Bankruptcy, labor markets and auction theory will be among the topics discussed Nov. 5-7 when the University hosts the Fall 2004 Midwest International Economics and Economic Theory Meetings.
More than 100 scholars are expected to attend the event, which features a packed, three-day schedule of research presentations in Eliot Hall.
“It’s really two separate conferences, one in economic theory and the other in international trade,” said Marcus C. Berliant, Ph.D., professor of economics in Arts & Sciences and one of several faculty members who helped organize the event. “Faculty and students are welcome to attend, but most of the presentations probably won’t be of much interest to anyone who does not have at least some graduate training in economics.”
Now in its 30th year, the conference was launched as an informal event that provided Midwestern economists with an opportunity to present papers and get feedback on research that would soon be submitted for publication. The meetings have since grown in stature and now attract economists from as far away as Europe.
Sponsors include the Department of Economics in Arts & Sciences, the Center for Research in Economics and Strategy in the Olin School of Business and The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
For more information, contact Karen Rensing in the economics office at 935-5632 or karenr@wustl.edu.