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SITE 2026

Program Overview

Upcoming Sessions

Jul 20 -
Jul 21
Date
Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 8:00am - Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

This year will focus on the econometric methodology side of the topic of “Empirical Implementation of Models of Strategic Interaction and Dynamic Behavior.” Papers dealing with new developments in…

Jul 22 -
Jul 24
Date
Wed, Jul 22, 2026, 8:00am - Fri, Jul 24, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

This session discusses the latest advances in theoretical and empirical issues related to financial regulation, defined broadly.

Jul 27 -
Jul 28
Date
Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 8:00am - Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305

This session will bring together researchers who are applying frontier AI and machine learning methods to improve measurement, policy analysis, and modeling in macroeconomics and finance.

Jul 30 -
Jul 31
Date
Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 8:00am - Fri, Jul 31, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

The conference seeks to bring together scholars, and in particular, encourage interactions between young scholars and mentors, that study the crucial role that social …

Aug 4 -
Aug 5
Date
Tue, Aug 4, 2026, 8:00am - Wed, Aug 5, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

The idea of this session is to bring together labor economists and macroeconomists with interests in labor markets with two goals.

Aug 6 -
Aug 7
Date
Thu, Aug 6, 2026, 8:00am - Fri, Aug 7, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305

This workshop will be dedicated to advances in experimental economics combining laboratory and field-experimental methodologies with theoretical and psychological insights on decision-making,…

Aug 10 -
Aug 11
Date
Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 8:00am - Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

The session aims to bring together economists across multiple fields working on the determinants and consequences of gender inequality.

Aug 10 -
Aug 11
Date
Mon, Aug 10, 2026, 8:00am - Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305

This session will bring together researchers studying how tax policies and government spending programs shape economic outcomes.

Aug 17 -
Aug 19
Date
Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:00am - Wed, Aug 19, 2026, 5:00am PDT
Location:
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305

The idea of this session is to bring together microeconomic theorists working on dynamic games and contracts with more applied theorists working in macroeconomics, finance, organizational…

Aug 17 -
Aug 19
Date
Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 8:00am - Wed, Aug 19, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305

This session brings together scholars and policymakers to discuss the evolving structure of China’s economy and its interactions with the global system today.

Aug 20 -
Aug 21
Date
Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 8:00am - Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305

This session will bring together researchers from political science and economics who apply economic theory to the study of politics.

Aug 24 -
Aug 25
Date
Mon, Aug 24, 2026, 8:00am - Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

Bank deposits are widely viewed as a stable and valuable funding source, yet recent events—most notably the 2022–23 tightening cycle and the regional banking crisis—have renewed questions about…

Aug 26 -
Aug 27
Date
Wed, Aug 26, 2026, 8:00am - Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

Market failures are present in many markets, and governments throughout the world design interventions to address them.

Aug 27 -
Aug 28
Date
Thu, Aug 27, 2026, 8:00am - Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305

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…

Aug 31 -
Sep 1
Date
Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 8:00am - Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Stanford Graduate School of Business, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA 94305

The efficient allocation of resources across firms and sectors is crucial for aggregate productivity and economic growth.

Aug 31 -
Sep 1
Date
Mon, Aug 31, 2026, 8:00am - Tue, Sep 1, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

The workshop will feature a wide range of methodological approaches, including empirical analysis using administrative and experimental data, structural modeling, and theoretical frameworks, to…

Sep 2 -
Sep 4
Date
Wed, Sep 2, 2026, 8:00am - Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

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…

Sep 3 -
Sep 4
Date
Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 8:00am - Fri, Sep 4, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building, 366 Galvez Street, Stanford, CA 94305

This session will bring together researchers working on issues at the intersection of psychology and economics.

Sep 8 -
Sep 9
Date
Tue, Sep 8, 2026, 8:00am - Wed, Sep 9, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

Several countries have now record high levels of public debt that are comparable to the ones inherited from WWII.

Sep 10 -
Sep 11
Date
Thu, Sep 10, 2026, 8:00am - Fri, Sep 11, 2026, 5:00pm PDT
Location:
Landau Economics Building, 579 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305

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,…

SITE is funded by grants from the National Science Foundation with additional support from the Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences Department of Economics, the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.