tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-324805222024-03-16T08:37:45.077+04:00The Armenian EconomistThe Armenian Economist blog is dedicated to the dissemination of the views of economists and professionals on current developments in the economy of Armenia. Topics of interest may include fiscal and monetary policy, government regulation and governance, trade, labor markets, income distribution, education, among many others. Comments are moderated.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-47258990999599638442024-03-16T08:36:00.001+04:002024-03-16T08:36:49.319+04:00Armenian 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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-4462866231305446802024-02-25T01:43:00.000+04:002024-02-25T01:43:28.957+04:00Armenian Economic Association online Seminar on "Bailout Incentives for Small Open Economies"<p><span style="background-color: white;">The </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Armenian Economic Association will </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">host Marija Vukotic from the University of Warwick</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">s in an online seminar on</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">February 28, 8-9 pm Yerevan time</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(5-6 pm CET; 11-12 am EST). She will present her paper entitled "Bailout Incentives for Small Open Economies."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Register using this link for participation</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-marija-vukotic/&source=gmail&ust=1708896616305000&usg=AOvVaw2iCALZM8N6wdrkqZK903-Z" href="http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-marija-vukotic/" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">http://aea.am/aea-monthly-<wbr></wbr>seminars-marija-vukotic/</a>. <span style="font-size: 11pt;">You will receive an invitation to the virtual seminar at your email address immediately after registration.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-90527652196035932422024-02-03T10:02:00.000+04:002024-02-03T10:02:03.046+04:00Armenian Economic Association 2024 Meetings<p>The 14th Annual Meetings of the Armenian Economic Association will be held on July 3-6, 2024. </p><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div>Confirmed keynote speakers: Fabio Canova (BI Norwegian Business School), Luisa Fuster (Universidad de Carlos III, Madrid) and Jaume Ventura (CREI, UPF and BSE, Barcelona). </div><div><br /></div><div>Submissions: Abstracts of less than 500 words can be submitted by filling out the conference participation form following this <a href="https://forms.gle/HQ649LvyKRGHXGtK9" target="_blank">link </a>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. </div><div><br /></div><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div>More details at http://aea.am/annual-meetings-2024/
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-80076110209491290952023-11-16T22:50:00.005+04:002023-11-16T23:07:40.763+04:00Armenian Economic Association Virtual Seminars in November<p>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).</p><p>Register by following this link:
http://aea.am/aea-special-seminar-ella-sargsyan/ </p><div><br /></div><div>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." </div><div><br /></div><div>Register using this link http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-guilherme-lichand/</div><div><br /></div><div>Visit http://aea.am/upcoming-events/ for future seminars, workshops, and the annual meetings.</div><div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-76847476697725643802023-04-01T11:25:00.000+04:002023-04-01T11:25:03.861+04:00Armenian Economic Association 2023 Meetings CfP deadline extended to April 8<p> Call for Papers: Armenian Economic Association 2023 Meetings</p><p>The 13th Annual Meetings of the <a href="http://aea.am/" target="_blank">Armenian Economic Association</a> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Confirmed keynote speakers: Fernando Broner (CREI, UPF, BSE), Ana Maria Herrera (University of Kentucky), Oleg Itskhoki (UCLA), Branko Milanovic (CUNY), Mehdi Raissi (IMF)</p><p>Submissions: Abstracts of less than 500 words can be submitted by completing the <a href="https://forms.gle/phwMyysWvxajUwXb7">call for papers form</a> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-8977837698240410362023-02-06T12:18:00.002+04:002023-02-09T12:39:57.928+04:00Call for Papers: Armenian Economic Association 2023 Annual Meetings <p> Call for Papers: Armenian Economic Association 2023 Annual Meetings</p><p>The 13th Annual Meetings of the <a href="http://aea.am/" target="_blank">Armenian Economic Association</a> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Confirmed keynote speakers: Fernando Broner (CREI, UPF, BSE), Ana Maria Herrera (University of Kentucky), Oleg Itskhoki (UCLA), Branko Milanovic (CUNY), Mehdi Raissi (IMF)</p><p>Submissions: Abstracts of less than 500 words can be submitted by completing the <a href="https://forms.gle/phwMyysWvxajUwXb7">call for papers form</a> 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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-47692517375538368432022-11-21T02:15:00.000+04:002022-11-21T03:11:16.899+04:00Armenian Economic Association seminar on "A Stage-Based Identification of Policy Effects"<p> </p>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."