei.unibo.it

Invited Speakers

Carlo Giannini Prize

The best conference paper written by a young scientist in Econometrics and Empirical Economics has been awarded the Carlo Giannini Prize. For a paper to be eligible for the prize, all its authors had to be under 30 years of age or no more than 3 years past a PhD defence (including current Ph.D students).

The scientific committee has short listed the following papers, among those eligible for the prize:

  1. “The Role of Temptation in Explaining Consumption and Investment Choice”
    by Alessandro BUCCIOL
  2. “Inflation Dynamics and the New Keynesian Phillips Curve: A Bayesian Approach”
    by Andrea CARRIERO
  3. “Effects of Employment Protection Legislation on Wages: A Regression Discontinuity Approach”
    by Marco LEONARDI and Giovanni PICA
  4. “Power Properties of Invariant Tests for Spatial Autocorrelation in Linear Regression”
    by Federico MARTELLOSIO
  5. “Testing for Model Selection in Predicting Aggregate Variables”
    by Giacoma SBRANA

The winner of the Carlo Giannini Prize was announced during the ICEEE plenary session to be "Inflation Dynamics and the New Keynesian Phillips Curve: A Bayesian Approach" by Andrea CARRIERO. The motivation of the prize was read by invited speaker Annamaria LUSARDI and is “for successfully implementing an econometric method to evaluate the degree of approximation with which parameter restriction implied by a specific economic theory can be considered not rejected”.

The author of the winning paper will receive the sum of 2,500 Euros, generously given by Giornale degli Economisti

Special Issue of Giornale degli Economisti

Giornale degli Economisti publishes high-quality papers on the Italian and European economies and solicits submissions by ICEEE authors of empirical papers on these topics.

The chair of the scientific committee, Guglielmo Weber, has agreed to act as guest editor of a special issue of Giornale degli Economisti, collecting ICEEE empirical economics papers that deal with the Italian economy.

Queries and expressions of interest should be sent to the following e-mail address: weber.cide@unipd.it . The deadline for formal paper submissions is 28th February, 2007.

Programme Overview

Click on the session name in order to view the related papers or go directly to the full program page

Thursday 25 January

8:00 - Room A2: Registration desk opens

9:00-9:20 - Aula Magna: Opening

9:30-11:00:

11:00-11:30: Coffee break

11:30-13:00:

13:00-14:30: Lunch

14:30-16:00:

16:00-16:30: Coffee break

16:30-18:30:

20:00 :  Social dinner

Friday 26 January

9:00-11:00:

11:00-11:30: Coffee break

11:30-13:00:

13:00-14:30: Lunch

14:30-16:30:

16:30: Adjourn

Registration

Applications to the conference must be submitted using the On-line Application Form. Please read below first.

A deadline for early registration at a reduced rate is December 20th, 2006. The general reduced fee is EURO 80,00. From December 21st , 2006 until January 25 th, 2007, the full registration fee is EURO 100,00. Fees can be paid by:

  1. Bank transfer until January 15 th, 2007 on the account number: IBAN: IT 36 V 05387 67721 000001207961 (BIC:BPMOIT22XXX to be added for abroad payments), in name of:
    Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria – Via Frangipane, 6 – 47032 Bertinoro (Forlė-Cesena) Italy.
    The following description should be specified by the bank issuing the transfer:
    Second Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics. Registration fees for (first name and surname of the involved person)    .
    The aboved description is essential for the payment identification    .
  2. Credit Card to be paid out the opening day at the congress secretary desk. ( January 25nd, 2007).
  3. Cash to be paid out the opening day at the congress secretary desk. ( January 25nd , 2007 ).

Independently of the payment mode chosen, the On-line Application Form should be submitted within December 20th, 2006 or January 15th, 2007.

Registration fees cover admission to all scientific session, lunches and coffees during the meeting and congress package. Registration fees do non cover the costs for accommodation. A congress dinner is organized for the evening of January 25nd, 2007. A contribution of EURO 30,00 is requested to participate and the amount should be added to the registration payment. A contribution of EURO 30,00 is also requested for each accompanying person.

Locations

The contributed and invited sessions will be held at the Alberti building, via Quintino Sella 13.
The conference dinner will take place at the Restaurant “Novecento”, via Duca D’Aosta 2.

Please download a full map in Pdf.

Accommodation

Accommodation at special conference prices has been arranged. Reservations should be made as early as possible by selecting one of the hotels below. Various rooms in different categories and locations are available. Please, notify the selected Hotel that you are reserving for the Second Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics, and make explicit reference to the assigned contact person.

Hotel CARD International ••••

location: 150 metres from Train Station, close to University Campus (city centre)
55 € single room
65 € double, single use
85 € double
e-mail: info@hotelcard.it
web: http://www.hotelcard.it
contact: Giorgia Nicolini
details: gymnasium and fitness centre nearby.

Hotel Napoleon •••

location: very close to Train Station and University Campus (city centre)
37 € single room
57 €  double
e-mail:  napoleon@iper.net
web: http://www.napoleonrimini.it
contact: Andrea Forcellini
details: gymnasium and fitness centre nearby.

Hotel Bellevue ••••

location: 10 metres from the sea
45 € single room
60 € double, single use
80 € double
e-mail: bellevue@riminibeach.net
web: http://www.riminibeach.net
contact: Nicola Russo
details: bus service to University Campus; alternatively, you can walk 15 minutes across the park to the University Campus (city centre).

Hotel Tiberius •••

location: 100 metres from the sea
65 € double, single use
80 € double
e-mail: info@hoteltiberius.it
web: http://www.hoteltiberius.it
contact: Michele
details:  bus service to University Campus; alternatively, you can walk 15 minutes across the park to the University Campus (city centre).

Contacts

For information please contact:

The Organizing Secretariat:
Alessandra Picariello – picariel@spbo.unibo.it

The Chairman of the Programme Committe:
Prof. Guglielmo Weber – weber.cide@unipd.it

The Local Organizer:
Prof. Attilio Gardini – attilio.gardini@unibo.it

Administrative Secretariat:
Dott.ssa Barbara Zanotti – bzanotti@centrocongressibertinoro.it