Árpád Ábrahám, European University Institute Dec 13, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
What to Expect from the Lower Bound on Interest Rates: Evidence from Derivatives Prices - by Thomas Mertens, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Dec 6, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
The cluster ECONtribute: Markets and Public Policy, together with the University of Cologne, will be funded as a Cluster of Excellence by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Congratulations to the spokespersons Isabel Schnabel (University of Bonn) and Felix Bierbrauer (University of Cologne)...
Prestigious Prizes and Honors for Economists of the University of Bonn, Research Training Group 2281
The RTG congratulates two of our principal investigators for being awarded the following prestigious prizes of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the German Economic Association: Isabel Schnabel for the Gustav-Stolper-Preis and Moritz Schularick for the Hermann-Heinrich-Gossen Prize. Congratulations also to Benny Moldovanu, the head of Bonn’s Graduate School in Economics, for being invited to ho...
January 7- 11, 2019 RTG short course "Methods for empirical macroeconomists" Lecturer: Prof. Pablo Guerrón-Quintana (Boston College). https://sites.google.com/site/pabloaguerronquintana/ Lecture times will be arranged so as to comply with students' calendars. A syllabus and more details will follow...
Human Frictions in the Transmission of Economic Policy - by Michael Weber, Chicago Booth Nov 29, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Paolo Surico, London Business School and CEPR Nov 21, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Regulation of Consumer Credit with Over-Optimistic Borrowers – by Michèle Tertilt, University of Mannheim Nov 15, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Measuring Geopolitical Risk – by Matteo Iacoviello, Federal Reserve Board Nov 8, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Financial Crisis Interventions - by Josef Schroth, Bank of Canada Oct 25, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Credit, Bankruptcy, and Aggregate Fluctuations - by Makoto Nakajima, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Oct 18, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Labor Market Implications of Unemployment Benefit Extensions - by Iourii Manovskii, University of Pennsylvania Oct 11, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
On October 05-06, 2018, the 1st European Midwest Micro/Macro Conference (EM3C) took place in Bonn. The conference focused on the role of microdata for macroeconomics. Microdata for the purposes of EM3C is broadly defined and includes (but is not limited to) survey data, administrative data, experimental data, expectations data, etc. Work with new, previously unexplored microdata is especially welc...
The RTG’s summer school provides a unique opportunity to learn from leading researchers in the field about their approach to the macroeconomics of inequality. The summer school brings together leading international faculty and ambitious doctoral students. The idea was to create a stimulating environment to discuss and start research. This year’s Summer School took place from June 25 – 29, 20...
MEF-Seminar – Occupations, Skills and Barriers to Labor Reallocation – by Georg Duernecker, Universität München July 12, 2018 - 16:15 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor...
October 05-06, 2018 in Bonn Deadline for submission of papers or extended abstracts is 31 May 2018. Submissions closed!...
The funding provided by the European Research Council (ERC) is highly competitive. Now, three scientists from the University of Bonn are receiving coveted ERC Consolidator Grants totalling several million euros. Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick from the Institute of Macroeconomics and Econometrics at the Alma mater in Bonn will receive around 1.5 million euros from the ERC over the next five years....
Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel presents the "Annual Report 2017/18 of the German Council of Economic Experts". Prof. Schnabel has been a member of the German Council of Economic Experts since 2015. On 8 November, the "economic experts" handed over their annual report to the Federal Government. The lecture is part of the series "WiWi Konkret" of the Faculty of Economics at the Dies Academicus of the...
From Stagnation to Growth: Demography, Democracy, and Comparative Development - by Uwe Sunde, LMU München Dec 07, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Having It All? Employment, Earnings and Children - by Johanna Wallenius, Stockholm School of Economics Nov 30, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Nature or Nurture? Jewish Childcare and Population Growth In Eastern And Central Europe, 1500–1930 - by Zvi Eckstein, Tiomkin School of Economics Nov 23, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Is Marriage for White People? Incarceration and the Racial Marriage Divide - by Nezih Guner, University of Rochester Nov 16, 16:15 – 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
November 09, 2017 6-8pm (c.t.) University Forum Heussallee 18-24, 53113 Bonn Registration: http://cisg-bonn.com/2017/10/event-registration-november-9-2017/ and cisg-veranstaltungen@uni-bonn.de While the rate of economic growth has declined in Europe, Asian countries are experiencing significant economic growth and are transforming their economies into global hubs. How do such geoeconomi...
Land Mines and Spatial Development - by Elias Papaioannou, London Business School Nov 09, 16:15 - 17:30 in seminar room Kaiserplatz 7-9, 4th floor, room no. 4.006...
Raphael Schoenle, http://people.brandeis.edu/~schoenle/, will visit the RTG on Tu/We Oct 10/11. Raphael will give a lunch-time talk on Wednesday....
Professor Thomas Piketty Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Ecole d'Economie de Paris/Paris School of Economics (PSE) will visit the BGSE on January 25-26, 2018, and deliver the 13th Manchot Lecture. Details tba. Please save the date!...
April 12-April 14, 2018 at Schloss Gracht. The retreat serves to strengthen the ties within the RTG and to foster personal exchange. Students and faculty present....