SPRING MEETING OF YOUNG ECONOMISTS
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE) is the annual conference of the EAYE. Its main objective is to help young economists present their work, get constructive feedback from their peers, create opportunities to strengthen their research and build their network.
To offer a relaxed atmosphere and to prevent the anonymity large conferences might suffer from, the number of presenters is limited to 200. Therefore, admittance to the conference is highly competitive and the acceptance rate is around 30%. Decisions are entirely based on research quality as assessed through a double-blind review process with external reviewers. The casual atmosphere of the SMYE thus goes together with the excellence of presenters coming from the best universities and institutions worldwide.
Furthermore, the SMYE invites every year a couple of senior researchers to address the SMYE participants. We are proud that many excellent researchers, including Nobel Laureates, have participated in the SMYE!
PAST EDITIONS
2022 - Orleans, France (University of Orleans) ๐ซ๐ท
Keynote Speakers: Stephane Bonhomme, Christian Brownlees, Kalina Manova
Best Paper Award: Adam Lee (UPF): "Robust and Efficient Inference for Non-Regular Semiparametric Models"
2021 - Bologna, Italy (University of Bologna) ๐ฎ๐น
Keynote Speakers: Davide Cantoni, Paola Conconi, Juan Dolado, James M. Snyder, Jr
Best Paper Award for 2020 submissions: Anna Ignatenko (LMU Munich): "Price Discrimination in International Transportation: Evidence and Implications"
Best Paper Award for 2021 submissions: Duarte Gonรงalves (Columbia University): "Sequential Sampling and Equilibrium"
2019 - Brussels, Belgium (Universitรฉ Libre de Bruxelles) ๐ง๐ช
Keynote Speakers: Michael D. Bordo, Paul Collier, David K. Levine and Eric S. Maskin
Best Paper Award: Marius Faber (University of Basel): "Robots and Reshoring: Evidence from Mexican Local Labor Markets"
YouTube Videos of the Keynote Speechers can be found here.
2018 - Palma, Spain (University of Balearic Islands) ๐ช๐ธ
Keynote Speakers: Margaret Meyer, Pol Antrร s, and Manuel Arellano
Best Paper Award: Florian Wozny (IZA Bonn): "The Human Capital Cost of Radiation: Long-Run Evidence from Exposure Outside the Womb"
Statistics about the submitted papers and the final participants can be found here.
2017 - Halle, Germany (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and Halle Institute for Economic Research) ๐ฉ๐ช
Keynote Speakers: Jordi Gali, Georg Weizsรคcker, Uwe Sunde, Barbara Rossi
Best Paper Award: Christoph Albert (UPF): "The Labor Market Impact of Immigration: Job Creation versus Job Competition"
2016 - Lisbon, Portugal (ISCTE-IUL Lisbon) ๐ต๐น
Keynote Speakers: Robert Frank, Jan Fagerberg, Mirjam van Praag, Pedro Portugal
2015 - Ghent, Belgium (Ghent University) ๐ง๐ช
Keynote Speakers: Jean Tirole, Rachel Griffith, Thorsten Beck, Paul Klemperer
Best Paper Award: Wanyu Chung (University of Nottingham): "Imported Inputs and Invoicing Currency Choice: Theory and Evidence from UK Transaction Data"
2014 - Vienna, Austria (Vienna University of Economics and Business) ๐ฆ๐น
Keynote Speakers: Colin Cameron, Astri Muren, Martin Ravallion
2013 - Aarhus, Denmark (Aarhus University) ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Keynote Speakers: Peter Neary, Paul De Grauwe, Jacques Thisse, Dale Mortensen
2012 - Mannheim, Germany (ZEW Center for European Economic Research) ๐ฉ๐ช
Keynote Speakers: Mary Amity, Armin Falk, Ayhan Kose
2011 - Groningen, Netherlands (University of Groningen) ๐ณ๐ฑ
Keynote Speakers: Joshua Angrist, Annamaria Lusardi, Frank Smets
2010 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg (CEPS/INSEAD and University of Luxembourg) ๐ฑ๐บ
Keynote Speakers: Galina Hale, Tito Boeri
2009 - Istanbul, Turkey (Marmara University) ๐น๐ท
Keynote Speakers: Karim Abadir, Gabriel Talmain, Mehmet Balcilar
2008 - Lille, France (University of Lille 2) ๐ซ๐ท
Keynote Speaker: Omer Moav
2007 - Hamburg, Germany (University of Hamburg) ๐ฉ๐ช
Keynote Speakers: Ariel Rubinstein, Stephen J. Turnovsky, Patrick Francois
2006 - Seville, Spain (Centro de Estudios Andaluces, University Pablo de Olavide and University of Seville) ๐ช๐ธ
Keynote Speakers: Anindya Banerjee, Robin Boadway
2005 - Geneva, Switzerland (Graduate Institute of International Studies, HEI) ๐จ๐ญ
Keynote Speakers: Anirudh L. Nagar, Helene Rey
2004 - Warsaw, Poland (Warsaw University) ๐ต๐ฑ
Keynote Speakers: Tony Atkinson, Katerina Juselius
2003 - Leuven, Belgium (University of Leuven) ๐ง๐ช
Keynote Speakers: Paul DeGrauwe, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Mark Rosenzweig
2002 - Paris, France (University Paris 1) ๐ซ๐ท
Keynote Speakers: Richard Blundell, Roger Guesnerie
2001 - Copenhagen, Denmark (University of Copenhagen) ๐ฉ๐ฐ
Keynote Speakers: Philippe Aghion, Martin Browning
2000 - Oxford, United Kingdom (University of Oxford) ๐ฌ๐ง
Keynote Speakers: Paul Klemperer, Jean Tirole
1999 - Amsterdam, Netherlands (University of Amsterdam) ๐ณ๐ฑ
Keynote Speaker: Peter Diamond
1998 - Berlin, Germany (Humboldt University) ๐ฉ๐ช
Keynote Speaker: Bob Aumann
1997 - Munich, Germany (University of Munich) ๐ฉ๐ช
1996 - Essen, Germany (University of Essen) ๐ฉ๐ช