<div><br /><div>To register, follow this link: http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-raul-santaeulalia-llopis/</div></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-3294639397930259662022-11-18T04:22:00.000+04:002022-11-18T04:22:59.246+04:00Young Scholars Economics Workshop -- Armenian Economic AssociationThe 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). <div><br /></div><div>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: </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>5:00pm-5:40pm. Narek Ohanyan, Optimal monetary policy with external dollarization. </li><li>5:40pm-6:20pm. Hayk Sargsyan, Optimal monetary and macro-prudential policies in a world with consumer default. </li><li>6:20pm-7:00pm. Hayk Hambardzumyan, Equity Term Structure Dynamics in a Heterogeneous Firm Model.</li><li>Break 10 mins</li><li>7:10pm-7:50pm. Sargis Maghakyan, Households Heterogeneity, Banks and the Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy. </li><li>7:50pm-8:30pm. Zaruhi Hakobyan, Regulation of Social Media Platforms: The Mechanism for Solving Polarization in Networks. </li></ul></div><div>Updates to the schedule, if any, will be made available at http://aea.am/young-scholars-workshop-2022/ </div><div><br /></div><div>For registration, follow the link below. An invitation to the workshop will be sent immediately after registration. </div><div>Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAof-6qqj8tGN272wBGFjGrRUBFQN9Fs-MM</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-77366267323147100182022-10-26T02:12:00.000+04:002022-10-26T02:12:47.337+04:00Armenian Economic Association seminar on Complementarities in Public Infrastructure and Structural Transformation<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Armenian Economic Association will host Rafael Serrano on its </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">online seminar on </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">October 26, 8-9 pm Yerevan time</b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> (6-7 pm CET). He will present his research entitled "Spatial Complementarities in Public Infrastructure and Structural Transformation in Brazil."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">If interested, register using the following link for participation <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-rafael-serrano/&source=gmail&ust=1666821515043000&usg=AOvVaw0wi2JQYb6u1Vz70Kg0eY4H" href="http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-rafael-serrano/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://aea.am/aea-monthly-<wbr></wbr>seminars-rafael-serrano/</a> <span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">You will then receive an invitation to the virtual seminar at your provided email address following your registration.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-55334356857563310732022-08-06T04:41:00.001+04:002022-08-06T04:41:58.221+04:00iCEBA 2022 Conference on Time Series Methods in Armenia: 8-10 September<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Confirmed and invited speakers</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span> </span>Giuseppe Cavaliere (U Bologna)</li><li><span> </span>Esfandiar Maasoumi (Emory U)</li><li><span> </span>Alexey Onatskiy (U Cambridge)</li><li><span> </span>Jean-Michel Zakoïan (ENSAE, CREST)</li></ul><p></p><p>Register by August 7th.</p><p>More information is available at conference <a href="https://ceba-lab.org/conference">webpage</a>.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-81739444845594261382022-05-04T07:03:00.000+04:002022-05-04T07:03:48.874+04:00Armenia 2022 World Press Freedom Ranking<p>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</p><p>Below are the rankings for countries in the region. Because of revisions in methodology, I also report the rankings for 2021. </p><p>Armenia 51 (63 in 2021)</p><p>Georgia 89 (60 in 2021)</p><p>Ukraine 106 (97 in 2021)</p><p>Turkey 149 (153 in 2021)</p><p>Belarus 153 (158 in 2021)</p><p>Azerbaijan 154 (167 in 2021)</p><p>Russia 155 (150 in 2021)</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-11872497517557225372022-04-04T13:25:00.003+04:002022-04-05T07:55:29.946+04:00Armenian Economic Association 2022 Annual Meetings<p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">The 12th Annual Meetings</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;"> 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 6pt 0in;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Papers in all areas of economics and finance</span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 6pt 0in;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Confirmed keynote speakers: </span></b><span lang="DE"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.cemfi.es/~bustos/&source=gmail&ust=1649150092309000&usg=AOvVaw31bEG9WpnUqDnSPCenw8ND" href="https://www.cemfi.es/~bustos/" style="color: blue;" target="_blank"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Paula Bustos</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"> (CEMFI)</span></a></span>, <span lang="DE"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty-and-research/global-economics-and-management/faculty/voigtlander&source=gmail&ust=1649150092309000&usg=AOvVaw1FGxHR9NTZgf9t8HC7a2qE" href="https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/faculty-and-research/global-economics-and-management/faculty/voigtlander" style="color: blue;" target="_blank"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Nico Voigtländer (UCLA)</span></a></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> and Joao Pedro Farinha (ADB).