MOVE News
2010-03-04 Jordi Caballé wins an ICREA Academia recoginition prize
We are happy to announce that MOVE Fellow Jordi Caballé has been awarded a prize of the ICREA-Academia Recognition Program for his outstanding contributions to the international scientific community. ICREA, the Catalan institution devoted to recruiting top scientists abroad for the Catalan R&D system, has introduced the ICREA Academia prizes to support researchers already working in Catalonia. Professor Caballé will recieve 250,000€ over the next five years to support his research in the fields of finance and growth.
2010-03-04 J.C. Conesa's research on Spanish VAT increase hits the press
Juan Carlos Conesa (MOVE and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), Javier Díaz-Giménez (IESE Business School), Julián Díaz-Saavedra (Universidad de Granada) and Josep Pijoan-Mas (CEMFI and CEPR) presented an article studying the consequences in Spain of the value added tax raise scheduled next July.
Juan Carlos and his colleagues have quantified the consequences of such policy using and comparing two models: a representative agent neoclassical growth model and an heterogeneous agent incomplete markets model. According to their results, the VAT raise may hamper the economic activity due to a decrease in labor and production. It may be regressive, as it would particularly damage the younger, older and poorer households. The measure could also come too early in the cycle because there are no clear signals of recovery yet.
The article has had relative impact within the Spanish general and business press, for instance in ABC (4th of March), Cinco Días (2nd of March) or Cotizalia (1st of March).
Professor Conesa has also published an entry with the article conclusions the in the FEDEA blog NadaEsGratis (in Spanish).
2010-01-13 MOVE hosts a meeting of the preparatory phase for the European Espallation Neutron Source (ESS).
MOVE Fellows Xavier Martínez-Giralt and David Pérez-Castrillo participate in the project.
On Thursday January 14, a meeting of a group of experts working for the preparatory phase of the ESS will take place at Casa Convalescència. MOVE Research Fellows Xavier Martínez-Giralt and David Pérez-Castrillo participate in the project developing the analysis of potential sources of ESS exploitation income, in particular, the research of actual and potential industrial uses and users as well as the pricing policies and a detailed analysis of the pros and cons of models of governance of presently functioning European science laboratories.
More info at http://ess-scandinavia.eu/.
2010-01-13 Inés Macho-Stadler, appointed appointed Advisory Editor for Games and Economic Behavior
Inés Macho-Stadler, MOVE Fellow, appointed Advisory Editor for Games and Economic Behavior. Games and Economic Behavior facilitates cross-fertilization between theories and applications of game theoretic reasoning. It consistently attracts the best quality and most creative papers in interdisciplinary studies within the social, biological, and mathematical sciences. Most readers recognize it as the leading journal in game theory.
2009-12-17 MOVE-Urrutia Elejalde Workshop on Judgement Aggregation
The MOVE-Urrutia Elejalde Foundation Workshop on Judgement aggregation was an opportunity to learn about this thriving field of research from a group of the most active contributors to the subject. An audience composed of experts and graduate students working on the subject or on related topics (voting, abstract aggregation, artificial intelligence) benefitted from the tutorials and contributed to the debate about interdisciplinary connections and future research directions.. At the same time, the workshop marked the start of a long term collaboration between MOVE and the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation, in pursuit of their common goals.
Read more and view some pictures...
2009-12-16 Excellence in Doctoral Studies Awards Ceremony, sponsored by the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation and MOVE.
Today is taking place the ceremony awarding the Excellence in Doctoral Studies Awards for the best IDEA Master students. The arwards will be given by Professor Juan Urrutia Elejalde, President of the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation and Professor Salvador Barberà Sández, Director of MOVE.
The Committee is pleased to announce the outcome of the judging. The awards went to:
- Nuno Alvim
- Tugce Cuhadaroglu
- Tatjana Dahlhaus
- Istvan Fazakas
- Jan Grobovsek
- David Jiménez
Congratulations to the winners! Decisions were tough to make as the candidates were all excellent.
The ceremony is held at 4.30pm in the "Sala de Graus" (Facultat d’Economia i Empresa). A cocktail will be served after the ceremony to celebrate the awards and upcoming Seasonal Holidays.
2009-11-23 Inés Macho-Stadler, appointed Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of "BC3"
Inés Macho-Stadler MOVE Fellow, will be joining the Scientific Advisory Board of the recently created Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
BC3 is "a key instrument of both the Basque Environmental Strategy of Sustainable Development and the Basque Science, Technology and Innovation Plan". BC3 is currently building its team of researchers and shaping its internal organization, Inés is eager to participate and apply her expertise in the endeavor.
2009-11-23 MOVE Workshop on Prospective Payment and Healthcare Provision
The MOVE Workshop on Prospective Payment and Healthcare Provision has been a platform to present the latest achievements in the design of payment systems, both from a theoretical and empirical point of view, and to confront them with real life examples in Catalonia, Madrid and Portugal.
The workshop has been organized by Pau Olivella (UAB and MOVE). Check all relevant information on the workshop here.
View some pictures of the event...
2009-11-17 MOVE Workshop on R&D and Technology Transfer
Academics, policy makers and practitioners joined at Casa Convalescència, Barcelona, around the topic of Research, Development and Technology Transfer. 12 scientific papers were presented by distinguished junior and senior economists and a round table with policy makers, successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and TT experts updated the audience with the latest government strategies, recurring problems within the industry and best practices.
You can check the executive summary of the workshop here.
The workshop has been organized by David Pérez-Castrillo (UAB and MOVE), Stefano Trento (UAB and MOVE) and Reinhilde Veugelers (KU Leuven).
View some pictures of the event...
2009-10-27 MOVE's Fall 2009 workshops
MOVE is hosting three workshops on the topics of R&D and Technology Transfer, Prospective payment and healthcare provision and Judgement Aggregation.
MOVE researchers are organizing the three first MOVE scientific events on November and December 2009. The workshops will take place at the fantastic Casa de la Convalescència, part of the Hospital de Sant Pau modernist complex, in downtown Barcelona. Read more...
