The 5th Days of Econometrics for Finance (JEF'2018) Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the organisation of the JEF'2018 international Workshop on July 19-21, 2018  at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences (Souissi) and ESSEC Africa in Rabat, the Capital of Morocco. The conference aims to bring together academics, practitioners and policymakers sharing interest in applied economics, financial econometrics and risk management. It provides a forum for presenting new research results as well as discussing current and challenging issues in econometrics and statistics for finance and other related topics. It is also an excellent avenue to obtain quality feedback and an important opportunity for networking among researchers, academics, consultants and industry executives working in finance and allied areas.

The scientific program of the JEF'2018 Workshop will run over 3 days taking place at FSJES-Souissi and ESSEC Africa as indicated in "Conference venue". 

The 19th of July is devoted for advanced training courses designed to graduate students (Master/PhD), professionals and researchers with an interest in statistics, econometrics and finance. The courses will mainly be taught by professors with extensive experience from other internationally-renowned universities. The 20th of July consists of research contributions from invited speakers scheduled as 3 sessions with high-profile issues. The 21st of July is a PhD Day including presentations of PhD students working on themes related to the JEF Conference. It is a great opportunity to get feedback from their peers, develop presentations skills and practice promotion of scientific results. Paper submission for the PhD Day is open until June 15, and should be done via email to: jef.conference@gmail.com. Successful papers will be notified by June 30, 2018.  

• The training courses and the JEF'2018 Conference languages will respectively be French and English.