2024 African Meeting, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

June 5 - 8, 2024

2024 Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society (HYBRID)

June 5-8, 2024
ENSEA, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

Paper submission and registration have closed.

We are pleased to announce that 2024 Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society (AFES 2024) will be hosted by Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée (ENSEA, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire) from June 5-8, 2024. The conference will be preceded by the Africa Summer School in Econometrics (ASSE 2024).

ENSEA is situated in the Municipality of Cocody, along Avenue des Grandes Ecoles.

You can view the Scientific program by clicking here.

The Scientific Program Chair are Firmin Doko Tchatoka (University of Adelaide) and Romuald Meango (University of Oxford). The Local Organizing Chair is Hugues Kouadio (ENSEA).

Presidential Address

Eliana La Ferrara
Harvard University
Thursday, 6 June, 2024

Plenary Lectures

Joshua Angrist
Arthur Lewis Lecture
MIT
Friday, 7 June, 2024

Douglas Gollin
University of Oxford
Friday, 7 June, 2024

Melanie Morten
Stanford University
Thursday, 6 June, 2024

Ismael Y. Mourifie
University of Toronto
Saturday, 8 June, 2024

Griliches Lectures

Ellen McGrattan
University of Minnesota
Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
Measuring Business Value and Productivity

Host Organizing Committee - ENSEA, Abidjan

Hugues Kouadio (ENSEA, Chair), Lewis Landry Gakpa (ENSEA), Fe Doukoure (ENSEA), Kouamé Taki (ENSEA), Débora Olapade (ENSEA), Romaric Coulibaly (ENSEA), Frejus Hondouga (ENSEA), Rosine Mosso (ENSEA), Honorine AMAN épouse Tano (ENSEA), Marie Lydie Piekoura (ENSEA), Denis Cogneau (PSE, IRD), Stéphanie Dos Santos (IRD), Flore Gubert (IRD, DIAL, Paris-Dauphine)

Econometric Society General Sponsors

Paper submission and registration have closed.

Hotels

All participants supported by ENSEA will be accommodated in hotels close to ENSEA, located in the Commune of Cocody within a 10-minute drive.

Please click here to view the hotels list. For additional information click h ere.

Travel information

ENSEA is located in the Municipality of Cocody, along Avenue des Grandes Ecoles.

Location: https://goo.gl/maps/Lo5qoWvdYnA9Y9tu6

Transport from the airport to the hotel is the participants' responsibility. Participants can:

Arrange a shuttle bus through their hotel, if available.
Utilize one of the transportation options mentioned below.
Employ the services of a shuttle agency like LilaneMice (Contact Mrs. KOUASSI Blandine at [email protected]).

Local transportation options include:

Private car hire companies (Yango, Uber, Heetch): These are highly recommended. Participants are advised to download and register on these apps in advance.
Inter-municipality taxicabs (orange and white or solely orange).

For participants staying in recommended hotels, shuttle buses will be provided from the hotels to ENSEA in the morning and from ENSEA to the hotels at the end of the day. Departure and return times will be communicated later. Any additional transportation during the day will be at your own arrangement.

To facilitate travel, participants are encouraged to purchase a local SIM card (available at airport mobile phone network stands). Telephone operators offer mobile and/or data packages.

The conference will be held at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d’Economie Appliquée (ENSEA) located in the Commune of Cocody on Boulevard Mitterrand, Avenue des Grandes Ecoles. For additional information click h ere.

You can view the Scientific program by clicking here.

Scientific Program Committee

Chair

Firmin Doko Tchatoka
University of Adelaide

Romuald Méango
University of Oxford

Moussa Kouamé Richard (ENSEA)

Keho Yaya (ENSEA), Jacques ESSO (ENSEA)

Program committee areas and committee members

1.1 Development Economics (Health, Gender, Race, Poverty and Agricultural Economics, natural resources and environmental economics)

Chair: Habiba Djebbari (Aix-Marseille University), Marlene Koffi (University of Toronto)Denis Cogneau (PSE, IRD)
Octave Keutiben (Université de Moncton)
Steve Koch (University of Pretoria)
Didier Tatoutchoup (Université de Moncton)

1.2 Urban Economics (Urban Economics, Economic Inequality and Societies)

Chair: Moussa Blimpo (University of Toronto)
Bocar A. Ba (Duke University)
Stéphanie Dos Santos (IRD)
Flore Gubert (IRD, DIAL, Paris-Dauphine)

