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Fostering Research Excellence

Highlights from BSE activities and initiatives that promote scientific rigor in Economics research

BSE Summer Forum

Where hundreds of top researchers gather each June in workshops across dozens of topics in Economics

Calvó-Armengol Prize

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Severo Ochoa Accreditation

BSE has been distinguished as a Center of Research Excellence by Spain’s State Research Agency.

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August 25
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A Global Gathering of Minds: BSE Summer School 2025
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BBVA Foundation Supports Victoria Vanasco’s Research on Financial Market Design

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August 25
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Congratulations Class of ’25 on your Graduation!

July 25
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A Characterization of Black’s Voting Rule

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BSE Working Paper: 1515 | October 25
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Walter Bossert, Salvador Barberà,
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Are Tariffs an Economic Trump?

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BSE Working Paper: 1514 | September 25
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Ana-Isabel Guerra, Ferran Sancho,
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Incentive Compatibility and Belief Restrictions

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BSE Working Paper: 1513 | September 25
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Mariann Ollár, Antonio Penta,
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Does Local Credit Matter? The Spanish Case

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BSE Working Paper: 1512 | September 25
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Luz Mary Pinzón, Xavier Freixas,
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Rents, Rules or Revolution: A Survey of Institutional Pathways to Peace

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BSE Working Paper: 1511 | September 25
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Hannes Mueller, Laura Mayoral,
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The Great Gatsby Curve: Upward Mobility, Persistence and Inequality

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BSE Working Paper: 1510 | September 25
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Garance Genicot, Debraj Ray, Laura Mayoral,

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Do Giving Voice and Social Information Help in Revising a Misconception About Rent-control?

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Isabel Busom, Cristina Lopez-Mayan, Jordi Brandts
September 25
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What Goes Around Comes Around: The US Climate-economic Cycle

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Alessandra Testa, Konstantin Boss
September 25
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Coordinating business cycles

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Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouchel, Edouard Schaal
September 25
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An American Macroeconomic Picture: Supply and Demand Shocks in the Frequency Domain

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Stefano Soccorsi, Mario Forni, Luca Sala ...
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July 25
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Filling the Gap: The Consequences of Collaborator Loss in Corporate R&D

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Matthias Dorner, Felix Poege, Dietmar Harhoff ...
Karin Hoisl and Fabian Gaessler
June 25
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Platform design and rent extraction

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Florian Schuett, Amedeo Piolatto
March 25
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Noisy Monetary Policy Announcements

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Luca Gambetti
March 25
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Modeling Noisy Learning in a Dynamic Oligopoly Experiment

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Rosemarie Nagel
March 25
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Ideological Consistency and Valence

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Dimitrios Xefteris, Enriqueta Aragonès
February 25
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The Global Financial Resource Curse

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Martin Wolf, Gianluca Benigno, Luca Fornaro
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February 25

BSE Focus

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Education
September 2025
America’s Rise in Human Capital Mobility
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The Hidden Beliefs of Professional Forecasters

Macroeconomics
September 2025
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July 2025
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