Empirical Macroeconomics Summer School at Ghent University

The course will be taught by Christiane Baumeister (University of Notre Dame, NBER, CEPR) and focuses on state-of-the-art Bayesian methods for structural VAR analysis, with applications to monetary policy, labor markets and oil price fluctuations.

An intensive, hands-on introduction to modern Bayesian VAR techniques, with methods and insights that can be directly applied to academic research and policy work.

Fees:

• Students: €600 (Early bird*: €500)

• Other Academics: €700 (Early bird*: €600)

• Non-academics: €1200 (Early bird*: €1000)

*Early bird discount applies for enrolment and payment before April 1st 2026. 
PhD students will be asked to provide proof of enrolment in a PhD programme.
PhD students enrolled at a Flemish University are exempt from any fee. 
The fee covers tuition, a MATLAB license (valid for the duration of the summer school) and one social dinner.

Programme:
Day 1: Why Bayesian VARs?
Day 2:  Identification of Structural VAR models
Day 3: The Role of Prior Information
Day 4: Inference in Set-Identified SVAR Model
Day 5: Recent Developments

Program details and registration: https://sites.google.com/view/macrosummerschool/homepage 

Organised by the Department of Economics at Ghent University
Contact: macrosummerschool@ugent.be

More Information