University of Palermo, 29-31 May 2025
SIdE is pleased to announce the eleventh edition of the Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics (ICEEE) which will take place May 29-31, 2025 at the Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, University of Palermo.
Economists, statisticians and econometricians are invited to submit theoretical and applied papers in all areas of econometrics and empirical economics for presentation at the Congress.
Invited speakers:
- Paola Sapienza (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
- Domenico Giannone (International Monetary Fund)
Program Committee
Mario Forni (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
Luca Gambetti (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and University of Turin)
Ainoa Aparicio (University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto), Marco Avarucci (University of Glasgow), Emanuele Bacchiocchi (University of Bologna), Matteo Barigozzi (University of Bologna), Erich Battistin (University of Maryland), Monica Billio (Ca' Foscary University of Venice), Giuseppe Buccheri (University of Verona), Massimiliano Caporin (University of Padova), Roberto Casarin (Ca' Foscary University of Venice), Efrem Castelnuovo (University of Padova), Giuseppe Cavaliere (Exeter Business School and University of Bologna), Andrea Cipollini (University of Palermo), Valentina Corradi (University of Surrey), Gianluca Cubadda (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Valentino Dardanoni (University of Palermo), Giacomo De Giorgi (University of Geneva), Giuseppe De Luca (University of Palermo), Francesco Drago (University of Catania), Gabriele Fiorentini (University of Florence), Massimo Franchi (University of Rome Sapienza), Marc Hallin (Libre University of Bruxelles), Alessandra Luati (Imperial College and University of Bologna), Riccardo Lucchetti (University Politecnica of Marche), Emanuela Marrocu (University of Cagliari), Daniele Massacci (King's College London and University of Naples Federico II), Giovanni Mastrobuoni (University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto), Camilla Mastromarco (University of Calabria), Silvia Miranda Agrippino (Federal Reserve Bank of New York and CEPR), Chiara Monfardini (University of Bologna), Francesca Parodi (Institute for Fiscal Studies, CEPR and Cattolica University of Milano), Elena Pesavento (Emory University), Davide Pettenuzzo (Brandeis University), Tommaso Proietti (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Anders Rahbek (University of Copenhagen), Valentina Raponi (IESE Business School), Francesco Ravazzolo (BI Norwegian Business School and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano), Roberto Renò (ESSEC Business School), Giovanni Ricco (CREST - École Polytechnique and University of Warwick), Eduardo Rossi (University of Pavia), Francesca Rossi (University of Verona), Luca Sala (Bocconi University and IGIER), Paolo Santucci De Magistris (Luiss University Rome), Silvia Sarpietro (University of Bologna), Enrique Sentana (CEMFI and CEPR), Lorenzo Trapani (University of Leicester and University of Pavia), Giovanni Urga (Bayes Business School), Paolo Zaffaroni (Imperial College London and University of Rome La Sapienza)
Program Committee technical support: Fabio Parla (University of Palermo)
Web communication: Francesca Di Iorio (University of Naples Federico II)
Local Organizing Committee
Andrea Cipollini and Valentino Dardanoni
Giuseppe De Luca, Iolanda Lo Cascio, Fabio Parla, Fabio Mazzola
Submission of papers:
Papers can be submitted from July 18, 2024 (with a limit of one paper per submitter) at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iceee2025palermo
The deadline for submissions is December 20th, 2024 (midnight).
The decision notification date is February 1st, 2025.
Prizes:
- One prize of 2500 EUR for the best conference papers written by young scientists in Macroeconometrics or Financial Econometrics (Carlo Giannini Prize, offered by SIdE and the Bank of Italy).
- One prize of 2500 EUR for the best conference papers written by young scientists in Theoretical or Applied Microeconometrics (Labour Prize, offered by LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations).
For eligibility to both prizes, all authors of a paper must be no more than 4 years past the PhD defense
All participants will be requested to express their interest for the prizes and send their curriculum to info@side-iea.it by 28th March 2025. The winners will be announced during the Conference.
Registration Fees:
SIdE members must regularize their 2025 membership before to register to the conference. To renew SIdE membership, please log in with your account https://www.side-iea.it/user or become SIdE member visiting www.side-iea.it/become-member.
**** Early registration (from February 2nd to March 31th)
⇒ SIdE members:
* PhD Students: 90 EUR
* Others (University staff and Other Professionals): 200 EUR
⇒ NON SIdE members: 450 EUR
The March 31st 2025 deadline is mandatory for a presenter to be included in the scientific program of the conference.
**** Late registration (from April 1st to May 20th) for SIdE members:
⇒ SIdE members:
* PhD Students: 100 EUR
* Others (University staff and Other Professionals): 250 EUR
⇒ NON SIdE members: 500 EUR
Venue:
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, buildings 13 and 19.
Registration/Help Desk
ICEEE staff will be available at the reception desk, starting from May, 29th at 11:30 a.m.
Travel Information:
There are several ways to travel to Palermo: by plane, by train and by boat.
By Plane:
The international airport of Palermo is about 30 km from the heart of the city. It has daily connections to other popular Italian cities as well other major cities throughout Europe.
Connections from/to the airport:
By train. Trains run regularly every half an hour from the railway station Palermo Aeroporto at Floor -1 of the airport terminal to the city center. The trip to Palermo Centrale (the main station of Palermo) takes around 50 minutes and costs around 6.80 euros. Tickets can be purchased at vending machines and online on the website https://www.trenitalia.com/. This train service is called “la metro” because the train stops at various stations in Palermo. By bus. The bus stops for all destinations are located at the exit of the terminal (Ground floor – Arrivals Area) on the right and are well indicated by the reference tables.
By bus. The bus line to Palermo is called Prestia e Comandé (www.prestiaecomande.it). The service runs daily every half an hour from early in the morning until late at night. It takes around 50 minutes to get to Palermo Centrale and makes various stops in between, which are different from those made by the metro. The ticket can be purchased at the airport, on the bus
By Train:
The main train station in Palermo, Stazione Centrale, is located in the Old Town District. Tickets can be purchased online at the Trenitalia website https://www.trenitalia.com/.
By Boat:
Palermo’s harbor is directly connected via waterway to Genoa, Naples, Civitavecchia, Cagliari, and Salerno. The journey duration from Palermo to Naples is approximately 8-12 hours, from Genoa is about 20 hours, from Civitavecchia is 12 hours approximately, and from Cagliari the journey duration is abot 12 hours. Tickets can be purchased online at https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/ or at https://www.gnv.it/en, or https://en.tirrenia.it/
Accomodation:
A list of hotels and B&Bs can be download from the left column of this page.
Since the end of May is high season it is recommended to book flights and accommodation as soon as possible.
Social Program:
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Aziendali e Statistiche, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Palermo, Buildings 13 and 19.
Weather forecast:
You can find the weather forecast here
See you in Palermo!
