2008 Summer School of Econometrics
University Residential Centre of Bertinoro - Forlì
Since 1987, CIdE organizes the Summer School of Econometrics, a two weeks residential course whose purpose is to promote the knowledge among young researchers of recent advances in econometric methods. The School provides for young researchers the possibility of keeping in touch with some of the most recent developments in econometrics, and with other researchers with different cultural and working background, within a stimulating scientific environment. The planning and the teaching settings rely on the professional heritage and highly qualified experience of Italian and foreign teachers.
The School is held during two weeks (from Monday to Saturday of the following week) in June, and it is organized in four courses, two for the first week, and two for the second week. Each week has about 40 hours of either theoretical and applied (computer based) work.
The School just accomplishes teaching and introduction tasks both for theoretical and applied research. However, there is the possibility to deepen individual interest subjects or to analyse cases related by the single students, according to the interest and the availability of teachers and co-workers.
The School is held at the University Residential Centre of Bertinoro. The University Residential Centre of Bertinoro is a facility consisting of three recently renovated historical buildings, set very near to one another, and composing a single big compound, located at the top of the ancient village of Bertinoro, in a quiet and panoramically wonderful position. The Centre includes a guest quarter, with about 123 sleeping accomodations in single and double rooms, all with bathroom and phone; lecture hall in the so called “Revellino” (the fortress outpost), 100 seats workspace, two smaller lecture halls, (35 seats), and a third recess room; 5 offices, two panoramic terraces, botanical garden and wide courtyard; a computer centre with 25 modern personal computers. Some of the PC’s could be even used during practice sessions.
The participants will be asked to attend the lectures from the beginning of the morning of the first Monday to the end of the morning of the following Saturday. Any other professional activity (even if temporary) is not compatible with the attendance of the School. The attendants who will not behave in an appropriate way as regards duty care or conduct can and will be expelled from the School. A Certificate of Attendance will be released and given to all students who have attended the School with profit.
Program 2008 ( June 9th – June 21st)
First week ( June 9th-14th 2008)
Panel Data Analysis (Syllabus, Pdf)
- Badi Baltagi (Syracuse University)
Econometric Analysis of Discrete Dependent Variables (Syllabus, Pdf)
- Rainer Winkelmann (University of Zurich)
Second week ( June 16th-21st 2008)
Empirical Methods for Business Cycle Research (Syllabus, Pdf)
- Gabriel Perez Quiros (Banco de Espana)
-
Maximo Camacho (University of Murcia)
Theory and Practice of Forecasting with Large Data Sets (Syllabus, Pdf)
- Anindya Banerjee (University of Birmingham)
Selection Criteria
The number of participants can not exceed 40; to be admitted, university education at the level of Italian Laurea or other foreign equivalent title is requested. Another requisite is a good background in microeconomics, macroeconomics, calculus, statistics and econometrics. The lectures and the reading material will be in English.
The participants will be selected by a special commission appointed by CIdE; a written communication of the admission will be sent by May 26th, 2008.
Registration and enrolment procedure
1) Registration Procedure
To be admitted to the Summer School, first of all candidates have to follow the Registration Procedure, (available here on web site) until and including May 17th, 2008. During the registration procedure, candidates must enclose their Curriculum Vitae certifying the Education Level and the requested background. It is important to make sure to provide all the details related to the degree and the examinations that have been taken. While completing this procedure, candidates authorize CIdE to process and divulge their personal data according to the art. 13, Legislative Decree n. 196/2003 concerning “Personal Data Processing”. Career information will be used strictly for candidates selection procedures and mainly for didactic purposes connected to CIdE.
For those who already completed their registration procedure, in order to get the admission to others Postgraduate Econometric Schools, it is possible to start directly the enrolment procedure. Nevertheless, students have to send to the e-mail address summerschools@cide.info the above mentioned document certifying the education level and the requested background.
2) Enrolment procedure
After completing the registration procedure, candidates will receive through e-mail their personal username and password. These information are fundamental in order to follow the next step, that is the enrolment procedure to the Summer School. During this procedure it will be possible to choose to attend both weeks or simply one week. Moreover, there is the possibility to make a request for scholarship. In any case, the enrolment procedure will be available on this web site from April 1st to May 17th 2008. To finalize the subscription form, submitted by the enrolment procedure, candidates must send as an attachment to their form, a letter of presentation certifying qualifications and motivations that pushed them attending the School. This letter must be sent by normal mail in the terms and conditions above mentioned to the following address:
Scuola Estiva di Econometria – CIdE
referent: Alessandra Picariello
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
Università degli Studi di Bologna
Strada Maggiore, 45
40125 Bologna
Admission
The admission decisions will be communicated no later than May 26th 2008 by e-mail.However, candidates will be able to check the progress of their subscription form by entering their own user-id in these web pages.
3) Admission Procedure
After the admission to the Summer School has been confirmed, the participation fee must be paid without any possible delay within June 4th, 2008. Afterwards the on-line procedure must be followed, providing the payment details (made by bank transfer), through the Admission Procedure.
