Professor of economics Torben M. Andersen is to head a new expert group which will outline a long-term strategy for dealing with coronavirus in Denmark. Professor of economics Michael Svarer will also participate in the group.

Senior researcher Oleguer Plana-Ripoll from the Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus BSS has received a Lundbeck Foundation fellowship of DKK 10 million to establish his own research team within register-based research on mental health. His team will provide a comprehensive overview of the causes and consequences of mental disorders.

Professor of economics Kim Christensen receives DKK 6.2 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for his research project about sudden price declines in financial markets.

Senior researcher Oleguer Plana-Ripoll receives DKK 2.9 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for his research project about the connection between socio-economic status and mental disorders.

Economics PhD student Maximiliano Enrique Cubillos from Aarhus BSS receives the EliteForsk travel grant and goes on research stays in the Netherlands and Canada. Both institutions are leading experts within operations research, which Maximiliano uses to solve issues with waste management in his PhD project.

This year, a group of four PhD students from the Department of Economics and Business Economics ranked among the ten best participants at Econometric Game, the world championship in econometrics.

The government has once again requested assistance from the economic expert group consisting of Torben M. Andersen, Michael Svarer and Philipp Schröder. They are to present their recommendations for phasing out the bailout packages.

Professor of economics Michael Svarer, Aarhus BSS at Aarhus University, will head an expert group tasked with presenting different scenarios for the taxation of CO2 emissions.

Bliv opdateret på den økonomiske situation i Danmark efter et år med nedlukninger, hjælpepakker og genåbning. Og få historien om tre Aarhus BSS-økonomer, der blev bedt om at rådgive Folketinget om en økonomisk situation, som ingen havde oplevet før.

Det var med stor sorg, at vi modtog meddelelsen om, at vores kære kollega, Professor Kim Allan Andersen pludselig var afgået ved døden den 20. januar 2021 i en alder af blot 64 år.