2016
Dates. August 6-10, 2016
Venue. KIER (Kyoto Institute of Economic Research), University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Local Organizers. Atsushi Kajii (Kyoto University), Takehito Masuda (Kyoto University) and Akihiko Matsui (University of Tokyo)
Lecturers. (Alphabetical order)
In-Koo Cho (University of Illinois)
Atsushi Kajii (University of Kyoto)
Efe A. Ok (New York University)
Ariel Rubinstein (Tel Aviv University and New York University)
Jorgen W. Weibull (Stockholm School of Economics)
Format
The program of the summer school consists of at least ten 90 minutes lectures and student presentations. Each of the 5 lecturers will talk about topics of his choice in economics. A few additional sessions will be allocated for short student presentations of their own research. In addition, students will have opportunities to interact informally with the lecturers.
To have a better idea of the format of the summer school, please check the program of the Summer School in 2015.
Application
Cost and Travel Support
Registration fee for the summer school is US$450, which is not refundable. We plan to use the fee to cover a part of the local expenses of students such as lodging.
The travel support, if any, will be announced in due course.
Tentative Timeline
An applicant will be notified the admission decision sometime around March 31, 2016.
An admitted student will be asked to register by April 15, 2016.
A registered student will be asked (again) whether he/she would like to present a paper at the Summer School, around the end of April to organize the student presentations.
We plan to announce the program for the Summer School around early June, 2016.
Questions
If you have questions regarding applications or any other academic matters, please contact Professor In-Koo Cho (University of Illinois) with "esSummer2016" in the subject line.
If you have questions about lodging, travel arrangement or other logistic matters, please contact Dr. Takehito Matsuda (University of Kyoto) with "esSummer2016" in the subject line.