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."
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-
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
Register by August 7th.
More information is available at conference webpage.
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)
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
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
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
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.
