UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO
THIRTEENTH SUMMER SCHOOL
IN INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Investment, Saving and Wellbeing
in Developing Countries
Tuesday 10 June to Friday 13 June 2014
University of Milan, Palazzo Feltrinelli, Gargnano (BS), Italy
Organisers: Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Paolo Baffi
Center on International Markets, Money and Regulation, Department of Economics,
Management and Quantitative Methods of the University of Milan, Department of
Economics, Quantitative Methods and Business Strategies of the University of Milan
Bicocca, Vilfredo Pareto Doctoral Program in Economics of the University of Turin, The
Lombardy Advanced School of Economic Research (LASER).
Lecturers:
Orazio Attanasio, University College London, IFS, NBER and CEPR
Costas Meghir, Yale University, IFS and NBER
Selection Committee: Carlo Altomonte (Bocconi University, Paolo Baffi Centre, Bruegel and Centro
Studi Luca d’Agliano), Daniela Del Boca (University of Turin, Collegio Carlo Alberto and
CHILD), Massimiliano Bratti (University of Milan, IZA, CHILD and Centro Studi Luca
d’Agliano), Mariapia Mendola (University of Milan Bicocca and Centro Studi Luca
d’Agliano).
The school intends to provide an intensive training course for graduate students and young researchers
who are working in the fields of development and international economics. This year it will focus on
theory and empirics of household saving and investment behaviour in developing countries.
For further information and teaching material, please refer to Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano’s web site:
http://www.dagliano.unimi.it.
Participants
The school is targeted to graduate students, doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers in
economics and related disciplines. Students are expected to attend the school full time.
Fees and Scholarships
Participants will be charged 550€ covering registration, accommodation, meals and background
material. We hope to be able to offer a limited number of grants covering travelling expenses and fee
waivers. The grants will be assigned with priority to students from Developing Countries.
Applications and deadlines
The participants will be selected by the Selection Committee on the basis of the information included in
the application forms.
Applications can be downloaded from http://www.dagliano.unimi.it/media/applicationform_13th_ss.docx
and should be submitted to [email protected].
The deadline for submission is March 31, 2014. We invite applicants to keep strictly to the deadline.
Applicants will be informed by email about the results by April 15, 2014.
Location
The school will take place at Palazzo Feltrinelli, on Lake Garda (Italy). This beautiful historical Villa is
now owned by the University of Milan and is dedicated to Workshop and Meeting activities. Gargnano
is a small resort village on Lake Garda, about 150 km east of Milan.
Local Information will be provided to participants in due course.
The activities of the Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano are supported by
www.dagliano.unimi.it