2017 ASSA Annual Meeting Proves Successful for ZEW

ZEW’s attendance at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) proved a success. The world's most important conference in economics offered everything a top class scientific event needs: high-level scientific exchanges, presentations on recent research findings, the opportunity to network with leading economic researchers and new impulses for future research projects. With no less than 11 contributions, the research institute was strongly represented at this year's annual meeting in Chicago – a testament to ZEW's top-level scientific work.

In particular the presentations by Professor Andreas Peichl and Professor Sascha Steffen, both heads of ZEW research units, were met with great approval. Other contributions by ZEW researchers included a scientific paper by Olga Slivkó, PhD and another one by Dr. Zwetelina Iliewa, written in collaboration with the ZEW Research Associate Professor Martin Weber from the University of Mannheim. Over the course of the three-day event various ZEW researchers participated in poster sessions, during which they had the opportunity to share their latest research findings and discuss them with fellow scientists.

As in previous years, ZEW had its own information stand at the conference, which served as a contact point for researcher of all career levels who wanted to find out about ZEW, its research areas and potential cooperation opportunities. ASSA participants who visited the ZEW stand showed particular interest in financial issues, research regarding migration and labour market policies as well as current European issues, such as Brexit as well as the future of the EU and the eurozone.

The three-day conference, organised annually by the American Economic Association (AEA), provides a platform for researchers from all over the globe to present and discuss their papers on economic issues. The 2017 ASSA Annual Meeting featured 520 scientific sessions and boasted around 14,000 participants, including numerous Nobel Prize winners. Given the importance of the event, ZEW has, of course, great reason to be back again for next year's annual meeting in Philadelphia.