Keynote Speakers
GIUSEPPE ARBIA
GIUSEPPE ARBIA
Professor of Economic Statistics at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Professor of Economic Statistics at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Giuseppe Arbia is Full Professor of Economic Statistics at the Faculty of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge (UK) and was a post-doc at the University of California at Santa Barbara (USA). He was Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge (UK), the University of Texas at Dallas, the Universidad Federal do Ceara at Fortaleza (BR), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain, the New York University, the Université Panthéon Assas, Paris II, the University of Tokyo, the Higher School of Economics at Moscow and the University of Stellenboch (South Africa). In 2014 he received the Honorary Position of Research Professor by the College of William & Mary at Williamsburg (Virginia). His research interests are mainly in the fields of spatial statistics and spatial econometrics on which he has published more than 150 articles, 6 books and 7 book chapters. He is member of the editorial board of the journal "Empirical Economics". He is the Chairman of the Spatial Econometrics Association, member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Statistical Society and member of the International Statistical Institute, the American Statistical Association, the Royal Statistical Society and the Regional Science Association.
Giuseppe Arbia is Full Professor of Economic Statistics at the Faculty of Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge (UK) and was a post-doc at the University of California at Santa Barbara (USA). He was Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge (UK), the University of Texas at Dallas, the Universidad Federal do Ceara at Fortaleza (BR), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain, the New York University, the Université Panthéon Assas, Paris II, the University of Tokyo, the Higher School of Economics at Moscow and the University of Stellenboch (South Africa). In 2014 he received the Honorary Position of Research Professor by the College of William & Mary at Williamsburg (Virginia). His research interests are mainly in the fields of spatial statistics and spatial econometrics on which he has published more than 150 articles, 6 books and 7 book chapters. He is member of the editorial board of the journal "Empirical Economics". He is the Chairman of the Spatial Econometrics Association, member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Statistical Society and member of the International Statistical Institute, the American Statistical Association, the Royal Statistical Society and the Regional Science Association.
MARTIN HUBER
MARTIN HUBER
Professor of Applied Econometrics - Evaluation of Public Policies, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Professor of Applied Econometrics - Evaluation of Public Policies, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Martin Huber received his Ph.D. in Economics and Finance (specialization: econometrics) from the University of St. Gallen , where he was subsequently appointed as Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods in Economics. He visited Harvard University in 2011-2012 and became Professor of Applied Econometrics - Evaluation of Public Policies at the University of Fribourg in 2014. His research focuses on the evaluation of policy interventions and comprises both methodological contributions as well as empirical applications, predominantly in the fields of labor, health and education economics. Martin Huber has published in a range of scientific journals in the fields of empirical economics, econometrics, and statistics, such as the Journal of the American Statistical Association, the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B, the Journal of Econometrics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, the Journal of Health Economics, and others. He has also participated in third party-funded scientific projects evaluating policy interventions in labour markets and welfare systems.
Martin Huber received his Ph.D. in Economics and Finance (specialization: econometrics) from the University of St. Gallen , where he was subsequently appointed as Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods in Economics. He visited Harvard University in 2011-2012 and became Professor of Applied Econometrics - Evaluation of Public Policies at the University of Fribourg in 2014. His research focuses on the evaluation of policy interventions and comprises both methodological contributions as well as empirical applications, predominantly in the fields of labor, health and education economics. Martin Huber has published in a range of scientific journals in the fields of empirical economics, econometrics, and statistics, such as the Journal of the American Statistical Association, the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B, the Journal of Econometrics, the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, the Journal of Health Economics, and others. He has also participated in third party-funded scientific projects evaluating policy interventions in labour markets and welfare systems.