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Intro. to Spatial CGE

Date and time: 22nd Mar. 2026 

🕙 Morning:10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Germany time)

🕐 Afternoon:2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (Germany time)

Duration: 4 Hours

Fees: 130€ 

Content:

• Overview of Spatial General Equilibrium: regions, trade costs, and why spatial modeling matters.
  
• Core Model Structure: production, consumption, trade flows, and equilibrium conditions.
  
• GAMS Foundations: sets, parameters, variables, equations, and MPSGE/MCP setup.
  
• Hands-On Model Building
  

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Intro. to CGE using GTAP/GEMPACK - First round

Date and time: 22nd Feb. 2026 

🕙 Morning:10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Germany time)

🕐 Afternoon:2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (Germany time)

Duration: 4 Hours

Fees: 112€ 

Content:

• What a CGE model is and how it’s used
• Difference between CGE, PE and Econometrics
• CGE Limitations
• Basics of the GTAP Data Base and Social Accounting Matrices (SAM)
• How GEMPACK works and how to run your first policy simulation
  
• Reading outputs and making sense of results
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Behavioural Finance & Technical Analysis

Date and time: 14th March 2026 

🕙 Morning:10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Germany time)

🕐 Afternoon:2:30 PM – 5:00 PM (Germany time)

Duration: 5 Hours

Fees: 155€ 

Content:

• How Investor Psychology Shapes Market Moves: Biases, Emotions & Decision Traps
• Understanding Market Sentiment: When Fear, Greed and Cognitive Biases Drive Prices
• Technical Analysis Essentials: Price Charts, Trends, Patterns, and Trading Signals
• Bridging Behavior and Charts: Why Patterns Repeat — Markets as Collective Psychology
• Applying Insights: Combining Behavioral & Technical Tools for Smarter Investment Decisions
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Econometrics of Climate Change

Date and time: 30th May 2026 

🕙 First Session: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM (Germany time)

🕐 Second Session : 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM (Germany time)

Duration: 5 Hours

Fees: 175€ 

Content:

• Foundations of Climate Econometrics: Linking Climate Data with Economic Outcomes
• Data Collection & Preprocessing
• Econometric Modeling in R & Python: From Regression to Advanced Methods
• Impact Assessment of Climate Policies: 
• Case Studies & Policy Analysis: Applying Econometric Tools to Real Climate-Economy Problems
  

Intro. to Experimetrics-Behavioral Econometrics

Date and time: 21 Feb 2026 

🕙 Morning:10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Germany time)

🕐 Afternoon:2:30 PM – 5:00 PM (Germany time)

Duration: 5 Hours

Fees: 100€ 

Content:

• Core Concepts of Behavioral Economics: Biases, Heuristics & Real-World Decision Patterns
• Experimental & Survey Design Basics: Building Simple Behavioral Studies
• Collecting and Preparing Behavioral Data: Practical Steps and Tools
• Essential Behavioral Econometrics: Estimation, Treatment Effects & Interpretation
• Practical Applications: Using Behavioral Insights for Policy and Real-World Analysis
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Intro. to Social Accounting Matrix-Second round

Date and time: 5th June 2026 

🕙 Morning:10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Germany time)

🕐 Afternoon:2:30 PM – 5:00 PM (Germany time)

Duration: 5 Hours

Fees: 130€ 

Content:

• Brief intro. to CGE Modeling
  
• SAM Structure.
• Understanding the Numbers: Interpreting transactions.
• SAM vs. IO Tables: Critical differences, 

• Hands-On Balancing
• Disaggregating Accounts: Practical methods for adding new sectors, factors, and household groups to enhance model detail.
  
• The SAM as a CGE Database: How the balanced SAM provides the core data for calibrating a CGE model.

Intro. to Experimetrics-Behavioral Econometrics- Second round

Date and time: 18 April 2026 

🕙 Morning:10:00 AM – 11:30 AM (Germany time)

🕐 Afternoon:2:30 PM – 4:00 PM (Germany time)

Duration: 3 Hours

Fees: 55€ 

Content:

• Core Concepts of Behavioral Economics: Biases, Heuristics & Real-World Decision Patterns
• Experimental & Survey Design Basics: Building Simple Behavioral Studies
• Collecting and Preparing Behavioral Data: Practical Steps and Tools
• Essential Behavioral Econometrics: Estimation, Treatment Effects & Interpretation
• Practical Applications: Using Behavioral Insights for Policy and Real-World Analysis
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Intro. to Treatment effect models-DiD and PSM

Date and time: 11 April 2026 

🕙 Morning:10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Germany time)

🕐 Afternoon:2:30 PM – 5:00 PM (Germany time)

Duration: 5 Hours

Fees: 100€ 

Content:

• Causal Inference Basics: Why We Use PSM and DiD in Non-Experimental Settings
• Propensity Score Matching: Estimation, Matching Methods & Balance Checking
• Difference-in-Differences: Before–After Comparisons, Parallel Trends & Estimation
• Combined PSM-DiD Approach: Strengthening Causal Identification
• Interpreting Treatment Effects: Assumptions, Limitations & Applied Policy Examples
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