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14th BSE Economics "Trobada" features roundtable on "The Future of Europe"
The 14th annual Economics "Trobada" took place on October 14, 2016 at the Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya.
Over 90 BSE affiliated professors, students, and friends participated in this yearly academic gathering where four new affiliated professors presented their research and a panel of faculty experts held a roundtable on "The Future of Europe."
Welcome to seven new BSE affiliated professors
The "Trobada" is the first opportunity for new affiliated professors to meet the entire BSE research community. This year, seven new affiliated professors joined the BSE academic units:
- Francesco Cerigioni (UPF and BSE)
PhD, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Ruben Durante (UPF and BSE)
PhD, Brown University - Pau Milán (UAB and BSE)
PhD, Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Dávid K. Nagy (CREI, UPF and BSE)
PhD, Princeton University - Luis Rojas (UAB and BSE)
PhD, European University Institute - Raül Santaeulàlia (UAB and BSE)
PhD, University of Pennsylvania - Edouard Schaal (CREI, UPF and BSE)
PhD, Princeton University
This year, two of the new affiliated professors are themselves graduates of the BSE master's programs. Professor Cerigioni and Professor Milan both graduated from the Economics Program and are the first masters alumni to return to the BSE as affiliated professors.
Professor Cerigioni was also one of the four new faculty to present his research at the "Trobada" this year:
- Francesco Cerigioni, "Familiarity and Choice"
- Dávid K. Nagy, "Geography Matters, but How Much? Making Economic Geography a Quantitative Field"
- Luis Rojas, "Expectations Formation and Optimal Taxation"
- Raül Santaeulàlia, "Labor Share in the Long and the Short Run"
Roundtable: "The Future of Europe"
BSE Research Professor Jaume Ventura (CREI, UPF and BSE) chaired the "Trobada" roundtable that focused on challenges for finance, migration, and politics in Europe today and for the future. The participants were experts from the BSE community who specialize on these topics:
- Fernando Broner (CREI, UPF and BSE)
- Julian di Giovanni (ICREA-UPF and BSE)
- Giacomo Ponzetto (CREI, UPF and BSE)
The topic provided the opportunity for a multifaceted analysis of what lies ahead for Europe, and also presented several areas where research could better inform the evolution of European institutions in the coming years.