Graduate Student Paper Competition

SETC holds a special competition to encourage the presence and participation of graduate students at the conference.

To encourage the presence and participation of graduate students, we hold a special competition limited to graduate students. From the papers submitted by graduate students, we will select at least one paper and include it on the program.

The papers submitted but not selected through this competition will be added to the stack of general submissions. The deadline for submission is the same as for general conference submissions.

Eligibility: The author or authors must all be graduate students at the time of the conference. Joint work with faculty members is not eligible for the graduate student competition, but is welcome under general submissions.
Year Winner Paper
2025
Ignacio Marra de Artinano
Université Libre de Bruxelles
The Labor Market Effects of Multinational Entry
2024
Sabine Stillger
University of Mannheim
The Role of Firm Heterogeneity and Intermediate Inputs on Carbon Leakage
2023
Elisa Navarra
Université Libre de Bruxelles
The Effects of Corporate Subsidies Along the Value Chain
2022
Maria Ptashkina
University Pompeu Fabra
Partial Equilibrium Effects of Preferential Trade Agreements
2019
Javier Quintana Gonzales
Bocconi University
Import Competition, Regional Divergence, and the Rise of the Skilled City
2018
Clemence Lenoir
CREST
Building a Customer Base under Liquidity Constraints
Federica Coelli
University of Oslo
Trade Policy Uncertainty and Innovation: Evidence from China
2017
Alessandro Sforza
London School of Economics
Shocks and the Organization of the Firm: Who Pays the Bill?

Submit your paper for the 2026 competition

The deadline is the same as for general conference submissions.

Submit your paper