This is a conference run ‘by young economists for young economists'. All the delegates at the SMYE, selected anonymously in a ‘double blind' process by the programme committee, are given the opportunity to present their research. For many it is one of the first chances to present results of their work at an international level.
This highly renowned conference has the long-standing goal to integration of the community of young economist and is held on an annual basis since 1996. The SMYE regularly attracts PhD students, post-doctoral students and young lecturers across all economic disciplines and from all over the world, with a particular focus on Europe. It provides them with a platform to gather, present their work, and share their ideas when they are just at the beginning of their academic careers.
Over the past years, the SMYE has earned itself a status of a conference of very high academic standard. This has been reflected in the number of applicants, the consistently high quality of presented papers and in the ability to invite world-class economists and Nobel Prize Laureates as keynote speakers.
The Spring Meeting of Young Economists covers the whole spectrum of economic endeavour from Trade Theory to Political Economy, from Game Theory to Finance, from Growth Theory to Business Cycles, and from Development Economics to Econometric Theory. It provides a means for young economists to exchange ideas which are directly and indirectly related to their research and to the work of their fellow economists.
To maintain the relaxed atmosphere, and to prevent the anonymity large conferences might suffer from, the number of presenters will not exceed 200.
The main objectives can be summarised in brief as below;
• Integration the community of young economists
• Attraction PhD students, post-doctoral students, young lecturers and assistant professors
• A chance to meet young economists across all economic disciplines all over the world, with a particular focus on Europe
• Provision a platform to young economists in order to gather, present their work, and share their ideas at the beginning of their academic careers
• Invite world-class economists and later Nobel Prize Laureates as keynote speakers
• High quality of presented papers
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