AMEF 2026 - 10th International Conference on Applied Theory, Macro and Empirical Finance

10th International Conference on Applied Theory, Macro and Empirical Finance 

AMEF 2026 – April 6th-7th  

University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece 

Overview 

The Department of Economics of the University of Macedonia, Greece, organises the 10th International Conference on Applied Theory, Macro and Empirical Finance (AMEF), which will be held at the Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. AMEF aims to bring together academics, professionals, researchers, young scholars, post-doctoral researchers and PhD students working in the broad areas of Economics and Finance to facilitate networking, foster collaborations, and promote knowledge exchange.  

Keynote Speakers

Johannes Boehm, Geneva Graduate Institute (online)

Harris Dellas, University of Bern

Rigissa Megalokonomou, Monash University (online) 

Thanasis Stengos, University of Guelph

Submission details: If you are interested in participating in the AMEF 2026 conference, please complete the online application form here, no later than January 11, 2026.  In case you encounter any difficulties using the application form, you may submit an extended abstract (300-500 words) in English, in PDF format, by sending an email to amef@uom.edu.gr.  

Topics that might include the following areas are also welcome:  Applied Macroeconomics, Applied Microeconomics, Banking, Education Economics, Empirical Finance, Energy Economics, Environmental Economics, Experimental Economics, Growth and Development, Health Economics, Housing Economics, Industrial Organization, International Economics, Labor and Demographics, Macroeconomics - Theory, Microeconomics - Theory, Monetary Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics, Spatial Economics, and Time Series and Panel Econometric. 

Important dates 

Abstract submission deadline: January 11, 2026 

Notification of acceptance: January 18, 2026 

Registration deadline: March 1, 2026 

For more information, visit: http://amef.uom.gr/ 

Contact us at: amef@uom.edu.gr 

The Organizing Committee 

 Prof Theodore Panagiotidis (University of Macedonia, Greece) 

 Prof Theologos Pantelidis (University of Macedonia, Greece)   

Dr Georgios Voucharas (Liverpool Hope University, UK)

Since 2015, AMEF has been honored to host the following esteemed keynote speakers: Karim Abadir (Imperial College, UK), George Deltas (University of Illinois, USA), Harris Dellas (University of Surrey, UK), Paul Elhorst (University of Groningen, Netherlands), Oded Galor (Brown University, USA), Stephen G. Hall (University of Leicester, UK), Gikas Hardouvelis (University of Piraeus, Greece), Simon Johnson (MIT Sloan School of Management, USA), Charles I. Jones (Stanford University, USA), Mark Koyama (George Mason University, USA), Brian Lucey (Trinity Business School, Ireland), Peter McAdam (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, USA), Evi Pappa (European University Institute, Italy), Elias Papaioannou (London Business School, UK), Luigi Pascali (Pompeu Fabra University, Spain), Thanasis Stengos (University of Guelph, Canada), Konstantinos Theodoridis (Cardiff Business School, UK), Elias Tzavalis (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece), Anastasios Xepapadeas (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece).

Since 2015, selected papers presented at the AMEF conferences have been published in Special Issues of the following peer-reviewed journals: The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Applied Economics Quarterly, Review of Economic Analysis, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Journal of Economics and Finance, Economic Change and Restructuring, Economics and Business Letters, Credit and Capital Markets and South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics.

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