8th European Seminar on Bayesian Econometrics (ESOBE 2017)

The ESOBE meetings have no particular theme but at each meeting a discussion forum for new and recent research is created. Their aim is to bring together researchers and professionals interested in the application of Bayesian inference in economics in relatively small annual workshops that usually take two days. Specific focus at Maastricht meeting: Bayesian statistical learning and pattern recognition in economics, finance and marketing Given the availability of large data sets in economics, finance and marketing, pattern recognition through statistical learning has become an important research area with enormous practical applications. The Bayesian approach is eminently suitable for this. The invited speakers David Dunson and Mattias Villani are internationally recognized scholars in Bayesian statistical learning. Papers that deal with these topics are actively solicited.