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You Wu wins Best Student Paper Prize at European Aviation Conference
Learn moreShort-term or long-term contracts? This is a question that constantly challenges asset providers as well as logistics service providers. Addressing this challenge, Ms. You Wu’s paper “Contracting strategies for price competing firms under uncertainty” comes to the rescue. The excellence of this paper has been well-recognised and recently it was awarded the Best Student Paper…
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Internship story: Valentin’s internship at Banque de Luxembourg
Learn moreValentin Roulez, a graduate of the Master of Sciences in Finance and Economics at the University of Luxembourg, had the opportunity to do an internship at the Banque the Luxembourg as part of his studies. In his internship Q&A he talks about his tasks, experiences and how the internship enabled him to kickstart his professional…
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LCL students win Grand Prize at MIT SCALE Supply Chain Research Expo
Learn moreHarika Marisetti and Lakshmi Ravi’s Master thesis project “Economic Value Prediction of Multi-Echelon Safety Stock Optimisation Based on Supply Network Features”, supervised by Prof. Joachim Arts, took home the “Grand Prize” award at the 2022 MIT SCALE Supply Chain Research Expo.
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Where is my stuff? Supply chains in turbulent times III
Learn moreShortages, delays, empty shelves, higher prices, stockpiling. The supply chain problems are mounting since the beginning of the pandemic and the effects are felt by almost every sector of the economy.
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Inclusive Finance Certificate 2022
Learn moreThe ADA Chair in Financial Law (Inclusive Finance) at the University of Luxembourg’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, together with Appui au Developpement Autonome (ADA), a non-governmental organisation in inclusive finance, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) has organised the Certificate in Law and Regulation of Inclusive Finance each year since 2016.
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Where is my stuff? Supply chains in turbulent times I
Learn moreShortages, delays, empty shelves, higher prices, stockpiling. The supply chain problems are mounting since the beginning of the pandemic and the effects are felt by almost every sector of the economy. Construction for instance was severely affected by drastic shortages of materials coupled with high steel and wood prices. The automotive sector still cannot deliver…
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Unleashing AI on the Art Market with Roman Kräussl
Learn moreDoes artificial intelligence have a place in such a fickle and quirky environment as the secondary art market? Can an algorithm learn to predict the value assigned to an artwork at auction? These questions, among others, were analysed by a group of researchers including Roman Kräussl, professor with the Department of Finance at the Faculty…
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FDEF researchers receive Real Estate Market Analysis Manuscript Prize
Learn moreProfs Ulf von Lilienfeld-Toal, head of the Department of Finance, and François Koulischer, Assistant Professor within the Department of Finance were recently honoured with a 2021 Real Estate Market Analysis Manuscript Prize from the American Real Estate Society (ARES), an organisation of real estate thought leaders drawn from both practice and academia dedicated to encouraging…
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Automation, growth, and factor shares in the era of population aging
Learn moreAndreas Irmen, Professor within the Department of Economics and Management at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance has published a paper in the December 2021 edition of The Journal of Economic Growth entitled “Automation, growth, and factor shares in the era of population aging.”
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IAS Young Academics grants awarded to FDEF doctoral candidates
Learn moreThe Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) of the University of Luxembourg has awarded a Young Academics grant to two FDEF doctoral candidates. This internal funding instrument aims to attract outstanding PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers who wish to undertake interdisciplinary research within a consortium of various entities from the University of Luxembourg. Each candidate is…