Paper Submission

The idea of this SITE session is to bring together theorists and empiricists working on topics of the economics of information transparency and disclosure across a wide range of fields including accounting, economics, finance, and law. We have two broad goals with this conference. The first is to provide a venue to discuss the latest frontier of research questions and techniques facing researchers studying transparency and disclosure topics across a variety of markets. This is particularly important at a time where regulators across the globe are increasingly relying on disclosure regulation to achieve various goals, including, for example, ensuring the stability of the banking sector, fostering quality through competition in the healthcare sector, improving the diversity of firms’ leadership positions, and combating climate change. Second, we wish to foster interdisciplinary discussion between scholars working on parallel topics in different disciplines and help raise awareness among theorists and empiricists alike of the open questions in other fields. This interdisciplinary collaboration is necessary to best design information disclosure policies embedded in complex legal institutions.

Paper submission deadline: June 11, 2026

The efficient allocation of resources across firms and sectors is crucial for aggregate productivity and economic growth. In an ideal world without frictions, resources would flow to their most productive uses, but what happens when there are barriers to this efficient reallocation? Firms can face constraints in accessing capital, technology, or skilled labor, or when distortionary policies create wedges in marginal products across firms. Furthermore, the persistence of productivity differences across countries suggests that misallocation may be a key driver of development gaps. How do various market frictions and policy distortions contribute to resource misallocation, and what are their quantitative implications for aggregate productivity? This session will bridge theoretical frameworks with empirical evidence, combining insights from firm dynamics, finance, and macroeconomics to deepen our understanding of how misallocation shapes economic performance and what policies might help address it.

Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2026

The workshop will feature a wide range of methodological approaches, including empirical analysis using administrative and experimental data, structural modeling, and theoretical frameworks, to study the sources, consequences, and persistence of health inequalities across populations. By fostering dialogue between applied and theoretical researchers, the conference will tackle hard, policy-relevant questions at the intersection of health, inequality, and economic institutions, with particular attention to mechanisms that inform the design of effective and equitable health and social policies.

Paper submission deadline: June 15, 2026

The session will cover recent work on the causes and effects of changes in volatility and uncertainty in the aggregate economy, which is incredibly topical in light of the current events such as tariffs, fiscal and regulatory policy changes, and geopolitical tension. This session will focus on measuring changes in uncertainty, evaluating its impact on the US and global economy, and discussing policy responses. The mix of academics and policy makers across multiple institutions reflects this broad interest. The session will aim to include about 20 recent papers on these topics, with as in prior years a mix of theoretical and empirical papers, junior and senior presenters.

Paper submission deadline: June 17, 2026

In the past few years, there has been a burgeoning interest in the use of general equilibrium models disciplined by micro data to carefully analyze important labor market phenomena and policies, both at business-cycle frequencies and over long horizons. The use of these models to understand the behavior of labor markets and the aggregate economy over time, so as to conduct comprehensive quantitative analyses of the underlying mechanisms and proposed reforms, is still at an early stage, however. The goal of this session is to bring together a diverse group of scholars, both young and established, engaged in theoretical or quantitative frontier research in this broad area.

Paper submission deadline: June 24, 2026