Armenian Economic Association Meetings on 3-6 July, 2024

The 14th Annual Meetings of the Armenian Economic Association will be held on July 3- 6, 2024. With about 90 presentations, the Meetings will be hosted by the American University of Armenia in Yerevan and the Central Bank of Armenia in Dilijan. For program details and maps, visit the conference page http://aea.am/annual-meetings-2024/

July 3-4, 2024 – Yerevan
July 5-6, 2024 – Dilijan

 

Registration link: https://forms.gle/mQKHUDV4XiVe24zZ8

 

The meetings at the American University will be held in the Najarian Building on 11 Dzoragyugh Street near Yerevan city center and not the main campus.

 

For transportation to Dilijan, a bus departs at 8 AM and returns the same day late evening. 

Armenian Economic Association online Seminar on "Asymmetric Shocks and Heterogeneous Worker Mobility in a Monetary Union"

The Armenian Economic Association will host Joseph-Simon Goerlach (Bocconi University) in an online seminar on March 27, 8-9 pm Yerevan time (5-6 pm CET; 11-12 am EST). He will present his paper "Asymmetric Shocks and Heterogeneous Worker Mobility in a Monetary Union." Register using this link http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-joseph-simon-goerlach/. You will receive an invitation to the virtual seminar immediately after registration.

Armenian Economic Association online Seminar on "Bailout Incentives for Small Open Economies"

The Armenian Economic Association will host Marija Vukotic from the University of Warwicks in an online seminar on February 28, 8-9 pm Yerevan time (5-6 pm CET; 11-12 am EST). She will present her paper entitled "Bailout Incentives for Small Open Economies."

Register using this link for participation http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-marija-vukotic/. You will receive an invitation to the virtual seminar at your email address immediately after registration.

Armenian Economic Association 2024 Meetings

The 14th Annual Meetings of the Armenian Economic Association will be held on July 3-6, 2024. 

The Meetings will be hosted by the American University of Armenia in Yerevan and the Central Bank of Armenia in Dilijan. Additional virtual sessions will be organized if there is sufficient demand. 

Papers in all areas of economics and finance of both theoretical and empirical nature are invited. Research addressing issues of growth and development in Armenia and the wider region are welcome, with submissions in the area of labor economics highly encouraged. 

Confirmed keynote speakers: Fabio Canova (BI Norwegian Business School), Luisa Fuster (Universidad de Carlos III, Madrid) and Jaume Ventura (CREI, UPF and BSE, Barcelona). 

Submissions: Abstracts of less than 500 words can be submitted by filling out the conference participation form following this link by March 31st; decisions by April 15th. The conference is free with no cost to present and participate. In the submission form, please indicate whether you prefer to travel to Armenia or present virtually. Proposals with complete sessions are encouraged. 

Best Paper Awards are made available to young scholars (Grigor Artzruni award) and for general interest papers (Armen Alchian award), as well as by the International Monetary Fund for papers in macroeconomics. Submission of completed papers in advance is required to be considered for the awards. 

Travel scholarship: A limited number of travel scholarships are available especially for young researchers based in Europe and the region. Upon submission, please indicate whether you are applying for a scholarship. 

More details at http://aea.am/annual-meetings-2024/

Armenian Economic Association Virtual Seminars in November

Ella Sargsyan, a Ph.D. candidate at CERGE-EI, will present her job market paper titled "Potato to the Rescue: Home Production and Child Nutrition during Deep Economic Crises." The seminar will take place on Friday, November 17 at 7-8pm Yerevan time (4-5pm CET; 10-11am EST).

Register by following this link: http://aea.am/aea-special-seminar-ella-sargsyan/ 

On November 29, 8-9pm Yerevan time (5-6pm CET; 11am -12pm EST), Guilherme Lichand will present his paper entitled "Elite Capture of the Education Wage Premium: Evidence and Measurement." 

Register using this link http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-guilherme-lichand/

Visit http://aea.am/upcoming-events/ for future seminars, workshops, and the annual meetings.

