Welcome to the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics!

The Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE) is a doctoral program available to doctoral students of economics at participating Bavarian universities.

It is based on the cooperation of academic researchers from Bavarian universities and other renowned centers of economic research in Bavaria. The program offers courses, workshops, and advice by the best scientists in the field. The Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics invites excellent doctoral students in Economics to participate in its courses and workshops.

News

07.08.2023 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Macroeconomics" by Anton Braun is now open. Please apply by September 03, 2023 at the latest. More information

07.08.2023 The deadline for the next application round for the "BGPE Doctoral Student" status is November 30, 2023. More information

27.06.2023 The application for the BGPE course "Behavioral Economics" by Muriel Niederle is now open. Please apply by July 05, 2023 at the latest. More information

19.06.2023 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by July 16, 2023 at the latest. More information

12.06.2023 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Microeconomics" by Zvika Neeman is now open. Please apply by July 9, 2023 at the latest. More information

05.06.2023 The application for the BGPE course "Labor Economics" by Christina Gathmann is now open. Please apply by June 25, 2023 at the latest. More information

28.04.2023 The application for the 35. BGPE Research Workshop in Regensburg July 20â€“21, 2023, is now open. Please apply by May 28, 2023 at the latest. More information

06.02.2023 The deadline for the next application round for the "BGPE Doctoral Student" status is May 25, 2023. More information

02.01.2023 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by January 30, 2023 at the latest. More information

19.12.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Academic Writing" by Theo Best is now open. Please apply by January 15, 2023 at the latest. More information

15.11.2022 The course program for 2023 is now online. More information

10.11.2022 The application for the 34. BGPE Research Workshop in Augsburg, January 26â€“27, 2023, is now open. Please apply by December 18, 2022 at the latest. More information

10.10.2022 The deadline for the next application round for the "BGPE Doctoral Student" status is December 01, 2022. More information

12.07.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Macroeconomics " by Alexandre N. Kohlhas is now open. Please apply by August 01, 2022 at the latest. More information

27.06.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Machine Learning" by Martin Huber is now open. Please apply by July 24, 2022 at the latest. More information

23.06.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by July 17, 2022 at the latest. More information

13.06.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Microeconomics" by Nick Netzer is now open. Please apply by July 11, 2022 at the latest. More information

30.05.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Monetary Economics and Finance" by David Andolfatto is now open. Please apply by June 26, 2022 at the latest. More information

24.05.2022 The application for the 33. BGPE Research Workshop in Passau, July 28â€“29, 2022, is now open. Please apply by June 22, 2022 at the latest. More information

09.03.2022 The deadline for the next application round for the "BGPE Doctoral Student" status is June 06, 2022. More information

28.02.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Causal Effects in Applied Economics " by Sascha O. Becker is now open. Please apply by March 20, 2022 at the latest. More information

03.02.2022 Due to the spread of COVID-19 we decided to postpone the BGPE course "Causal Effects in Applied Economics" by Sascha O. Becker scheduled for March 14-18, 2022. The new date for the Causal Effects in Applied Economics course is April 19-23, 2022. More information

24.01.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Academic Writing" by Theo Best is now open. Please apply by February 20, 2022 at the latest. More information

10.01.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Causal Effects in Applied Economics " by Sascha O. Becker is now open. Please apply by February 02, 2022 at the latest. More information

07.01.2022 Due to the spread of COVID-19 the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge scheduled for March 07 - March 11 will take place virtually. Please note that this will extend the course period from five to seven days. The new date for the "Advanced Econometrics" course is March 3-4 and March 7-11. More information

05.01.2022 Due to the spread of COVID-19 we decided to postpone the BGPE course "Monetary Economics and Finance" by David Andolfatto scheduled for February 14-18, 2022. The new date for the Monetary Economics and Finance course is August 01-05, 2022. More information

03.01.2022 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by January 30, 2022 at the latest. More information

20.12.2021 The application for the BGPE course "Monetary Economics and Finance" by David Andolfatto is now open. Please apply by January 16, 2022 at the latest. More information

30.11.2021 The course program for 2022 is now online. More information

15.11.2021 The application for the 32th BGPE Research Workshop in Passau, January 27â€“28,2022, is now open. Please apply by December 19, 2021 at the latest. More information