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Submissions: </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Abstracts of less than 500 words can be submitted by filling out the conference participation form following <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forms.gle/TYRHU5nn2uvFUW5c7&source=gmail&ust=1649150092309000&usg=AOvVaw0p4NFjXD0dBhpKXWKGLY5-" href="https://forms.gle/TYRHU5nn2uvFUW5c7" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">this link</a><b> </b>by <b>April 30th</b>; decisions by <b>May 15th</b>. 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Best Paper Awards </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">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<a>.</a></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"> Submission of completed papers in advance is required to be considered for the awards.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Travel scholarship: </span></b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">The AEA will make available a limited number of travel scholarships especially for researchers based in Europe and the region. Upon submission, </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">please indicate whether you are applying for a scholarship.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 6pt;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Visit: www.aea.am</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.038189-24.12132615323636 -95.586811 90 -174.336811tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-75748708430884990222022-03-10T15:06:00.000+04:002022-03-10T15:06:42.009+04:00Armenian Economic Association Workshop for Women in Economics 2022<p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Armenian Economic Association </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Workshop for Women in Economics will be held on 11 March. </span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Program</b></span></p><p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Session 1</b></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chair: Nune Hovhannisyan, Loyola University Maryland</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>6:00-6:30pm Yerevan time (3:00-3:30pm CET, 9:00-9:30am EST)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">"Nonparametric Identification and Estimation of Contests with Uncertainty." </span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Ksenia Shakhgildyan, University of Bocconi</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>6:30-7:00pm Yerevan time (3:30-4:00pm CET, 9:30-10:10am EST)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">"Yes, in Your Backyard: Forced Technological Adoption and Spatial Externalities”</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Anouch Missirian, Toulouse School of Economics</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>7:00-7:30pm Yerevan time (4:00-4:30pm CET, 10:00-10:30am EST)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Break and small group networking</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>Session 2</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Chair: Vladimir Asriyan, CREI</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>7:30-8:00pm Yerevan time (4:30-5:00pm CET, 10:30-11:00am EST)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">''Falling interest rates and the allocation of credit: lessons from general equilibrium''</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Victoria Vanasco, CREI, UPF and BSE</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>8:00-8:30pm Yerevan time (5:00-5:30pm CET, 11:00-11:30am EST)</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“Capital Development under Collateral Constraints. Do Investment Subsidies Work?”</span></p><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Rebecca Maria Mari, London School of Economics and Political Science</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://aea.am/women-in-economics-workshop-2/&source=gmail&ust=1646994710644000&usg=AOvVaw37tRIoQyN3X1zqw9cJJ7Ko" href="http://aea.am/women-in-economics-workshop-2/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Registration link</a><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-4080240374667521392022-02-12T17:46:00.000+04:002022-02-12T17:46:16.456+04:00Upcoming Armenian Economic Association Seminars<p>Here are the upcoming Armenian Economic Association online seminars. </p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Gianmarco León-Ciliotta from the Universitat de Pompeu
Fabra on February 25</b>. 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:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-gianmarco-leon-ciliotta/" target="_blank">http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-gianmarco-leon-ciliotta/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Xavier Raurich from Universitat de Barcelona on March 25</b>.
