Host: Onsi Sawiris School of Business at The American University in Cairo (AUC)

Date: June 5 - 9, 2026

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Program Committee: 

        Mohammed Bouaddi (AUC), co-Chair     

        Dalia Ghanem (UC Davis), co-Chair

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Local Organizing Committee:

         Samer Atallah (AUC, Chair)

        Sherine Ghoneim (ERF)

        Ali Hadi (AUC)

        Farida Mahgoub (AUC)

         

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Topics and instructors: 

​AFSS 2026 will cover four topics, each developed over 6 hours, and will close with the Lucas-Modigliani lectures.

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June 5, 2026: Randomized controlled trials in economics

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Instructor:  

Bruno Crépon, ENSAE, Paris

Assistant:

TBA.

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June 6, 2026: Instrumental variables methods

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Instructor:    

Ismael Mourifie,  Washington University in St Louis

Assistant:

TBA.

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June 7, 2026: Regression Discontinuity Designs

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Instructor:

Matias Cattaneo, Princeton University

Assistant:

TBA.

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June 8, 2026: Causal Inference using Panel Data

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Instructor:

Guido Imbens, Stanford University, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2021

Assistant:

TBA.

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June 9, 2026: Lucas-Modigliani Lectures : Rethinking the New Keynesian Model

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Instructor:

Jordi Galí, CREI, UPF and Barcelona School of Economics

Assistant:

TBA.​​

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Important dates: 

                      Application deadline: January 7, 2026 - Click here to apply

                   Admission decision:   January 15, 2026

                   Registration deadline: April 30, 2026

                   (All participants must be members in good standing of the Econometric Society).

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Registration fees:

                  On-site participation:

                           Regular rate: 600 $US

                  Online participation :

                           Regular rate: 200 $US 

(Possibility of funding for Africa-based PhD students and Scholars)

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Click here for more information. 

 

For any issue, please contact int.office@aucegypt.edu

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