• This week's speakers: 14/05/2012 (Applied) Richard Blundell; 16/05/2012 (Internal) Hubert Kempf with M. Guillard; 17/05/2012 (Applied) Michel Beine. All seminars here.
• (May 2012) PhD call for applications 2012: The call for applications for our PhD program has been published on May 11. PhD candidates can apply to take part in the PhD selection until June 7 at 6pm (Italian time). All necessary information is posted at http://www.phdeco.unibo.it/Admissions2012.php.
• (March 2012) LMEC - Laurea Magistralis in Economics: call for applications for 2012-2013 entry. The LMEC is a two-year Master of Science offered within the Graduate Program of the Department of Economics. It is an excellent opportunity for students who wish to become professional economists or to progress to a PhD Program in Italy or abroad. More information and application form available on the LMEC website.
• (March 2012) The 9th meeting of the European Network on the Economics of the Firm (ENEF) is being held at the University of Bologna, 13-14 September 2012. The theme of the workshop is "Functional and geographical boundaries of the firm". Proposals for papers should be sent to dse.enef2012@unibo.it by the end of May 2012. All the details can be found on the enef2012.
• (February 2012) The 9th Young Economists’ Workshop on Social Economy will be held on 15-16 June 2012 at the University of Bologna, Forli Campus. Theoretical, empirical, and experimental papers on the topics of social capital, social norms, cooperative and social enterprises, social preferences, and relational goods are welcome. Presenters at the Workshop must at most be 35 years old to be eligible.
Call for Papers. Deadline: 6 April 2012.
• (July 2011) MIUR has published the list of the national research projects PRIN which will be co-financed. Overall, 543 projects will be financed. For 29 of these, the head unit will be based at UNIBO. Of all the projects, 17 belong to Area 13 (Economics / Business / Statistics). Two of the approved projects are headed by DSE members: Giorgio Bellettini and Andrea Ichino. Another of the approved project involves a DSE member, Roberto Golinelli, as local coordinator. Congratulations and best wishes for a successful research to our three colleagues and their collaborators.
• (January 2011) - University of Bologna was ranked in the Top 100 of Economics Schools Research Ranking by Tilburg University, together with 29 universities in Europe (only two in Italy). The Tilburg University worldwide ranking is based on publications in the fields of economics, econometrics and finance in leading economic journals over the period 2005-2009.
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