19.10.2021 The deadline for the next application round for the "BGPE Doctoral Student" status is December 05, 2021. More information

11.08.2021 The application for the BGPE course "International Trade" by Gianmarco Ottaviano is now open. Please apply by September 05, 2021 at the latest. More information

19.07.2021 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Macroeconomics " by Matthias Doepke is now open. Please apply by August 15, 2021 at the latest. More information

12.07.2021 The application for the BGPE course "Labor and Migration " by Giovanni Peri is now open. Please apply by August 08, 2021 at the latest. More information

29.06.2021 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Microeconomics" by Zvika Neeman is now open. Please apply by July 25, 2021 at the latest. More information

21.06.2021 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by July 18, 2021 at the latest. Please note: Due to the spread of COVID-19 the course will take place virtually. More information

02.06.2021 The application for the BGPE course "Machine Learning" by Michal Andrle is now open. Please apply by June 20, 2021 at the latest. Please note: Due to the spread of COVID-19 the course will take place virtually. More information

10.05.2021 The application for the 31th BGPE Research Workshop, July 15â€“16,2021, is now open. Please apply by June 13, 2021 at the latest. Due to the current situation the workshop will take place virtually. More information

16.03.2021 Due to the ongoing Corona pandemic the BGPE Council decided that the next BGPE Workshop (15th, 16th July) will take place virtually. More information

15.03.2021 The deadline for the next application round for the "BGPE Doctoral Student" status is May 24, 2021. More information

27.01.2021 The application for the BGPE course "Empirical Public Finance" by Daniel WaldenstrÃ¶m is now open. Please apply by February 21, 2021 at the latest. Please note: Due to the spread of COVID-19 the course will take place virtually. More information

14.01.2021 Due to the spread of COVID-19 we decided to postpone the BGPE course "Labor & Migration" by Giovanni Peri scheduled for April 05-10, 2021. The new date for the Labor & Migration course is September 12-17, 2021. More information

11.01.2021 The application for the BGPE course "Academic Writing"; by Lesley-Anne Weiling is now open. Please apply by February 08, 2021 at the latest. More information

04.01.2021 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by January 24, 2021 at the latest. More information

09.12.2020 Due to the spread of COVID-19 the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge scheduled for February 28 - March 05 will take place online. Please note that this will extend the course period from five to seven days. The new date for the "Advanced Econometrics" course is March 01 - 05, March 09 and March 11, 2021. More information

01.12.2020 The application for the 30th BGPE Research Workshop, February 04â€“05,2021, is now open. Please apply by January 10, 2021 at the latest. Due to the current situation the workshop will take place virtually. More information

13.11.2020 The course program for 2021 is now online. More information

12.11.2020 The deadline for the next application round for the "BGPE Doctoral Student" status is December 13, 2020. More information

03.08.2020 Due to the spread of COVID-19 the planned course "Empirical Public Finance" by Daniel Waldenstroem cannot take place in October. However, we are very pleased to emphasize that the course has only been postponed and is expected to take place in 2021. More information

03.08.2020 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Macroeconomicss" by Kurt Mitman is now open. Please apply by August 23, 2020 at the latest. Due to the current situation the course will take place virtually. More information

20.07.2020 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Microeconomicss" by Zvika Neeman is now open. Please apply by August 16, 2020 at the latest. More information

17.07.2020 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Arthur van Soest is now open. Please apply by August 02, 2020 at the latest. More information

15.07.2020 The planned Advanced Econometrics course will not take place with Jeffrey Wooldridge in October. We want to avoid that the course is cancelled at short notice due to the ongoing travel restrictions. Instead, his European colleague Arthur van Soest will teach the course. There is also a change in the date of the course. The course will take place from September 6th to 11th in Parsberg. More information

06.07.2020 Due to the spread of COVID-19 and the ongoing travel restrictions Prof. Peri will unfortunately not be able to travel to Germany, which is why the planned course "Labor & Migration" cannot take place in September. However, we are very pleased to emphasize that the course has only been postponed and is expected to take place in 2021. More information

22.05.2020 Due to the spread of COVID-19 we decided to postpone the BGPE course "Advanced Macroeconomics" by Kurt Mitman scheduled for August 23-28, 2020. The new date for the "Advanced Macroeconomics" course is September 27 - October 02, 2020. More information

14.05.2020 The deadline for the next application round for the "BGPE Doctoral Student" status is June 15, 2020. More information

14.05.2020 Due to the spread of COVID-19 we decided to postpone the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge scheduled for August 16-21, 2020. The new date for the "Advanced Econometrics" course is October 25 - 30, 2020. More information

13.05.2020 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic BGPE courses planned for the summer of 2020 will not be offered as planned. They will be either postponed to the fall or offered online. We will provide more information as soon as possible.

