Saturday, March 16, 2024
Armenian Economic Association online Seminar on "Asymmetric Shocks and Heterogeneous Worker Mobility in a Monetary Union"
Sunday, February 25, 2024
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-
Saturday, February 03, 2024
Armenian Economic Association 2024 Meetings
The 14th Annual Meetings of the Armenian Economic Association will be held on July 3-6, 2024.
Thursday, November 16, 2023
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/
Saturday, April 01, 2023
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.
Monday, February 06, 2023
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.
Monday, November 21, 2022
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."
Friday, November 18, 2022
Young Scholars Economics Workshop -- Armenian Economic Association
- 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.
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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-
Saturday, August 06, 2022
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.
Wednesday, May 04, 2022
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)
Monday, April 04, 2022
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
Thursday, March 10, 2022
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
Saturday, February 12, 2022
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/
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
Monday, January 17, 2022
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.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
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)
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
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
2019 Armenian Household and Labor Force Surveys Released
Armenian Economic Association 2021 Annual Meetings
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Andreas Peichl speaks at seminar of the Armenian Economic Association
The next monthly seminar of the Armenian Economic Association will take place on December 18th, 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-
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.
Friday, October 16, 2020
Armenia and its Turkic neighbors
Armenia is much smaller than its Turkic neighbors Turkey and Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2.9 million compared to Turkey's 82.3 million and Azerbaijan's 9.9 million. In 2019, Armenia's GDP was about $14 billion compared to Turkey's $754 billion and Azerbaijan's $48 billion.
But Armenia is far more democratic with greater freedom of the press. Azerbaijan is near the bottom of the 2020 world ranking of press freedom (168), with NATO member Turkey slightly above it (154); North Korea=180. In contrast, Armenia is ranked at 61; USA=45. Also Erdogan of Turkey has been president since 2003. And Azerbaijan's Aliyev has been the president since 2003, a position he inherited from his father who ruled from 1993 through 2003. Being less autocratic, Armenia's prime minister was elected to office in 2018.
Even without bringing up past exterminations of Armenians, why would anyone expect Armenians to be safe and live under Turkic rule?