 

Armenian Economic Association 2023 Meetings CfP deadline extended to April 8

 Call for Papers: Armenian Economic Association 2023 Meetings

The 13th Annual Meetings of the Armenian Economic Association will be held on June 22-24, 2023. The Meetings will be held in a mixed format: The first day of the conference will be organized virtually, the second day will meet in-person at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan, and the third day will meet at the Armenian State University of Economics in Gyumri.

Papers in all areas of economics and finance are welcome. Both theoretical and empirical research papers are invited. Research addressing issues of growth and development in Armenia and the wider region are highly encouraged. For this year, submissions of papers in the area of labor economics are especially welcomed.

Confirmed keynote speakers: Fernando Broner (CREI, UPF, BSE), Ana Maria Herrera (University of Kentucky), Oleg Itskhoki (UCLA), Branko Milanovic (CUNY), Mehdi Raissi (IMF)

Submissions: Abstracts of less than 500 words can be submitted by completing the call for papers form by April 8; decisions by April 20. The conference is free with no cost to present and participate. In the submission form, please indicate whether you prefer to present in person in Armenia or to present virtually. Proposals for complete sessions are encouraged.

Best Paper Awards are made available for young scholars (Grigor Artzruni award) and for general interest papers (Armen Alchian award), as well as by the International Monetary Fund. Submission of completed papers in advance is required to be considered for the awards.

Travel grants: The Association will make available a limited number of travel grants especially for researchers based in Europe and the region. When completing the submission form, please indicate whether you are applying for a travel scholarship.

Call for Papers: Armenian Economic Association 2023 Annual Meetings

 Call for Papers: Armenian Economic Association 2023 Annual Meetings

The 13th Annual Meetings of the Armenian Economic Association will be held on June 22-24, 2023. The Meetings will be held in a mixed format: The first day of the conference will be organized virtually, the second day will meet in-person at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan, and the third day will meet at the Armenian State University of Economics in Gyumri.

Papers in all areas of economics and finance are welcome. Both theoretical and empirical research papers are invited. Research addressing issues of growth and development in Armenia and the wider region are highly encouraged. For this year, submissions of papers in the area of labor economics are especially welcomed.

Confirmed keynote speakers: Fernando Broner (CREI, UPF, BSE), Ana Maria Herrera (University of Kentucky), Oleg Itskhoki (UCLA), Branko Milanovic (CUNY), Mehdi Raissi (IMF)

Submissions: Abstracts of less than 500 words can be submitted by completing the call for papers form by March 31; decisions by April 15. The conference is free with no cost to present and participate. In the submission form, please indicate whether you prefer to present in person in Armenia or to present virtually. Proposals for complete sessions are encouraged.

Best Paper Awards are made available for young scholars (Grigor Artzruni award) and for general interest papers (Armen Alchian award), as well as by the International Monetary Fund. Submission of completed papers in advance is required to be considered for the awards.

Travel grants: The Association will make available a limited number of travel grants especially for researchers based in Europe and the region. When completing the submission form, please indicate whether you are applying for a travel scholarship.

Armenian Economic Association seminar on "A Stage-Based Identification of Policy Effects"

 

The Armenian Economic Association Monthly Seminar series will host Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) online at 8-9 pm Yerevan time (5-6 pm CET), on November 23rd. The title of his paper is "A Stage-Based Identification of Policy Effects."

To register, follow this link: http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-raul-santaeulalia-llopis/

Young Scholars Economics Workshop -- Armenian Economic Association

The Armenian Economic Association's Young Scholars 2022 Workshop will be held online on November 25, 5:00-8:30 pm Yerevan time (2-5:40 pm CET). 

The workshop will feature five presentations by young members of the association, who are in the early stages of their economics careers. The schedule of the workshop is as follows: 

• 5:00pm-5:40pm. Narek Ohanyan, Optimal monetary policy with external dollarization. 
• 5:40pm-6:20pm. Hayk Sargsyan, Optimal monetary and macro-prudential policies in a world with consumer default. 
• 6:20pm-7:00pm. Hayk Hambardzumyan, Equity Term Structure Dynamics in a Heterogeneous Firm Model.
• Break 10 mins
• 7:10pm-7:50pm. Sargis Maghakyan, Households Heterogeneity, Banks and the Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy. 
• 7:50pm-8:30pm. Zaruhi Hakobyan, Regulation of Social Media Platforms: The Mechanism for Solving Polarization in Networks. 

