3rd place at the Econometric Game 2018
Four PhD students from the Department of Economics and Business Economics came 3rd at the Econometric Game 2018 in Amsterdam.
2018.04.16 |
On 11-13 April, the 19th Econometric Game (“The World Championship in Econometrics”) was held in Amsterdam. The Aarhus University team was represented by PhD students:
Daniel Borup
Benjamin Liengaard
Maria Koch Gregersen
Alexander Fischer
After many hours of tireless work, the team was awarded a third place, just behind Harvard University and University Carlos III Madrid.
30 teams representing universities from around the world participated in the Econometric Game. The overall theme for this year’s competition was Economics of Happiness - specifically the impact of others’ unemployment situation on individuals’ level of life satisfaction.
2018.09.05 | Talent development
Strenghten AU's talent pool
Are you interested in helping to shape and strengthen the research and education environment at Aarhus University? And would you like the pleasure and satisfaction of helping a talented colleague develop professionally and personally? So become a mentor in the AU Empower Talent! mentor programme! The registration deadline for mentors and mentees…
2018.09.04 | Awards, CREATES
Tim Bollerslev awarded the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize 2018
Tim Bollerslev, Duke University, receives the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize 2018 for his ground-breaking contributions within financial econometrics and empirical finance. His methods for measuring and predicting volatility in the financial markets are widely used by economists and other actors in the financial markets all over the world,…
2018.08.21 | People
Jesper Wulff and Christel B. Mortensen award winners at Aarhus BSS
At this year's Summer Party, awards were presented to Jesper Wulff for 'Lecturer of the year' and Christel B. Mortensen for 'Administrative employee of the year'.
2018.08.02 | Research news
AUFF Starting grants to Timo Hener and Bastian Schulz
Timo Hener and Bastian Schulz from the Department of Economics and Business Economics have received starting grants from the AU Research Foundation (AUFF).
2018.05.30 | Awards
Alumnus Annette Vissing-Jørgensen wins award
Professor of finance Annette Vissing-Jørgensen from University of California, Berkeley, wins the 2018 Rigmor and Carl Holst-Knudsen Award for Scientific Research.
2018.05.28 | Awards
Tom Engsted wins the Golden Pointer 2018
Professor Tom Engsted has been awarded lecturer of the year at Department of Economics and Business Economics by the Oecon/Soc students and received the much-coveted Golden Pointer. The other nominees for the Golden Pointer were: Micheal Svarer, Eric Hillebrand, Luca Macedoni and Juan Carlos Parra-Alvarez. Tom has actually…
2018.05.03 | People
23.9 million for Aarhus BSS researchers
Marianne Simonsen, Niels Skipper and Paolo Santucci De Magistris are among the researchers who have just received a total of DKK 23.9 million from the Danish Council for Independent Research. Vice-dean for Research and Talent Development Per Baltzer Overgaard is pleased that researchers at Aarhus BSS are still competitive in the field of…
2018.02.26 | Research news
Semper Ardens grant for research into disruption and globalisation
The Carlsberg Foundation has granted DKK 15 million to a new Semper Ardens research project at Aarhus BSS. The project aims to examine how shifts in the markets affect companies, employees and society.
2018.01.25 | Awards, CREATES
Denis Sargan Econometrics Prize to Bezirgen Veliyev and Ulrich Hounyo
Bezirgen Veliyev (AU and CREATES) and K. Ulrich Hounyo (SUNY Albany) have been awarded the Denis Sargan Econometrics Prize for their article entitled "Validity of Edgeworth expansions for realized volatility estimators”, which was brought in the February 2016 issue of The Econometrics Journal. The article contributes to the literature on…
2018.01.16 | People
New centre on big data
Professor Carsten Bøcker Pedersen is part of the management team at the new Big Data Centre for Environment and Health which has received DKK 60 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme.