The Society of Government Economists is proud to announce a call for papers for two conferences. SGE is partnering with the Southern Economic Association and will have eight sessions at their conference on November 19-21. This is in place of the conference that is normally held under the SGE umbrella. We also have seven sessions at the AEA/ASSA conference to be held in Chicago on January 6-8, 2012.

Please download either a Word version or pdf version of the call for papers. There is no fee for submitting an application for paper presentations or for entire sessions. However, applications will only be accepted from current SGE members or from individuals purchasing a membership (for $25 per year) in their application. (Anyone can join SGE who shares our interest in the work of government economists.) Because the SEA and ASSA/AEA conferences have similar audiences, and because the total number of sessions at both conferences is limited, proposed papers and proposed sessions can only be accepted to one of the conferences. The deadline for the submission is April 20, 2011, which cannot be extended given the deadlines SGE faces in providing the session information to the SEA and AEA.

The conference will be held November 15-16, 2010 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Please click here to see the flyer and preliminary conference program.

The first day of this two-day conference is devoted to distinguished lectures and plenary sessions, which will be delivered in the Marvin Center’s Grand Ballroom to all conference registrants. At the end of each of these presentations there will be an opportunity for questions and comments by the audience. An optional buffet lunch will be available.

The distinguished speakers include: Rebecca Blank, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce, Douglas Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Keith Hall, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, David Colander, Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Economics at Middlebury College, George DeMartino, Associate Professor, University of Denver, and John Siegfried, Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University, and Executive Director of the American Economic Association.

The second day will offer presentations of research papers in break-out sessions in different rooms of the Marvin Center. During the conference, there will also be an exhibitors’ hall in a separate room which will be accessible to the public. Book signings by some of the distinguished presenters at the conference will also take place in the exhibitors’ hall.

In the early evening, on both days of conference, there will be a cash-bar cocktail reception for conference attendees at a restaurant nearby the Marvin Center.

You are encouraged to register for the full conference, but may register for each day separately as well. Registration for either day includes annual membership to the Society of Government Economists for one year, or an extension of membership for one additional year if you are already an SGE member. Registration for both days of the conference includes a two-year membership in the SGE, or extension of membership for two additional years for existing members.

In appreciation for the co-sponsoring of the conference by the Economics Department of George Washington University, conference presentations will be open to all students and faculty of George Washington University. University faculty and students are encouraged to join SGE for $25 per year, which would otherwise be included in the conference registration fee. University faculty and students will need to pay separately for the buffet lunch on Monday.

SGE membership includes discounts on SGE events such as monthly luncheons and attendance at the SGE annual cocktail reception during the annual meetings of the Allied Social Sciences Associations. Discounts are also offered at weekly luncheon presentations of the Washington-based National Economists Club. SGE members are occasionally invited to special, free events in Washington, DC, such as Congressional Hearings and happy-hour gatherings of SGE and other economic groups. Finally, SGE members are eligible to serve as officers and Board members of the organization.

SGE call for papers for our fall conference, to be held November 15-16, 2010 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The deadline for applying to present a paper or to organize a session is September 15.

All applications require only a 500-word (maximum) abstract and 300-word (maximum) justification statement for each proposed paper.

Our conference features a star-packed lineup of speakers, including the following Distinguished Lecturers:

Rebecca Blank, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce, Douglas Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Keith Hall, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, David Colander, Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Economics at Middlebury College, George DeMartino, Associate Professor, University of Denver, Deirdre McCloskey, UIC Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, and John Siegfried, Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University, and Executive Director of the American Economic Association.

Please download the SGE Registration Form and Call For Papers for more information on submitting papers to, registering for, and sponsoring the conferences.

• Our own annual conference, to be held November 15-16, 2010 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and
• The annual meeting of the American Economic Association, to be held January 7-9, 2011 in Denver.

The deadline for applying to present a paper or to organize a session is June 14 for the SGE Sessions at the AEA Conference (in Denver in January 2011), and September 15 for the SGE Conference (in Washington, DC in November 2010). All applications require only a 500-word (maximum) abstract and 300-word (maximum) justification statement for each proposed paper.

Our conference features a star-packed lineup of speakers, including the following Distinguished Lecturers:

Rebecca Blank, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce, Douglas Elmendorf, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Keith Hall, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, David Colander, Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Economics at Middlebury College, George DeMartino, Associate Professor, University of Denver, Deirdre McCloskey, UIC Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago, and John Siegfried, Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University, and Executive Director of the American Economic Association.

Please download the SGE Registration Form and Call For Papers for more information on submitting papers to, registering for, and sponsoring the conferences.

Presentations

• The Role of Economists in Prudential Supervision of Banks
  Richard A. Brown
  Chief Economist
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• GDP & Beyond: Measuring Economic Progress & Sustainability
  J. Steven Landefeld
  Director
  Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Bourgeois Dignity and Liberty: Why Economics Can’t Explain the Modern World
  Deirdre McCloskey
  Professor
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Institutional Requirements for International Action on Climate Change
  Thomas Schelling
  Distinguished University Professor
  University of Maryland