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:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-xavier-raurich/" target="_blank">http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-xavier-raurich/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Armen Khederlarian from the University of Connecticut on
April 27</b>. 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:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-armen-khederlarian/" target="_blank">http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-armen-khederlarian/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Michele Valsecchi from the New Economic School on May 25</b>.
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:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-michele-valsecchi/" target="_blank">http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-michele-valsecchi/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Bios:</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/gianmarcoleon/" target="_blank">Gianmarco León-Ciliotta</a> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/xavier-raurich" target="_blank">Xavier Raurich</a> is a Professor of Economics at the
Universitat de Barcelona. His research focuses on macroeconomics, economic
growth, and Development.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/armenkhederlarian/home?authuser=0" target="_blank">Armen Khederlarian</a> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/michelevalsecchi/" target="_blank">Michele Valsecchi</a><b> </b>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<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-87189103119446463052022-01-17T14:41:00.000+04:002022-01-17T14:41:05.188+04:00Armenian 2020 Household and Labor Force Surveys Released <p>The 2020 Household Integrated Living Conditions <a href="https://armstat.am/en/?nid=206" target="_blank">Survey </a>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.</p><p>The 2020 Labor Force <a href="https://armstat.am/en/?nid=212" target="_blank">Survey</a> was also released. It is also available in xls and sav files. It contains 27986 surveyed individuals.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-18619807398672935652021-06-16T19:05:00.003+04:002021-06-17T18:23:42.247+04:00Armenian Economic Association 2021 Annual Meetings: registration open<p>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.</p><p>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. </p><p>All Yerevan time: (Moscow -1, Paris -2, London -3, New York -8, Los Angeles -11)</p><div><b>Thursday, June 24, 2021</b></div><p>13:45-14:00 Opening Remarks</p><p>14:00-15:00 Keynote Lecture: Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po)</p><p>15:00-15:30 Networking session</p><p>15:30-17:30 Session 1: Macro I</p><p>17:45-19:45 Session 2A: Economic History of the Soviet Union</p><p>17:45-19:45 Session 2B: Public Economics</p><p>20:00-22:00 Session 3A: International Trade and Development</p><p>20:00-22:00 Session 3B: Dynamic Public Finance (Macro Tax)</p><p><b>Friday, June 25, 2021</b></p><p>11:00-13:00 Session 4A: Conflict Studies</p><p>11:00-13:00 Session 4B: Macro II</p><p>13:10-15:10 Session 5A: Trade and Borders I</p><p>13:10-15:10 Session 5B: Labor Economics</p><p>15:20-16:20 Keynote Lecture: Johanna Rickne (Stockholm University)</p><p>16:30-18:30 Session 6A: Migration</p><p>16:30-18:30 Session 6B: Health Economics</p><p>18:45-20:15 Session 7A: Trade and Borders II</p><p>18:45-20:15 Session 7B: Development</p><p>20:30-22:30 Session 8A: Economics of Sports</p><p>20:30-22:30 Session 8B: Foreign Exchange Constraints in Developing Economies</p><p><b>Saturday, June 26, 2021</b></p><p>10:00-12:00 Session 9A: Finance and Banking</p><p>10:00-12:00 Session 9B: Applied theory</p><p>12:10-14:10 Session 10: Behavioral and Experimental Economics</p><p>14:20-15:50 Session 11A: Pandemic and Economic Policy</p><p>14:20-15:50 Session 11B: The Next Generation (student session)</p><p>16:00-18:00 Session 12: Mixed Frequency and Big Data</p><p>18:15-20:15 Session 13A: Econometrics</p><p>18:15-20:15 Session 13B: Macro and Finance</p><p>20:30-21:30 Keynote Lecture: Lee Ohanian (University of California, Los Angeles)</p><p>21:30-22:00 Awards for best papers and closing</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-82233014015377664152021-05-11T03:04:00.002+04:002021-05-11T03:05:14.697+04:002019 Armenian Household and Labor Force Surveys Released <p> Armstat <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;">released the 2019 Household Integrated Living Conditions <a href="https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=205" target="_blank">Survey </a>as well as the 2019 Labor Force <a href="https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=212" target="_blank">Survey</a>. The surveys are available in XLS and SPSS formats.