JEEA-BBVA FOUNDATION LECTURE 

On July 4 2004, an agreement was signed with BBVA FOUNDATION in which it was agreed that there would be an annual lecture held in the name of the EEA and BBVA FOUNDATION by a world-class economist on a relevant topic. 

This lecture has proved to be very successful and educative. 

The first lecture was given by Professor Jean Tirole on August 22 2005 at the Econometric Society World Congress in London.  Professor Tirole gave this lecture again on November 14 of the same year in Madrid.  The title of his lecture was 'The Industrial Organisation and Regulation of Platform Industries'.

The second lecture was given by Professor Paul Seabright at the 2006 annual EEA-ES Congress held in Vienna.  The title of this lecture was 'The Economics of Gender in the Light of the Biology of Sexual Competition'.  Professor Paul Seabright gave a slightly longer version of this lecture at the BBVA FOUNDATION in December 2006 entitled 'The Biology and Economics of the Sex War'. 

It was decided that the 2007 JEEA-BBVA would be held at the American Economic Association congress in January 2008.  Professor Alberto Alesina gave the lecture.  He also gave the same lecture in Madrid in May 2008.  The title of the lecture was 'Gender-Based Taxation'.

The next lecture at the annual American Economic Association Congress was held in January 2009.  Professor Jordi Galì gave the lecture.  The title of the lecture was 'New Perspectives on Inflation and Unemployment: Pitfalls and Promises'.  The lecture was followed by a coffee-break.  Professor Galì gave the same lecture in Madrid in November 2009.

The most recent lecture has been held on January 3 2010 once again at the annual American Economic Association congress, Atlanta Georgia.  Professor Richard Blundell gave the lecture entitled 'Empirical Evidence and Tax Policy Design: Lessons from the Mirrlees Review'.  This lecture was followed by a coffee break  

The EEA publically thanks BBVA FOUNDATION for their continued support, without which these lectures would not be possible.