Past activities

The European Meetings

The Review of Economic Studies European Meetings have been held annually in May since 1989. Every year, in line with the Review's tradition of encouraging the work of young economists, seven of the most promising graduating doctoral students in economics and finance in the world are selected to present their research to audiences in Europe. The meetings take place at the economics departments or institutes of three or four of major universities across Europe. Standard seminar presentations are given over two days to audiences invited by the local hosts and which include members of the journal’s editorial board.

In 2009 (the twentieth first meeting) the tour will visit three host departments.

Friday/Saturday May 22-23 University of Munich

Organizer: Sven Rady

Conference website details to be announced

Monday/Tuesday May 25-26 ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Organizers: Estelle Cantillon, Mathias Dewatripont

Administrative contact: Romy Genin

Conference website details to be announced.

Thursday/Friday May 28-29 University of Oxford

Organizers: David Myatt, Ian Jewitt

Administrative contact: Jasmin Levy

Conference website details to be announced

For information about local arrangements and programme please consult the local administrative contacts or organizers.

For general enquiries about the 2009 Meetings, or if you are uncertain who else to ask, please contact the overall contact, Jane Elizabeth Martin, at the Editorial Office.

This year’s speakers and seminar topics are:

David Atkin, Princeton (Development)

Trade, Tastes and Nutrition in India

http://www.princeton.edu/~datkin/Tastes_and_Nutrition.pdf

Richard Hornbeck, MIT (History)

Quantifying Long-term Adjustment to Environmental Change: Evidence from the American Dust Bowl

http://econ-www.mit.edu/files/3551

Oleg Itskhoki, Harvard (International)

Three papers as follows:

Munich: Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy (joint with Elhanan Helpman and Stephen Redding).

ECARES Brussels: Currency Choice and Exchange Rate Pass-through (joint with Gita Gopinath and Roberto Rigobon).

Oxford: Optimal Redistribution in an Open Economy