The payment must be made through bank transfer. Bank coordinates: IBAN: IT 36 V 05387 67721 000001207961 (BIC= BPMOIT22 XXX for payment made by foreign countries) registered to Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria – Via Frangipane, 6 – 47032 Bertinoro (FC), at the Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna – Agenzia di Bertinoro – Via Roma, 10 – 47032 Bertinoro (FC). Description of payment: “Summer School from….. to ….. 2008 – Candidate’s first name and Family name”.
Resignation
Immediate RESIGNATION
We kindly ask to all the admitted candidates that mean to resign, to communicate their decision by e-mail, as soon as possible, to CIdE administrative secretariat, using the following e-mail address: rinuncia@cide.info.
Late RESIGNATION
CIdE will refund the paid-in deposited, reduced by 100,00 €, only if candidates will communicate their decision to resign within June 7th, 2008, to CIdE administrative secretariat using the following e-mail address: rinuncia@cide.info.
After this date, just a partial refund will be possible. In this case, please contact directly CIdE administrative secretariat (referent: Ms Alessandra Picariello), to the following e-mail address rinuncia@cide.info or call the number +39 051 2092628.
Admission Fees
The subscription and participation fee to the School for the admitted candidates is 3.500,00 € and includes the subscription costs, the books, the teaching materials used by professors, and the stay costs, daily dinner excluded. Priority will be given to the candidates who want to attend the entire 2-weeks course. If possible the School will also accept 1-week participation. In this case the fee will be 2.000,00 €.
CIdE provides a small number of scholarships corresponding to 1.400,00 € for one week and 2.500,00 for two weeks. This reduces the subscription fee respectively to 600,00 € and 1.000,00 €, an amount that subscribers have to pay. The funding allocation is decided and unquestionable by a special commission appointed by CIdE. Travel expenses are not funded.
Therefore, differential fees are provided, according to the length of the course (one week or two weeks) and to the assignation or not of the scholarship (amounts are in €).
Summer School |
Full amount (without scholarship) |
Reduced amount (with scholarship) |
|---|---|---|
| from 6/9/2008 to 6/21/2008 ( two weeks) |
3.500,00 |
1.000,00 |
| from 6/9/2008 to 6/14/2008 ( first week ) |
2.000,00 |
600,00 |
| from 6/16/2008 to 6/21/2008 ( second week ) |
2.000,00 |
600,00 |
Site and schedules
The Summer School, for the duration of two weeks, will be held at University Residential Centre of Bertinoro in, via Frangipane, 6 47032 Bertinoro (Forlì). The participants will be accomodated, as a rule, at the Centre guest quarters, (as an exception, in case of reduced availability of rooms in the Centre, they will be accommodated in local hotels). Lessons will be held in English.
The PC centre, with 25 seats workspace, will be open all day for individual drills and to allow the students to attend to their tasks. Some laptops can be used during practice sessions.
During both weeks the sessions will be scheduled as follows:
- Monday - Friday from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm
- Saturdays from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm.
Logistics
For information or any practical problem (prolongation of the stay, vegetarian diet, relatives accomodation, name of roommate for double room, etc) please contact:
University Residential Centre Secretariat
via Frangipane, 6
47032 Bertinoro (FC)
fax: +39 0543-446599
e-mail: segreteria@ceub.it.
The participants arrival is scheduled for Sunday, (June 8th 2008 for the two-week programme or June 15th 2008 for the one-week programme); the departure is scheduled for Saturday (June 21st 2008 for the two-weeks programme, June 14th 2008 for the one-week programme); the booking is carried out automatically by the offices in charge, following the conditions mentioned above, except for any change, eventually communicated to the referents of the University Residential Centre.
The guest quarters (“Revellino” - via Frangipane 4, Bertinoro - FC) will be open on the said Sundays from 6.00 to 9.00 pm for the registration procedures. As the Centre doesn’t have a permanent concierge service, it is possible to arrange the arrival time, calling a few days before, from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm the Centre offices (+39 0543 446500). In case of unexpected delay, please call the emergency numbers: +39 0543 446592 (Mr. Agostino, caretaker of the Centre), or +39 349 7604952.
For any information about the lines between Forlì station and Bertinoro please call: ATR (Azienda Trasporti della Romagna), +39 0543 27821, or check the Emilia Romagna public transport timetable. More shuttle lines can be planned by the Centre (participants concerned will be promptly informed).
Contacts
For general information concerning the Summer School, please contact:
Prof. Carlo Bianchi (cbianchi@ec.unipi.it )Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
Universita' di Pisa
Via Ridolfi,10
56124 Pisa
fax: +39 050/598040
or the administrative secretary office:
Alessandra Picariello (alessandra.picariello@unibo.it)Tel: +39 051- 2092628
Fax: +39 051/2092664
For administrative problems and/or information (for example a particular billing address, etc.), please contact directly CIdE administrative secretary office:
Mr. Fabrizio Zanotti ( fzanotti@ceub.it )Tel. +39 0543 446561
Fax: +39 0543 446595
Il Direttore della Scuola
( Prof. Carlo Bianchi )
