7th TSEKOURAS Prize for Young Economists, 2024

The 7th Tsekouras Prize for Young Economists was announced in 2025. The Scientific committee was asked to nominate the best papers among the presented papers at the 13th ASECU Youth International Conference & Summer School on the topic “Economic Dynamics in a Globalized World: Collaborative Strategies for Adaptation and Progress”.

The Conference was organized by the University of Vlore ” Ismail Qemali”, Albania and it took place on1-7 September 2024, in Vlora, with the participation of students and Professors from the Universities-members of the Youth Association as well as from other Universities from the area.

According the decision of the Scientific committee of the Youth Conference, the nominated papers where the following:

Tree-Based Algorithms approach on Predicting Employee Turnover
by Alexandra-Daniela DAMIR, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
Empirical Study on Euro Currency Confidence under Global Challenges
by Ana Maria GUIRGI, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Early Sparks: Fostering Entrepreneurship Competences in Balkan Countries
by Athanasia LOUKIDOU, Sofia BOUTSIOUKI and Katerina SARRI, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tourism on the move: Revitalising Dutch Cities with Sustainable Urban Tourist Mobility
by Freek PIJPERS, Breda University of Applied Sciences, Breda, Netherlands
Comparative analyses of tourism in Republic of North Macedonia and Republic of Albania represented through business analytics’ phases, data mining and visualization techniques, influenced by Institutions and Economic Development
by Damjan STOJKOVSKI and Jasna JOANIDIS, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

The authors of the papers were invited to present their papers at the 21st ASECU International Conference, on the topic SHAPING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIES organized by University of Montenegro in May 15-17, 2024 in 29th – 31st May, 2025 in Budva, Montenegro.

Α tripartite committee appointed by the Board of ASECU, was asked to evaluate the papers and after their blind review the 7^th TSEKOURAS PRIZE FOR YOUNG ECONOMISTS, 2024 was awarded to the paper

Tree-Based Algorithms approach on Predicting Employee Turnover

by Ana Maria GUIRGI,
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania.

The President of the Board of ASECU, Prof. Grigoris Zarotiadis announced the prize to the awarded author and gave him the respective grant.