Scholarships and Grants

Congratulations to the annual winner, Maxim Pinkovskiy , Columbia University for taking first prize for his paper entitiled, "Rational Inattention and Choice Under Risk: Explaining Violations of Expected Utility Through a Shannon Entropy Formulation of the Costs of Rationality " Look for their paper to be published in an upcoming issue of the Atlantic Economic Journal.

To encourage undergraduate interest in economic issues, John Campbell , President, and Leszek Balcerowicz, Vice-President of the International Atlantic Economic Society cordially invite students to compete in the IAES annual undergraduate paper competition in Boston next October. Click here to find out more information.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR AFRICAN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN ECONOMISTS

A limited number of scholarships are available to help defray part of the cost of attending the Society's European conferences. Applicants must be from an African or Central European nation and be a professional economist. Recipients of the scholarships are required to present a formal research paper to fellow economists at the conference.

Letters of application should include: (1) Name; (2) Affiliation; (3) Rank; (4) Paper title (60 character limit); (5) Paper summary (500 word limit); (6) Category number of paper topic; (7) Agreement to be a discussant in a session other than the one in which you present a paper; (8) Category numbers of paper topics you wish to discuss; (9) Yearly income range: (less than $20,000); ($20,000 - $29,999); ($30,000 - $44,999); (over $45,000); (10) Biographical Sketch limited to 2 pages (e.g., education, key publications). Deadline for application is 31 December.

Send your applications to:

John M. Virgo Scholarship Fund
International Atlantic Economic Society
Suite 650, International Tower, Peachtree Center
229 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303 U.S.A.
Phone: 404-965-1555
Fax: 404-965-1556
E-mail: iaes@iaes.org

*If you wish to donate to the John M. Virgo Scholarship Fund for African Economists, please click here.

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