The 8th Baltic Economic Conference will take place on June 25-26, 2026 at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia. The Baltic Economic Conference is organized by the Baltic Economic Association in cooperation with Latvijas Banka and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.
For the first time, the Baltic Economic Conference will feature special issues of two journals: Economic Modelling and the Baltic Journal of Economics.
Conference website: conf2026.balticecon.org
Keynote Speaker: Yuriy Gorodnichenko (University of California – Berkeley)
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, a native of Ukraine, is Quantedge Presidential professor at the Department of Economics, University of California – Berkeley. He is also a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and holds positions and NBER, CEPR, and IZA. Yuriy’s research has been published in top economics journals and concerns monetary policy (effects, optimal design, inflation targeting), fiscal policy (countercyclical policy, government spending multipliers), taxation (tax evasion, inequality), economic growth (its long-run determinants, globalization, innovation, financial frictions), and business cycles. He regularly comments on topical global issues.
The BEC Best PhD Paper Award of 1000 EUR will be awarded to the best paper authored and presented by a PhD student.
Important dates:
- March 15: Deadline for submissions
- April 20: Decisions on submissions
- May 8: Registration deadline
Conference Fee: 75 EUR (not applicable to staff of BEA members and students in the Baltics)
Program Committee Chairs: Oļegs Matvejevs and Oļegs Tkačevs (both Latvijas Banka)
Organizers: Oļegs Matvejevs (Latvijas Banka), Aurelija Proškutė (Lietuvos Bankas), Tairi Rõõm (Eesti Pank and Tallinn University of Technology), Karsten Staehr (Tallinn University of Technology and Eesti Pank), Oļegs Tkačevs (Latvijas Banka), Alminas Žaldokas (National University of Singapore).