Graduate Student Contest
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Every year the Society sponsors prizes for outstanding papers by
graduate students at its annual meeting. Generally, prizes total 3,000 euros.
- Winner: Quentin Batista, University of Tokyo/University of Chicago, "Approximate Dynamic Programming with Recursive Preferences"
- Finalist: Matthias Rottner, European University Institute, "Financial Crises and Shadow Banks: A Quantitative Analysis"
- Finalist: Ikuo Takei, University of Wisconsin Madison, "A Quantitative Model of Corporate Reputation Building in Debt Markets and Firm Dynamics"
2020-2021
This contest was organized as a part of the 2021 virtual CEF conference. The results:Previous Winners
The David Kendrick Prize
This award is given on an irregular basis to those individuals who have who stood out for their contributions to the field.
The David A. Kendrick Distinguished Service Award in 2021 is awarded to Bill Goffe for his invaluable contributions to the field of Computational Economics and in particular to the Society for Compuational Economics. Bill is Teaching Professor of Economics at Penn State University and has published in leading journals, on the development of computational methods and the use of such methods for teaching economics. He has acted for more than twenty years as Secretary-Treasurer of the SCE and during this period has shaped the society and been a crucial driver of many of the society's activities. Bill has also started the Resources for Economists (RFE) webpage, an efficient pre-Google tool to find colleagues working on similar subjects as well as data, open source code and lots of other very useful material for economists.
Previous Winners
Tools For Computational Economists
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There are many sites of use on the Internet for those interested in
computational economics. These include links to
program libraries and
software.
Details About The Society
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The society was founded in 1995 and is a 501(c)3 organization. Our major
activity is our annual conference; it typically draws 300-400 participants.
The president of the Society is Herbert Dawid
and the past presidents are Thomas Lubik, Jasmina Arifovic, Cars Hommes, Michel Juillard, Robert J. Tetlow, Carl Chiarella,
Manfred Gilli, Stephen Turnovsky, Berç Rustem, Hans Amman, Ken Judd, and
David Kendrick. Those interested in membership in the Society should contact
Arunima Sinha, the Secretary-Treasurer. The
Advisory Council consists of the officers, the
editors of the journals, and some elected and appointed members. The By-Laws formally describe the Society and conference
organizers should read the guidelines for
our conferences. Finally, we offer some job listings in computational
economics.
Membership Benefits and Costs
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Members of the Society for Computational Economics are eligible for
reduced rate subscriptions to
Macroeconomic Dynamics.
Members are also automatically added to the "scelist" electronic mailing
list (non-members are welcomed to the list too). There is also a
web page
where one can sign up.
Dues are $10 a year. You can pay by check or by PayPal: