Results of the Econometric Game 2008

The Econometric Game was held on the 7th and 8th of April in Amsterdam. The Econometric Game competition involves teams made up of econometrics students from across Europe and is organised by the VSAE, the study association for UvA students in Actuarial Sciences and Econometrics and Operational Research. 
This year's edition of the event was sponsored by the ING Group and there were more than 100 student participants in 21 teams.

Game results

All teams are presented with the same case to solve. The case was designed by Prof  Tom Wansbeek, dean of the FEB.
Two days of effort resulted in a final report that the participating teams presented to the jury of experts and to the other teams. The jury, chaired by Prof Peter Boswijk, also included Tom Wansbeek, Prof Richard Paap of the Erasmus University, the director of the Tinbergen Institute, Jaap Abbring, and Sander Boogmans of the ING.

After lengthy consultations, the jury decared the University of Cambridge winner of the game, breaking Oxford's hold on the title while allowing the trophy to remain with a British university.  Last year's runner up, the University of Madrid Carlos III again came in second and the surprising third place finish went to the University of Copenhagen from Denmark.
Other Results: 4. University of Maastricht. 5-11 Aarhus, Hannover, Dortmund, Free University Amsterdam, Erasmus Rotterdam, Oxford, Warsaw University. 12-21: University of Amsterdam, Namur-Louvain, Central European Budapest, Orleans, Bergen, Warsaw School of Economics, London School of Economics, Prague, Tilburg, Vienna