Dear Colleagues:
I am writing this letter to invite you to participate in the WEA International's90th Annual Conference, to be held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki (Honolulu, Hawaii), June 28-July 2, 2015.
Please consult the WEA website (www.weai.org) for details and deadlines. If, HOWEVER, you plan to participate in this conferenceand if your paper has a strong policy implication, may I suggest that you consider participating in ourContemporary Economic Policy (CEP)sessions? Being part of the CEP sessions has several advantages. First, it is listed as an invited/organized session, thus more visible and prestigious. Second, all participants in our sessions pay the member registration fee ($220), regardless of whether you are a member (a potential saving of $120), students register at $125 (saving of $35). If you join the WEA and become a full member, you are eligible for a waiver of submission fees if submitted toContemporary Economic PolicyorEconomic Inquirywithin 6 months of the conference.
If you are affiliated with an Institution member (http://www.weai.org/membershipinstitutional2.html), you get another 20% discount. There are other benefits also. It may be worthwhile to get your University/Institution to join the WEA as an Institution member.
The CEP sessions will cover almost all aspects of economics. If you are interested, please e-mail me (jack.hou@csulb.edu)the following:
2. Address, phone/fax,e-mail;
3. Title of the Paper (including 3 sets of JEL classification codes);
4. Brief abstract (no more than 350 words);
5. Areas willing to serve as Discussant (JEL codes would help).
6. Preference on Date/Time (e.g., 6/30, late AM Be as flexible as possible please)
I would also like to ask you to serve as a discussant, so as to share your expertise and enhance the exchange of ideas. I will try my best to assign you to papers consistent with your interest. This will be done after the preliminary sessions are completed, and I will e-mail you for your preference.
I would like to set the deadline for 1/9/2015 (Friday). If you are interested in organizing a complete session (with chair/presenters/discussant), may I have the full session setup sheet by 2/20/15? And, if you need any assistant (in putting together your complete sessions), please don’t hesitate to let me know. Please let me know in advance regarding how many sessions and time slots desired, so I can reserved them for you.
If you have already submitted a proposal to the WEA, but would like to (instead) be in one of the CEP sessions, just let me know and I will ask the WEA to transfer you to me. If you have not sent anything to the WEA, then simply send your information to me, and NOT to the WEA (to avoid double-counting).
For those of you who attended the 89th annual conference (in Denver) or will be attending the Pacific Rim Conference at Wellington (New Zealand), thanks for your support and hope you enjoyed it. Honolulu, Hawaii, needs no introduction, and I know many of you will make a family vacation out of this trip, and what an idea. The Hilton Hawaiian Village is right on Waikiki Beach, with tons of restaurants both inside andsurrounding the hotel, and it is at the center of the shopping area also; you will absolutely love it!
Again, thanks for your support. Best wishes,
Coordinator of CEP sessions
