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Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros | |
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Other name | CEMFI |
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| Established | 1987 by the Bank of Spain Independent institution since 1991 |
| Director | Nezih Guner |
| Address | Casado del Alisal, 5 , , |
| Affiliations | Bank of Spain Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP) |
| Website | www |
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CEMFI (Spanish : Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros; English: Center for Monetary and Financial Studies) is a leading [1] postgraduate institution devoted to teaching and research in Economics. It was started in 1987, becoming the foundation of the Bank of Spain in 1991. It is located in Madrid.
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It runs two graduate programs, a Master in Economics and Finance and a PhD in Economics, with the aim of training high-level specialists for academia and professional careers [2] . Both are taught in English. The official degrees are granted by Menéndez Pelayo International University.
CEMFI also offers a Summer School for practitioners, professors, and researchers, and an Undergraduate Summer Internships program. [3]
Research activity at CEMFI is centered around five research lines: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Applied Economics, Banking and Finance, and Econometrics. [4] Several faculty members have been elected Fellows of the Econometric Society [5] , Fellows of the European Economic Association, and Research Fellows of the Centre for Economic Policy Research, among other institutions. [6] [7] Additionally, CEMFI has cooperated with the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration and J-PAL Europe in the Inclusion Policy Lab. It helped design and evaluate 23 pilot randomized controlled trials promoting social inclusion within the framework of the Spanish minimum income scheme. [3] [8] [9]