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-20982152454471320712021-05-11T02:00:00.001+04:002021-05-11T03:05:36.086+04:00Armenian Economic Association 2021 Annual MeetingsCall 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. <div><br /></div><div>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 </div><div>http://aea.am/annual-meetings-2021/ or </div><div>https://forms.gle/p4iJP82NNUFzdf2c6. </div><div><br /></div><div> Keynote Speakers: </div><div>Sergei Guriev (Sciences Po) </div><div>Lee E. Ohanian (UCLA) </div><div>Johanna Rickne (Stockholm U) </div><div><br /></div><div> 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.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-45603577950052160922020-12-17T21:04:00.000+04:002020-12-17T21:04:03.724+04:00Andreas Peichl speaks at seminar of the Armenian Economic Association<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The next monthly seminar of the Armenian Economic Association will take place on December 18</span><sup style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">, 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."</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">For registration, use the following link:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-andreas-peichl/&source=gmail&ust=1608307271954000&usg=AFQjCNHX0aj_vWnS3IqP_S8Ic5fDLks5qQ" href="http://aea.am/aea-monthly-seminars-andreas-peichl/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://aea.am/aea-monthly-<wbr></wbr>seminars-andreas-peichl/</a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">A Zoom link will be sent to the registered participants shortly before the seminar. <br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">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.</p><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-78780079287679198932020-10-16T23:17:00.000+04:002020-10-16T23:17:22.926+04:00Armenia and its Turkic neighbors<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Even without bringing up past <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Genocide" target="_blank">exterminations </a>of Armenians, why would anyone expect Armenians to be safe and live under Turkic rule? </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdUOFw6Fe4dgto4dvY7_41ovno8bBd5tePjkKRJtbTN8J_106HGSMmLx-RZjyGhrsuQrNqxo8ru4Uxj5Y8FjwPMmBNed6vH_YfChEjLl4JV6Z_NetwMI7XpiG0t9zS9Lc5k_bpg/s750/arm-turk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="750" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdUOFw6Fe4dgto4dvY7_41ovno8bBd5tePjkKRJtbTN8J_106HGSMmLx-RZjyGhrsuQrNqxo8ru4Uxj5Y8FjwPMmBNed6vH_YfChEjLl4JV6Z_NetwMI7XpiG0t9zS9Lc5k_bpg/w400-h219/arm-turk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-70774078099111503472020-10-06T21:11:00.010+04:002020-10-09T04:31:48.437+04:00Turkey and Israel<p>Turkey + Germany in 1915: 1.5 million Armenians dead.</p><p>Turkey + Israel in 2020: in progress.</p><p>The cluster bombs, missiles, and drones killing Armenians today have the markings made in Israel and Turkey. Turkey instigated and oversees these killings, including the deployment of Syrian jihadists. And Israel armed and continues to re-arm Azerbaijan with the latest weapons it has developed. While they may not see eye to eye on many things, Turkey and Israel are partners in the killing fields of Karabakh. The killing of Armenians fills Erdogan's heart with joy, regardless of the economic costs to Turkey. Whereas Netanyahu runs to the bank with billions of dollars in military sales, and the gains are viewed to outweigh the cost (i.e. grief over killing Armenians) of Israel's actions. Erdogan and Netanyahu make the perfect couple. But Israel is different from Turkey, and the cry for "Never Again" should have resonated much louder as noted by Yossi Melman writing for <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/nagorno-karabakh-conflict-israel-azerbaijan-arms-trade-armenia-iran-1.9212986" target="_blank">Haaretz</a>,</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818913.522964322312653 9.8819390000000027 66.615233677687343 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-91230743629718796552020-09-23T07:46:00.000+04:002020-09-23T07:46:27.695+04:00Women in Economics Workshop<p>The Armenian Economic Association Second Women in Economics Workshop will be held online on November 5, 2020.