13.05.2020 Due to the spread of COVID-19 we decided to postpone the BGPE course "Advanced Microeconomic" by Zvika Neeman scheduled for August 9-14, 2020. The new date for the Advanced Microeconomics course is September 20 - 25, 2020. More information

11.05.2020 Cancellation of the 30th BGPE workshop in Passau: We regret to inform you that due to the spread of COVID-19 we decided to cancel the 30th BGPE Workshop in Passau schedulded for July 23-24, 2020. More information

19.12.2019 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by January 19, 2020 at the latest. More information

13.11.2019 The application for the 29th BGPE Research Workshop in Nuremberg, February 06â€“07,2020, is now open. Please apply by December 15, 2019 at the latest. More information

12.11.2019 The course program for 2020 is now online. More information

30.09.2019 The deadline for the next application round for the "BGPE Doctoral Student" status is December 12, 2019. More information

29.07.2019 The application for the BGPE course "Academic Writing"; by William Thomson is now open. Please apply by August 25, 2019 at the latest. More information

15.07.2019 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Macroeconomics" by Matthias Doepke is now open. Please apply by August 11, 2019 at the latest. More information

01.07.2019 The application for the BGPE course "Behavioral Economics" by Sanjit Dhami is now open. Please apply by July 28, 2019 at the latest. More information

17.06.2019 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by July 14, 2019 at the latest. More information

11.06.2019 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Microeconomics" by Zvika Neeman is now open. Please apply by July 7, 2019 at the latest. More information

04.06.2019 The application for the BGPE course "Econometric Methods to Estimate Causal Effects" by Jeffrey A. Smith and Jessica Goldberg is now open. Please apply by June 23, 2019 at the latest. More information

22.05.2019 The application for the 28th BGPE Research Workshop in Regensburg, July 25â€“26,2019, is now open. Please apply by June 17, 2019 at the latest. More information

28.01.2019 The BGPE research workshop in Munich offered a session on the academic job market. We thank Prof. Sebastian Goerg (TUM) who held an Assistant Professorship at Florida State University and parcipated in hiring committees for sharing his insights on the US academic job market. He agreed to share his presentation slides on our website. Information about the European academic job market can be found on the website of the European Economic Association.

17.12.2018 Please note that the course "Econometric Methods to Estimate Causal Effects" by Jeffrey A. Smith had to be moved by one week. The new dates for the course are 28.07.-02.08.2019.

10.12.2018 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by January 13, 2019 at the latest. More information

06.11.2018 The application for the 27th BGPE Research Workshop in Munich, January 24â€“25,2019, is now open. Please apply by December 9, 2018 at the latest. More information

15.10.2018 The course program for 2019 is now online. More information

24.07.2018 The application for the BGPE course "Academic Writing" by Anne Wegner is now open. Please apply by August 19, 2018 at the latest. More information

11.06.2018 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Microeconomics" by Zvika Neeman is now open. Please apply by July 8, 2018 at the latest. More information

08.06.2018 The application for the BGPE course "Advanced Econometrics" by Jeffrey Wooldridge is now open. Please apply by July 1, 2018 at the latest. More information

22.05.2018 The application for the BGPE course "Field Experiments in Development Economics" by Alessandro Tarozzi is now open. Please apply by June 17, 2018 at the latest. More information

04.04.2018 The application for the 26th BGPE Research Workshop in Ingolstadt, June 7â€“8,2018, is now open. Please apply by May 11, 2018 at the latest. More information

22.01.2018 The application for the BGPE course "Regional and Urban Economics" by Gilles Duranton is now open. Please apply by February 18, 2018 at the latest. More information

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