The committee for organizing the 2012 edition of the Econometric Game has started.
The registration for universities is open. The letters of invitation have been sent and subscription is open to all Universities. If your University hasn’t received an invitation, but you are interested in participating or want to receive a letter of invitation for the following years please do not hesitate to contact us.
To see the list of universities that have already applied, check out the link below.

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Maastricht University!

The jury was impressed by their full and complete analysis. The team of Maastricht University consisted of the following members: Thomas Götz (captain), Sarah Dahmann, Daniel Pollmann, Marc Schröder and Lei Wan. The Econometric Game Committee 2011 hopes that they will be back again in Amsterdam next year to defend their title.

The complete top-three of the Econometric Game 2011 is as follows:

1. Maastricht University
2. University of Oxford
3. University of Cambridge

During the opening ceremony on Tuesday April 12, the casemaker prof.dr. F. Windmeijer (University of Bristol) announced this year’s theme: using genetic markers as an instrument for investigating the effect of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.

Mendelian Randomisation is the term used to describe the random allocation of genes from parents to offspring. Recent advances in genotyping have made it possible to obtain genetic information more easily and economists are increasingly interested in the use of genetic variants as instrumental variables to identify the effect of a modifiable non-genetic risk factor on the outcomes of interest. Of course, there may be various reasons why a genetic marker may not be a valid instrument. Also, a genetic marker may only be weakly associated with the risk factor.

On April 14, the Econometric Game Congress 2011 will take place. During the congress, known professors in econometrics and specialists will give their view on the case of the Econometric Game 2011. As the subject of the Econometric Game 2011 is still confidential, we cannot yet publish the full program. However, we are very honoured to anounce that professor D.A. Jaeger (University of Cologne and City University of New York)