Welcome to Incentives - the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics!

The Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics "Incentives" is a doctoral program for excellent students sponsored by the Elite Network of Bavaria.

It is based on the cooperation of academic researchers from different Bavarian universities and other renowned centers of economic research in Bavaria. The program offers courses, workshops, and advice by the best scientists in the field. Our doctoral students benefit from our international contacts and go abroad for one semester. Also, they are offered internships at research and business institutions. The Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics invites excellent doctoral students in Economics to participate in its courses, workshops, and seminars.

Click here for the flyer and check the BGPE Discussion Paper Series.

10.02.2010 The BGPE welcomes applications from highly qualified and motivated postgraduate students of Economics or related fields. The application deadline for the three-year appointments starting September 1, 2010 is April 16, 2010 - more information. Click here for details on the application procedure.

07.01.2010 The application deadline for the BGPE Course "Frontiers in Macroeconomics" is February 5 more information.

15.12.2009 The application deadline for the BGPE Course "Frontiers in Microeconomics" is January 15 more information.

10.12.2009 The application deadline for the 9th BGPE Research Workshop in Nuremberg is January 7 more information.

28.07.2009 The application deadline for the BGPE Course "Empirical Labor Economics" is August 28 more information.

26.06.2009 Seminars by Prof. Wolfgang Gick (Dartmouth College and Harvard University) more information.


July 6,7,9,10 Augsburg
July 8, Munich


08.06.2009 The application deadline for the BGPE Course "Empirical Public Finance" is July 8 more information.

02.06.2009 The application deadline for the 8th BGPE Research Workshop in Bamberg is July 2 more information.

02.06.2009 The application deadline for the BGPE Course in "Frontiers in Econometrics" is June 26 more information.

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