</p><p>Research by women in all areas of economics and finance, both work in progress and completed works, are welcome. </p><p>Submissions: Submit abstracts of less than 500 words by October 15th at https://forms.gle/E2gLJ1Pse3gL88R4A; decisions by October 20th. Submissions are free.</p><p>Details of 2019 Workshop available at http://aea.am/women-in-economics-workshop/</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818911.758865163821156 9.8819390000000027 68.379332836178847 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-46020755814126908862020-08-02T05:41:00.004+04:002020-08-02T05:41:58.353+04:00Workshop on Asset Management and Pension Economics<div>The Armenian Economic Association, in collaboration with C-Quadrat Ampega Armenia, invites students and recent graduates to submit their works on Asset Management and Pension Economics to be considered for the virtual workshop to be held on August 28, 2020.</div><div><br /></div><div>The best paper will be awarded the prestigious C-Quadrat Award that comes with a prize of 500 Euros.</div><div><br /></div><div>Eligibility criteria</div><div><br /></div><div>The workshop and the award are open to anyone (of any nationality, residency, and socio-demographic characteristics) who:</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>is a student or a recent graduate (no earlier than April 2019)</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>has conducted research on the topics of asset management and pension economics (e.g., pension funds, pension reforms, economics of ageing, principal-agent issues, risk management, investment strategies, laws and regulations, asset quality, maturity management, stress tests)</div><div>•<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>is available for the virtual workshop in English on August 28, 2020, 11:00-17:00 (Armenian time)</div><div><br /></div><div>Submit at: http://aea.am/pension-workshop2020/</div><div>Submission Deadline: August 12, 2020</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-56648933812680246802020-07-14T16:00:00.004+04:002020-07-15T07:04:49.387+04:00Best paper awards: Armenian Economic Association 2020 MeetingsThe Armenian Economic Association 2020 Annual <a href="http://aea.am/2020-annual-meetings-online/" target="_blank">Meetings </a>concluded June 27th with the presentation of awards for best papers.<div><br /><div><div>The winner of the IMF Best Paper award is a team of economists at the Central Bank of Armenia (Ani Asoyan, Vahagn Davtyan, Haykaz Igityan, Hasmik Kartashyan, and Hovhannes Manukyan). Their paper is entitled “<a href="http://aea.am/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/w2001.pdf" target="_blank">Modeling the Effects of Health Shock on Economy: Standard NK DSGE Framework</a>.”</div><div><br /></div><div>The winner of the Armen Alchian Award, AEA’s highest award, is Vladimir Asriyan of the Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional, Barcelona GSE and CEPR, co-authored with Luc Laeven and Alberto Martin. The paper is entitled “<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/92p21in56d1qjvj/ALM%202019%20Collateral%20Booms%20and%20Information%20Depletion.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">Collateral Booms and Information Depletion</a>.”</div><div><br /></div><div>And last, the winner of Grigor Artsruni Award, granted to young economists, typically students, is Roberto Sarkisian, a PhD student at the Toulouse School of Economics, France. His paper is entitled “<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ny919td0xhkd90j/Screening%20morality%20altruism.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">Screening Teams of Moral and Altruistic Agents</a>.”</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Congratulations to these economists.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Armenia40.069099 45.03818913.522964322312653 9.8819390000000027 66.615233677687343 80.194439tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32480522.post-75862277363657341612020-04-24T02:19:00.001+04:002020-04-24T02:19:47.444+04:00Expanded 2018 Household Survey releasedThe full <a href="https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=716" target="_blank">2018 Integrated Living Conditions Survey</a> was recently released. An earlier version was released by Armstat that contained select variables. The new release, aka World Bank version, contains the full information on household members and all available variables. There are 5,184 households in the survey.<br />
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