The workshop is organised by the Department of Economics of the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, and is co-sponsored by the European Central Bank, the Central Bank of Italy, the International Association for Applied Econometrics and GRETA Associati.

The ESOBE meetings aim at bringing together researchers and professionals interested in the application of Bayesian inference. Ever since the pioneering work of Arnold Zellner, Bayesian econometrics has expanded enormously in areas such as economics, finance, business, and marketing. The computational revolution in simulation techniques is a key ingredient in this expansion and allows the application of Bayesian methods to increasingly complex models and high-dimensional data environments. The ESOBE 2016 conference intends to discuss about research and application in the following areas:
 - Bayesian financial econometrics
 - Bayesian microeconometrics and program evaluation
 - Bayesian nonparametric
 - Shrinkage estimation and variable selection in high dimensions
 - Computational methods for large datasets
 - Efficient MCMC and SMC methods for complex models

 The keynote speakers of ESOBE 2016 are:
 - Christian P. Robert (University Paris Dauphine and University of Warwick)
 - Ulrich K. Mueller (Princeton University)
 - Thomas J. Sargent (New York University)

  The Scientific Committee consists of:
 - Monica Billio (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
 - Fabio Canova (BI Norwegian Business School)
 - Roberto Casarin (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)
 - Sylvia Fruehwirth-Schnatter (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)
 - Sylvia Kaufmann (Study Center Gerzensee)
 - Gary Koop (Strathclyde Business School)
 - Francesco Ravazzolo (Free University of Bozen/Bolzano)
 - Herman K. van Dijk (Erasmus University Rotterdam and VU University Amsterdam)

 More detailed information available on the Conference website:

 http://virgo.unive.it/esobe2016/index.htm

 (* Apologies for post-crossing)

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Roberto Casarin
University Ca' Foscari, Venice
Address: San Giobbe 873/b 
         30121 Venezia, Italy
Phone:   +39 041.234.91.49
Fax:     +39 041.234.91.76 
Web:     http://venus.unive.it/r.casarin/