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Cailin Slattery Presents at 74th Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance

Cailin Slattery presented two papers at the recent International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) conference in Tampere, Finland; "Campaign Spending and Corporate Subsidies: Evidence from Citizens United v FEC" and "U.S. State Incentive Spending and Large Establishment Spillovers." Both papers use a new data set that she created on state incentive spending, and are closely related to her job market paper on how states compete for firms using discretionary subsidies.

Diego Legal-Cañisá at the Becker-Friedman Institute's Macro Financial Modeling Summer Session

The Macro Financial Modeling (MFM) Summer Session, organized by the University of Chicago's Becker-Friedman Institute, is designed for early-career professionals and doctoral students in economics and related fields who are interested in developing enhanced macroeconomic models with linkages to the financial sector. Diego Legal-Cañisá, who participated in the 2018 Session, reports that it was "an excellent opportunity to receive feedback on my research from a wide range of top scholars with similar research interests.

Alumni Spotlight: Emily Steinhilber

Alumni Spotlight: Emily Steinhilber, Research Associate Professor at Old Dominion University

Identify Your Network: Who do you Know?

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Scholarship Opportunities in Italy

Scholarship Opportunities in Italy

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I would like to inform you that enrollment is now open for our 2 & 3-week business courses in Italy. We have limited scholarships available to students. All classes are taught in English and Italian language is not mandatory.

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Publish Your Paper with the Berkeley Economic Review!

Berkeley Economic Review-- the premier undergraduate economics journal at the University of California, Berkeley-- is currently accepting submissions for its sixth semesterly volume!

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