IMD Days bring together researchers and students interested in understanding the role of markets and policy in addressing the problem of inequality. The goal of the workshop is to create bridges between fields (economic theory, public finance, welfare economics, applied microeconomics) and discuss different perspectives and approaches (theoretical and empirical). IMD Days will feature a few longer talks in a “summer school style” as well as shorter “conference style” talks. The program will create ample opportunities for long conversations and networking.
To facilitate interactions, all participants will be accommodated in a small hotel in Konstancin-Jeziorna, a spa town right outside of Warsaw. The conference dinner will take place in Warsaw on Thursday and there will be a sightseeing trip on Saturday after the conference.
Confirmed speakers:
Mohammad Akbarpour is a Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and works on market design, the interaction of design and inequality, and networked markets. Akbarpour is particularly interested in understanding how the kidney exchange markets, school choice systems, and the labor markets evolve, and to improve their designs. He frequently employs tools from computer science to tackle computationally complex economic problems.
Maya Eden is a Professor of Economics at the University of Zurich, and an associate professor of economics at Brandeis University (on leave). She is also an affiliate of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Global Priorities Institute. Her primary research areas are normative economics and macroeconomics.
Felix Bierbrauer is a Professor of Economics at the University of Cologne. He is a member of the board of academic advisors of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. He is also affiliated with ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy, a Cluster of Excellence under Germany’s Excellence Strategy. Further affiliations are with the CEPR, CESifo and the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
Submissions of extended abstracts or full papers dealing with one of the conference topics. Papers may be either theoretical or empirical.
There is a contribution to help cover the costs of conference materials, refreshments, conference dinner and social program. The contribution is set to 300 euros. Speakers at the conference are exempt.
Piotr Dworczak leads IMD project at GRAPE and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University. He works on Mechanism and Information Design, combining research in pure theory with more applied interests in public finance.
Sylwia Radomska is a post-doc in IMD project at GRAPE and an assistant professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences. She focuses on optimal taxation of human capital, higher education financing, and the role of parental support and financial aid. Her research also explores social inequalities across households and the impact of societal aging on labor market dynamics.
Joanna Tyrowicz is a professor of economics at the University of Warsaw and she leads the Group for Research in Applied Economics (GRAPE). Her main research areas are labor economics, demographics and pensions with particular focus on inequality. She is a member of the Monetary Policy Council.
Joanna Krysta is a research assistant at GRAPE and a 2nd year PhD student in Economics at Stanford University. Her scientific interests include mechanism design, rational inattention and auction theory.
Filip Tokarski is a research assistant at GRAPE and a 3rd year PhD student in Economics at Stanford GSB. He is interested in mechanism design, in particular multidimensional screening and redesigning social programs. He has recently been working on mechanisms allocating goods through waitlists.
Application due: April 30th, 2025
Acceptance notification: April 30th, 2025
Registration due: May 15th, 2025
Conference: July 30th - August 1st, 2025
The full program for the conference will be available in early June.
Eva Park Life and Spa, ul. Henryka Sienkiewicza 2, 05-510 Konstancin-Jeziorna