Newsletter Summer 2009 - Barcelona GSE

Events and Announcements

August 23 -27: Congress of the European Economic Association and the Econometric Society European meeting (EEA-ESEM)

October 30-31: Macroeconomic Fluctuations and the Labor Market - Conference organized by CREI and the Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Past Event Highlights
	July GSE steps into executive education by cohosting the sixth Global Health Leadership Forum
	June GSE Summer Schools 2009: Banking, Microeconometrics, and Zvi Griliches Research Summer School
	May Conferences on the "Financial Crisis" and "Challenges of Fragility to Development Policy"
	April Tim Besley (LSE) "The Political Economy of State Capacity"
	March Top Firms Recruit Students at Consulting Day Event
	February ICREA-ERC awards ceremony in the Palau de la Generalitat in Barcelona
	January Esther Duflo (MIT) "Fighting Poverty Effectively: Creating Experimentation in Development Economics" [Watch video]

GSE EXPERIENCE

Many '09 grads have already been successful in their job searches and applications to PhD programs. Check out the 2009 Placement Report.

A new section of the GSE website features profiles of alumni with brief descriptions of their current academic or professional career pursuits.

Find your class on Facebook, share research videos with colleagues, and more!

Selected News
2008 World Trade Report Cites Work of GSE Affiliated Professors
GSE Attracts More International Students With Increased Scholarship Opportunities
As the Endowment Grows, GSE Board Appoints First Research Professors
Academic Acknowledgement to Prof. Mas-Colell Prior to Commencing New Role at ERC
Board Appoints Massimo Motta GSE Dean of the Barcelona GSE
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Barcelona GSE Graduates Second Master Class
The ceremony took place on Friday, July 3, 2009 at La Pedrera building. A total of 127 students from 30 different countries received their diplomas. More

Prof. Esther Duflo Wins Calvó-Armengol Prize
Prof. Duflo (MIT) will conduct a three-day workshop in Andorra and receive a 30,000 euro award as the first winner of the Calvó- Armengol Prize. More

GSE RESEARCH

Ciutadella and Bellaterra Campuses Prepare to Host the 2009 EEA-ESEM Congress
The Barcelona GSE will host over 1800 economists at this year's EEA-ESEM Congress. More

Research Video: "The Economics of Happiness"
Does earning a higher salary really make a person happier? Not permanently, according to Prof. Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (ICREA-IAE and GSE). Watch the video

GSE Research Network Recent Publications
	Heiko Gerlach, Thomas Ronde, and Konrad Stahl. "Labor Pooling in R&D Intensive Industries." Journal of Urban Economics, 65(1): 99-111, January 2009.
	Jordi Galí and Luca Gambetti. "On the Sources of the Great Moderation." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 1(1): 26-57, January 2009.
	Frank Heinemann, Rosemarie Nagel and Peter Ockenfels. "Measuring Strategic Uncertainty in Coordination Games." Review of Economic Studies, 76(1): 181-221, January 2009.
	Ana Rute Cardoso and Miguel Portela. "Micro Foundations for Wage Flexibility: Wage Insurance at the Firm Level." Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 111(1): 29-50, February 2009.
	Antonio Ciccone and Elias Papaioannou. "Human Capital, the Structure of Production, and Growth." Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(1): 66-82, February 2009.
	Juan Carlos Conesa, Sagiri Kitao, and Dirk Krueger. "Taxing Capital? Not a Bad Idea after All!" American Economic Review, 99(1): 25-48, March 2009.
	Hans-Joachim Voth and Nico Voigtlander. "Malthusian Dynamism and the Rise of Europe: Make War, Not Love." American Economic Review, 99(2): 248-54, May 2009.
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