Updates to the schedule, if any, will be made available at http://aea.am/young-scholars-workshop-2022/ 

For registration, follow the link below. An invitation to the workshop will be sent immediately after registration. 

Link:  https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAof-6qqj8tGN272wBGFjGrRUBFQN9Fs-MM

Armenian Economic Association seminar on Complementarities in Public Infrastructure and Structural Transformation

The Armenian Economic Association will host Rafael Serrano on its online seminar on October 26, 8-9 pm Yerevan time (6-7 pm CET). He will present his research entitled "Spatial Complementarities in Public Infrastructure and Structural Transformation in Brazil."

If interested, register using the following link for participation http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-rafael-serrano/  You will then receive an invitation to the virtual seminar at your provided email address following your registration.

iCEBA 2022 Conference on Time Series Methods in Armenia: 8-10 September

The 2nd International Conference on Econometrics and Business Analytics (iCEBA) 2022 will meet on September 8-10 in Armenia this year. It is hosted by the American University of Armenia and the Central Bank of Armenia. The theme is Time Series methods.

iCEBA 2022 is organized by the Center of Econometrics and Business Analytics (CEBA) of Saint Petersburg State University, American University of Armenia, Central Bank of Armenia, and the Armenian Economic Association.

Confirmed and invited speakers

•     Giuseppe Cavaliere (U Bologna)
•     Esfandiar Maasoumi (Emory U)
•     Alexey Onatskiy (U Cambridge)
•     Jean-Michel Zakoïan (ENSAE, CREST)

Register by August 7th.

More information is available at conference webpage.

Armenia 2022 World Press Freedom Ranking

From 180 countries, Armenia is ranked 51st in the 2022 World Press Freedom Index published by the Reporters Without Borders. This is a significant improvement from the 63rd place in the previous year, and compares very favorably to countries in the neighborhood

Below are the rankings for countries in the region. Because of revisions in methodology, I also report the rankings for 2021. 

Armenia 51 (63 in 2021)

Georgia 89 (60 in 2021)

Ukraine 106 (97 in 2021)

Turkey 149 (153 in 2021)

Belarus 153 (158 in 2021)

Azerbaijan 154 (167 in 2021)

Russia 155 (150 in 2021)

Armenian Economic Association 2022 Annual Meetings

The 12th Annual Meetings of the Armenian Economic Association will be held on June 30, July 1 and July 2, 2022. The Meetings will be held in a mixed format: Most sessions will meet in Armenia in-person and some will be organized virtually via Zoom.

Papers in all areas of economics and finance are welcome. Both theoretical and empirical research papers are invited. Research addressing issues of growth and development in Armenia and the wider region are highly encouraged. Topics may include economic consequences of the pandemic, that of the regional conflicts and sanctions, patterns of trade and integration, trends in labor markets and migration, tax policy, income inequality, regulatory reforms, health, environment, or other topics on current advances in economics and finance.

Confirmed keynote speakers: Paula Bustos (CEMFI), Nico Voigtländer (UCLA) and Joao Pedro Farinha (ADB).

Submissions: Abstracts of less than 500 words can be submitted by filling out the conference participation form following this link by April 30th; decisions by May 15th. The conference is free with no cost to present and participate. In the submission form, please indicate whether you prefer to travel to Armenia or to present virtually. Proposals on complete sessions are encouraged.

Best Paper Awards are made available to young scholars (Grigor Artzruni award) and for general interest papers (Armen Alchian award), as well as by the International Monetary Fund for papers in macroeconomics. Submission of completed papers in advance is required to be considered for the awards.

Travel scholarship: The AEA will make available a limited number of travel scholarships especially for researchers based in Europe and the region. Upon submission, please indicate whether you are applying for a scholarship.

