Spring Meeting of Young Economists 2019

February 5 2019

The goal of the conference

From Thursday, 11 April 2019 – 08:00 – To Saturday, 13 April 2019 – 17:00
The goal of the conference is to promote the exchange of ideas and experience among young economists conducting research in all fields of economics. More information about our mission can be found on the website of the European Association of Young Economists: http://eaye-smye.blogspot.ch/

The upcoming SMYE 2019

The upcoming SMYE 2019 is delighted to announce four distinguished keynote speakers:
Michael D. Bordo (Rutgers University), Paul Collier (University of Oxford), David K. Levine (European University Institute) and Eric Maskin (Harvard University). Further details concerning
the conference are available on: http://smye2019.weebly.com/

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