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) 🇫🇷

  • Keynote Speakers: Stephane Bonhomme, Christian Brownlees, Kalina Manova

  • Best Paper Award: Adam Lee (UPF): "Robust and Efficient Inference for Non-Regular Semiparametric Models"

  • SMYE 2022 Website


2021 - Bologna, Italy (University of Bologna) 🇮🇹

  • 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 Gonçalves (Columbia University): "Sequential Sampling and Equilibrium"

  • SMYE 2021 Website


2019 - Brussels, Belgium (Université Libre de Bruxelles) 🇧🇪

  • 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"

  • SMYE 2019 Website

  • YouTube Videos of the Keynote Speechers can be found here.


2018 - Palma, Spain (University of Balearic Islands) 🇪🇸

  • Keynote Speakers: Margaret Meyer, Pol Antràs, and Manuel Arellano

  • Best Paper Award: Florian Wozny (IZA Bonn): "The Human Capital Cost of Radiation: Long-Run Evidence from Exposure Outside the Womb"

  • SMYE 2018 Website

  • 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) 🇩🇪

  • Keynote Speakers: Jordi Gali, Georg Weizsäcker, Uwe Sunde, Barbara Rossi

  • Best Paper Award: Christoph Albert (UPF): "The Labor Market Impact of Immigration: Job Creation versus Job Competition"

  • SMYE 2017 Website


2016 - Lisbon, Portugal (ISCTE-IUL Lisbon) 🇵🇹

  • Keynote Speakers: Robert Frank, Jan Fagerberg, Mirjam van Praag, Pedro Portugal

  • SMYE 2016 Website


2015 - Ghent, Belgium (Ghent University) 🇧🇪

  • 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"

  • SMYE 2015 Website


2014 - Vienna, Austria (Vienna University of Economics and Business) 🇦🇹


2013 - Aarhus, Denmark (Aarhus University) 🇩🇰

  • Keynote Speakers: Peter Neary, Paul De Grauwe, Jacques Thisse, Dale Mortensen

  • SMYE 2013 Website


2012 - Mannheim, Germany (ZEW Center for European Economic Research) 🇩🇪

  • Keynote Speakers: Mary Amity, Armin Falk, Ayhan Kose


2011 - Groningen, Netherlands (University of Groningen) 🇳🇱

  • Keynote Speakers: Joshua Angrist, Annamaria Lusardi, Frank Smets


2010 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg (CEPS/INSEAD and University of Luxembourg) 🇱🇺

  • Keynote Speakers: Galina Hale, Tito Boeri


2009 - Istanbul, Turkey (Marmara University) 🇹🇷

  • Keynote Speakers: Karim Abadir, Gabriel Talmain, Mehmet Balcilar


2008 - Lille, France (University of Lille 2) 🇫🇷

  • Keynote Speaker: Omer Moav


2007 - Hamburg, Germany (University of Hamburg) 🇩🇪

  • Keynote Speakers: Ariel Rubinstein, Stephen J. Turnovsky, Patrick Francois


2006 - Seville, Spain (Centro de Estudios Andaluces, University Pablo de Olavide and University of Seville) 🇪🇸

  • Keynote Speakers: Anindya Banerjee, Robin Boadway


2005 - Geneva, Switzerland (Graduate Institute of International Studies, HEI) 🇨🇭

  • Keynote Speakers: Anirudh L. Nagar, Helene Rey


2004 - Warsaw, Poland (Warsaw University) 🇵🇱

  • Keynote Speakers: Tony Atkinson, Katerina Juselius


2003 - Leuven, Belgium (University of Leuven) 🇧🇪

  • Keynote Speakers: Paul DeGrauwe, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Mark Rosenzweig


2002 - Paris, France (University Paris 1) 🇫🇷

  • Keynote Speakers: Richard Blundell, Roger Guesnerie


2001 - Copenhagen, Denmark (University of Copenhagen) 🇩🇰

  • Keynote Speakers: Philippe Aghion, Martin Browning


2000 - Oxford, United Kingdom (University of Oxford) 🇬🇧

  • Keynote Speakers: Paul Klemperer, Jean Tirole


1999 - Amsterdam, Netherlands (University of Amsterdam) 🇳🇱

  • Keynote Speaker: Peter Diamond


1998 - Berlin, Germany (Humboldt University) 🇩🇪

  • Keynote Speaker: Bob Aumann


1997 - Munich, Germany (University of Munich) 🇩🇪


1996 - Essen, Germany (University of Essen) 🇩🇪