1.3 Microeconomic Theory (Public Economy, Contract theory, Cooperative game theory, Decision theory, Dynamic games, Game Theory, Auctions, Mechanism design, Market design, Learning, Matching, Networks)

Chairs: Roland Pongou (University of Ottawa)
Youssef Benzarti (University of California,Santa Barbara)
Moussa Kouamé Richard (ENSEA)
Jean-Baptiste Tondji (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
Agnes Zabsonre(Université Nazi Boni)

1.4 Empirical Microeconomics (Labor economics, Applied theory, Industrial Organization, Education, Information economics, Behavioral economics, Experimental economics)

Chair: Noam Angrist (University of Oxford), George Gayle-Levi (Washington University in St. Louis)
Binta Zahra Diop (Stamford University)
Robert Garlick (Duke University)

1.5 Macroeconomics (Growth, Trade, Business cycles, Energy, Infrastructure, International Economy, International Finance, Foreign Direct Investment)

Chair: Hafedh Bouakez (HEC Montreal), Sophie Osotimehin (UQAM)
Dessie Ambaw (University of South Australia)
Jacques ESSO (ENSEA)
Dozie Okoye (Dalhousie University)
Edouard Wemy (Clark University)

1.6 Financial Econometrics (Asset pricing, Derivatives, Corporate Finance, Investment Management)

Chairs: Shuping Shi (Macquarie University), Romeo Tédongap (ESSEC Paris)
Ulrich Hounyo (University at Albany, State University of New York)
Rachidi Kotchoni (BAD, Tunisie)

1.7 Organisational Economics, Political Economics, Banking and Finance, Financial Risk Management

Chair: Ameet Morjaria (Northwestern University), Sessi Tokpavi (University of Orléans)
Issouf Soumaré (Université Laval)

1.8 Econometric Theory (Bayesian inference, Bootstrap, GMM, Identification/partial and weak identification)

Chair: Prosper Dovonon (Concordia University)
Antoine Djogbenou (York University)
Pierre Nguimkeu (Georgia State University)
Andrew Pua (Xiamen University)
Emmanuel Selorm Tsyawo (Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique)

1.9 Times series (Macro-econometrics, Factor models, Forecasting)

Chair: Abderrahim Taamouti (University of Liverpool)
Qazi Haque (University of Adelaide)
Keho Yaya (ENSEA)

1.10 Applied Econometrics (Microeconometrics, Treatment effects, Panel data, Spatial dependence/clusters/networks, Machine learning/big data)

Chair: Dalia Ghanem (UC Davis)
Augustine Denteh (Tulane University)
Aristide Houndetoungan (Cy Cergy Paris Université)
Désiré Kédagni (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Eric Mbapok (University of Calgary)

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2024 African Meeting, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

June 5 - 8, 2024

2024 Africa Meeting of the Econometric Society (HYBRID)

Presidential Address

Plenary Lectures

Griliches Lectures

Host Organizing Committee - ENSEA, Abidjan

Econometric Society General Sponsors

Hotels

Travel information

Scientific Program Committee

Chair

Moussa Kouamé Richard (ENSEA)

Keho Yaya (ENSEA), Jacques ESSO (ENSEA)

Program committee areas and committee members

1.1 Development Economics (Health, Gender, Race, Poverty and Agricultural Economics, natural resources and environmental economics)

1.2 Urban Economics (Urban Economics, Economic Inequality and Societies)

1.3 Microeconomic Theory (Public Economy, Contract theory, Cooperative game theory, Decision theory, Dynamic games, Game Theory, Auctions, Mechanism design, Market design, Learning, Matching, Networks)

1.4 Empirical Microeconomics (Labor economics, Applied theory, Industrial Organization, Education, Information economics, Behavioral economics, Experimental economics)

1.5 Macroeconomics (Growth, Trade, Business cycles, Energy, Infrastructure, International Economy, International Finance, Foreign Direct Investment)

1.6 Financial Econometrics (Asset pricing, Derivatives, Corporate Finance, Investment Management)

1.7 Organisational Economics, Political Economics, Banking and Finance, Financial Risk Management

1.8 Econometric Theory (Bayesian inference, Bootstrap, GMM, Identification/partial and weak identification)

1.9 Times series (Macro-econometrics, Factor models, Forecasting)

1.10 Applied Econometrics (Microeconometrics, Treatment effects, Panel data, Spatial dependence/clusters/networks, Machine learning/big data)

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