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To whom may be interested, The Ente “Luigi Einaudi” invites application for research fellowships for candidates willing to work in the broad field of Finance and Innovation and carry out their projects at the Ente’s facilities in Rome. For next academic year (2006-2007) one fellowship will be assigned to a senior visitor and others to young researchers. The Scientific Committee of the Ente will consider theoretical and empirical projects, mainly focussed on the following topics: The role of banks, venture capital and financial markets in financing innovation Legal structures, finance and growthFirm size, finance and innovationInformation disclosure, finance and innovationCandidates for both positions will be selected on the basis of their previous experience in the field and their proposed research projects. At the end of the period, the results of the research project will be published in Ente’s “Quaderni di Ricerche”. The senior visitor position will be for a minimum stay of 4 months and the total grant will be € 18,000 before tax, all included. The young researcher positions will be offered for a period of stay ranging from 6 months up to 1 year and the grant will be € 1,600 per month before tax; travel expenses will also be reimbursed up to a predefined limit. Those positions will be offered to highly qualified candidates with European Union citizenship who have just completed their Ph.D. programme in Economics. For young researchers: a curriculum vitae; an outline of the research project; a copy of recent papers or other material showing the line of research, together with the application form (which can be downloaded from http://www.enteluigieinaudi.it/zip/Formazione/ApplFormJrResearcher.zip) should be sent by e-mail ([log in to unmask]), in PDF format or Word 97 compatible, or by surface mail (Ente “Luigi Einaudi”, Via Due Macelli 73, 00187 Rome - Italy) to arrive no later than 30 November 2005. Two letters of reference are also requested and must be forwarded directly to the Ente by the referees. For senior visitors: a curriculum vitae; an outline of the research project, together with the application form (http://www.enteluigieinaudi.it/zip/Formazione/ApplFormSrVisitor.zip) should be sent by e-mail ([log in to unmask]), in PDF format or Word 97 compatible, or by surface mail (Ente “Luigi Einaudi”, Via Due Macelli 73, 00187 Rome - Italy) to arrive no later than 30 November 2005. The Ente “Luigi Einaudi” is a foundation set up in 1965 in honour of Luigi Einaudi. It is sponsored by the Bank of Italy and the Italian Banking Association (ABI). Its purpose is to foster the advanced research and training of students in the fields of theoretical and applied economics. The Ente has traditionally provided financial help to young economists and has supported many Italian economists in their studies abroad. In recent years it has launched a new programme to encourage top-level research at its own facilities, which are conveniently located in the centre of Rome, not far from the Bank of Italy and the ABI. The foundation maintains close links with the Research Departments of both institutions. Researchers are encouraged to make contact with economists at the Bank of Italy and to attend seminars there, besides those organized at the Ente. They will have access to the Bank of Italy’s library and to a wealth of datasets ranging from microeconomic survey data on households and firms to aggregate time series. The Ente also promotes research projects on specific topics of scientific and policy relevance. A large-scale research project on the future of the European Banking Industry has just been completed. The residential research is coordinated by a Scientific Committee composed of Marcello De Cecco (The Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa), Luigi Guiso (University of Sassari and CEPR), Marco Onado (Bocconi University, Milan) and Daniele Terlizzese and Roberto Violi (Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department).