5-6 December 2025 - (EC)^2 2025 Conference
Panel data methods in finance and economics
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PROGRAM CHAIRS AND ORGANISERS
Patrick Gagliardini (Università della Svizzera italiana and Swiss Finance Insitute)
Olivier Scaillet (University of Geneva and Swiss Finance Institute)
CONFERENCE LOCATION
Università della Svizzera italiana
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HOW TO ARRIVE TO LUGANO
From Malpensa Terminal 1
Direct train to Lugano (every hour), Trenord S50
From Zurich Flughafen
Direct train to Zurich HB (every 5 minutes) then direct train to Lugano (every 30 minutes) either Eurocity or Intercity 2.
HOTELS
We organised special rates (all in CHF) at selected hotels in Lugano:
• Hotel City Lugano: Single room 150, double room 220
• Hotel Zurigo: Single room 135, double room 200
• Hotel Lido: Single room 145 or 190 (with lake view), double room 260 or 320 (with lake view)
• Hotel Ceresio: Single room 70, double room 100 (only for a limited number of rooms)
Please contact the hotels via phone.
Please contact the hotels via phone or email to claim the special rate mentioning the promo code EC2_2025.
POSTER SESSIONS
During the conference, there will be poster sessions in addition to the main sessions.
PAPER SUBMISSION (CLOSED)
REGISTRATION (CLOSED)
PROGRAM
You can download the program of the conference (subject to late-breaking changes) here
INVITED SPEAKERS
Yoosoon Chang (Indiana University
Xavier D’Haultfoeuille (CREST)
Econometrics Journal Lecture
Elena Manresa (New York University)
Econometric Theory Lecture
Martin Weidmer (Oxford University)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Natalia Bailey (Monash University)
Yoosoon Chang (Indiana University)
Denis Chetverikov (UCLA)
Xavier D’Haultfoeuille (CREST)
Aureo de Paula (University College London)
Marcelo Fernandes (Fundação Getulio Vargas)
Ivan Fernandez-Val (Boston University)
Christophe Gaillac (University of Geneva)
Marc Hallin (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Luojia Hu (Chicago FED)
Koen Jochmans (Toulouse School of Economics)
Ilze Kalnina (North Carolina State University)
Philipp Ketz (Paris School of Economics)
Guido Kuersteiner (University of Maryland)
Olivier Linton (Cambrige University)
Elena Manresa (New York University)
Blaise Melly (University of Bern)
David Preinerstorfer (WU Vienna)
Martin Weidmer (Oxford University)