Visit: www.aea.am

Armenian Economic Association Workshop for Women in Economics 2022

The Armenian Economic Association Workshop for Women in Economics will be held on 11 March. 

Program

Session 1

Chair: Nune Hovhannisyan, Loyola University Maryland

6:00-6:30pm Yerevan time (3:00-3:30pm CET, 9:00-9:30am EST)

"Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Contests with Uncertainty." 

Ksenia Shakhgildyan, University of Bocconi

6:30-7:00pm Yerevan time (3:30-4:00pm CET, 9:30-10:10am EST)

"Yes, in Your Backyard: Forced Technological Adoption and Spatial Externalities”

Anouch Missirian, Toulouse School of Economics

7:00-7:30pm Yerevan time (4:00-4:30pm CET, 10:00-10:30am EST)

Break and small group networking

Session 2

Chair: Vladimir Asriyan, CREI

7:30-8:00pm Yerevan time (4:30-5:00pm CET, 10:30-11:00am EST)

''Falling interest rates and the allocation of credit: lessons from general equilibrium''

Victoria Vanasco, CREI, UPF and BSE

8:00-8:30pm Yerevan time (5:00-5:30pm CET, 11:00-11:30am EST)

“Capital Development under Collateral Constraints. Do Investment Subsidies Work?”

Rebecca Maria Mari, London School of Economics and Political Science

Registration link

Upcoming Armenian Economic Association Seminars

Here are the upcoming Armenian Economic Association online seminars.  

Gianmarco León-Ciliotta from the Universitat de Pompeu Fabra on February 25. The title of the seminar is "Promotions and Productivity: The Role of Meritocracy and Pay Progression in the Public," and the seminar takes place 5-6 pm Yerevan time (2-3 pm CET). Please register following this link:

http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-gianmarco-leon-ciliotta/

Xavier Raurich from Universitat de Barcelona on March 25. The title of the seminar is "Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Productivity with Bubbles," and the seminar takes place 5-6 pm Yerevan time (2-3 pm CET). Please register following this link:

http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-xavier-raurich/

Armen Khederlarian from the University of Connecticut on April 27. The title of the seminar is "Dynamic Trade Elasticities," and the seminar takes place 8-9 pm Yerevan time (6-7 pm CET). Please register following this link:

http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-armen-khederlarian/

Michele Valsecchi from the New Economic School on May 25. The title of the seminar will be announced in the due time. The seminar takes place 8-9 pm Yerevan time (6-7 pm CET). Please register following this link:

http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-michele-valsecchi/

 

Bios:

Gianmarco León-Ciliotta is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Business at Universitat de Pompeu Fabra. His works are on development, organizational and political economics.

Xavier Raurich is a Professor of Economics at the Universitat de Barcelona. His research focuses on macroeconomics, economic growth, and Development.

Armen Khederlarian is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in International Economics and Data Science at the University of Connecticut. His research focuses on international trade, development, and macroeconomics.

Michele Valsecchi is an Assistant Professor at the New Economic School. His research focuses on development economics and political economy with a special emphasis on political institutions; economic institutions; corruption; ethnic diversity; natural resources; migration

 

Armenian 2020 Household and Labor Force Surveys Released

The 2020 Household Integrated Living Conditions Survey was recently released by Armstat. There are 5184 households with 17066 members in the survey, which is available both as xls and sav (spss) files.

The 2020 Labor Force Survey was also released. It is also available in xls and sav files. It contains 27986 surveyed individuals.

Armenian Economic Association 2021 Annual Meetings: registration open

The Armenian Economic Association 11th Annual Meetings will be held online on June 24-26, 2021. The meetings feature three keynote speakers: Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po), Lee E. Ohanian (UCLA), and Johanna Rickne (Stockholm U), with over 70 presentations by economists from around the globe.

Free registration and more detail on the presentations is available at http://aea.am/annual-meetings-2021/, with a timetable of the sessions provided below. 

All Yerevan time: (Moscow -1, Paris -2, London -3, New York -8, Los Angeles -11)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

13:45-14:00 Opening Remarks

14:00-15:00 Keynote Lecture: Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po)

15:00-15:30 Networking session

15:30-17:30 Session 1: Macro I

17:45-19:45 Session 2A: Economic History of the Soviet Union

17:45-19:45 Session 2B: Public Economics

20:00-22:00 Session 3A: International Trade and Development

20:00-22:00 Session 3B: Dynamic Public Finance (Macro Tax)

Friday, June 25, 2021

11:00-13:00 Session 4A: Conflict Studies

11:00-13:00 Session 4B: Macro II

13:10-15:10 Session 5A: Trade and Borders I

13:10-15:10 Session 5B: Labor Economics

15:20-16:20 Keynote Lecture: Johanna Rickne (Stockholm University)

16:30-18:30 Session 6A: Migration

16:30-18:30 Session 6B: Health Economics

18:45-20:15 Session 7A: Trade and Borders II

18:45-20:15 Session 7B: Development

20:30-22:30 Session 8A: Economics of Sports

20:30-22:30 Session 8B: Foreign Exchange Constraints in Developing Economies

Saturday, June 26, 2021

10:00-12:00 Session 9A: Finance and Banking

10:00-12:00 Session 9B: Applied theory

12:10-14:10 Session 10: Behavioral and Experimental Economics

14:20-15:50 Session 11A: Pandemic and Economic Policy

14:20-15:50 Session 11B: The Next Generation (student session)

16:00-18:00 Session 12: Mixed Frequency and Big Data

18:15-20:15 Session 13A: Econometrics

18:15-20:15 Session 13B: Macro and Finance

20:30-21:30 Keynote Lecture: Lee Ohanian (University of California, Los Angeles)

21:30-22:00 Awards for best papers and closing

2019 Armenian Household and Labor Force Surveys Released

 Armstat released the 2019 Household Integrated Living Conditions Survey as well as the 2019 Labor Force Survey.  The surveys are available in XLS and SPSS formats.

Armenian Economic Association 2021 Annual Meetings

Call for Papers Papers in all areas of economics and finance are welcome. We invite both theoretical and empirical works. Work addressing issues of growth and development in Armenia and the wider region are highly encouraged. Topics may include economic consequences of the Pandemic, patterns of trade and integration, trends in labor markets and migration, tax policy, income inequality, regulatory reforms, health, pensions, environment, or other topics on current advances in economics and finance. 

Submit abstracts of less than 500 words by May 10. Decisions by May 20. Submissions are free with no cost to present and participate. Submit at 

http://aea.am/annual-meetings-2021/ or 

https://forms.gle/p4iJP82NNUFzdf2c6. 

 Keynote Speakers: 

Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po) 

Lee E. Ohanian (UCLA) 

Johanna Rickne (Stockholm U) 

 Awards Best Paper Awards are made available by AEA for general interest papers (Armen Alchian Award), young scholars (Grigor Artzruni Award), and award in agricultural and environmental economics, as well as by the International Monetary Fund for papers in macroeconomics, and the C-Quadrat Award (€500) for student papers in pension economics and asset management. Submission of completed papers in advance is required to be considered for the awards.

Andreas Peichl speaks at seminar of the Armenian Economic Association

The next monthly seminar of the Armenian Economic Association will take place on December 18^th, from 6 to 7 pm, Yerevan time, and 3-4 pm CET. The seminar features Professor Andreas Peichl who will present his research on "Measuring Unfair Inequality: Reconciling Equality of Opportunity and Freedom from Poverty." 

For registration, use the following link:

 

http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-andreas-peichl/

 

A Zoom link will be sent to the registered participants shortly before the seminar. 

 

Andreas is a Professor of Economics at the University of Munich and the Director of the ifo Center for Business Cycle Analysis and Surveys. His current research interests include (empirical) public economics, labor economics and welfare economics with particular reference to optimal taxation, tax reforms and their empirical evaluation, tax benefit microsimulation and the analysis of income distributions. His research has been published in various top academic journals such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, among others. Andreas has also been involved in various research projects conducted on behalf of national ministries, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Central Bank and the OECD. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Cologne in 2008.