Minnesota Workshop in
Macroeconomic Theory

The Minnesota Workshop in Macroeconomic Theory is a workshop on dynamic macroeconomic theory sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the University of Minnesota and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. It is held on the campus of the University of Minnesota.

Past programs are here.

We welcome papers in a variety of areas. Examples of topics of interest include:

Asset Pricing from a General Equilibrium Perspective

Consumption and Income Dynamics

Credit and Fluctuations

Depressions and Crises

Dynamics of Income and Wealth Distributions

Dynamics with Heterogeneous Agents

Dynamics of Housing

Dynamics of Human Capital 

International Macroeconomics

International Trade and Geography

Labor Market Dynamics

Macroeconomics of Demographic Change, Families, and Health

Monetary and Fiscal Policy 

Optimal Policy

Politics and Growth

Technological Change, Organizations, and Growth

Papers in other areas are welcome as well. The final topics will be determined in large part by the interests of the participants. 

The 2026 conference will last for three days in the summer of 2026. The schedule will include roughly 14 talks. There will also be ample time for informal discussions among the participants.

The call for papers will be announced on this page. 

Details on the program, travel, hotel, and other administrative details will be posted on this website as we get closer to the date of the conference.