ZEW Presents Itself Successfully at EEA-ESEM 2017

The Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) put in a strong performance at this year’s 32rd Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA), which took place at the University of Lisbon from 21 to 25 August and ran in parallel with the 70th Annual European Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESEM).

During the five-day event, ZEW researchers held a total of five presentations and two poster sessions, during which they presented recent research results from the fields of labour markets, market design, competition, and corporate taxation. Among other issues, ZEW researchers discussed how a minimum wage increases solo self-employment, whether the search behaviour of customers influences electricity pricing from suppliers, and how bidders behave in first-price auctions when they have limited information on the valuation of other bidders.

In addition to the presentations, ZEW also hosted an information stand at the congress, where participants had the opportunity to find our more about on career, collaboration and training possibilities at ZEW and take a look at the institute’s latest research findings.

The list of more than 1,600 participants who attended the 2017 EEA-ESEM included leading international researchers and members of the Executive Board of the ECB. French economist and EEA President Professor Philippe Aghion was joined at the event by his Spanish colleague Professor Jordi Galí of the Center for Research in International Economics (CREI), as well as Professor John van Reenen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Vice-President of the ECB Vítor Constâncio.

The EEA currently has more than 3,500 members and publishes the renowned Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) six times per year. The annual congress provides a platform for discussion and the exchange of ideas in the field of economics. ZEW will be participating in next year’s EEA-ESEM, which is set to take place at the University of Cologne.