Summer School of Econometric Society in Seoul


Econometric Society is pleased to announce “Summer School of Econometric Society” to offer graduate students to learn the frontier of research from a group of leading scholars.    The theme of the inaugural Summer School of Econometric Society is “Bounded Rationality and Behavioral Economics” which will be held in Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea,  August 6-10, 2013.    Five experts on bounded rationality and behavioral economics will deliver lectures, who are In-Koo Cho (University of Illinois: organizer), Michihiro Kandori  (University of Tokyo), Ariel Rubinstein  (Tel Aviv University and New York University), Rani Spiegler (Tel Aviv University and University College London) and Michael Woodford  (Columbia University).    We may organize a couple of sessions where a selected group of students can present their research.

Interested students can file applications at http://www.zvulunylab.com/esSummer2013  between January 1 and February 28, 2013.   An applicant must be a member of Econometric Society at the time of application.   To join the Econometric Society, please check http://www.econometricsociety.org

Admission decision will be made by March 31, and will be notified individually.   Information about scholarships and registration will become available, when the admission decisions are made.  All students should register by April 30, 2013.   The final program of the Summer School will be announced around May 31, 2013.   Please check the home page of the summer school (http://econ.hanyang.ac.kr/esSummer2013) for the latest information about the program and the local logistics.   

For inquires about local logistics, write to Professor Daekeun Park (essummer2013@gmail.com), a co-chairman of the Local Organizing Committee