NBER - IO Program call for paper and theme ideas

From: Rob Shannon <rshannon_at_nber.org>
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 16:51:56 -0400

TO: Members of NBER IO
FROM: Liran Einav
DATE: September 9, 2016
RE: Call for paper and theme ideas

Following the survey responses I received after Summer Institute
(thanks for the many of you who took the time to respond!), we (I and
the NBER IO steering committee) had some discussions over the summer
about potential tweaks, and I'm writing to solicit your ideas about
two specific items:

1. Paper solicitation/nomination/endorsement ideas. There was a
feeling that there are some good IO-related papers around that for a
variety of reasons -- too early, authors do not view themselves as IO,
authors interpret IO too narrowly, etc. -- do not get submitted, but
as a group we would benefit from seeing them. If you saw or read a
paper recently, which you think would be a good candidate for the NBER
IO meeting, please send me (at leinav_at_stanford.edu) an email with the
paper title or url. Matt and Robin (who are organizing the Winter
meeting) will then consider it like they would any other submission,
and if they think it would be a good fit, they would contact the
author/s to see if they'd be interested to be part of the program and
present it.

2. Theme ideas for a potential third meeting. We have been discussing
an idea of adding a third annual NBER IO meeting, which would be
smaller in size and focus on a specific theme. If it's a go, we think
of having a different theme every year. There is no decision yet
whether this will happen and funding source is not secured, but at
this point we wanted to collect ideas for potential themes. A good
theme would be able to fill a full day with recent research and get,
say, at least 15-20 NBER IO members interested in coming. I am hoping
to use the input from you to guide a decision about whether we should
have a third meeting and if yes, when we should start it. If you have
any ideas for such themes (one or more!), send me a short email (at
leinav_at_stanford.edu).

Thanks!!

Liran
Received on Fri Sep 09 2016 - 16:51:29 EDT