Macro Development Annual Workshop

The Economics Discipline Group at Deakin University is organising the 3rd Macro Development Workshop in Melbourne, Australia from 9–10 July 2026. This annual workshop, started in 2023, aims to bring together researchers interested in development issues from a macro perspective to share and discuss ideas, present research, and network with others who have similar interests.

Chang-Tai Hsieh is the Phyllis and Irwin Winkelried Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and PCL Faculty Scholar at the University of Chicago. He conducts research on growth and development. His published papers include “The Life-Cycle of Plants in India and Mexico,” in the Quarterly Journal of Economics; "Misallocation and Manufacturing TFP in China and India," in the Quarterly Journal of Economics; "Relative Prices and Relative Prosperity," in the American Economic Review; "Can Free Entry be Inefficient? Fixed Commissions and Social Waste in the Real Estate Industry," in the Journal of Political Economy; "What Explains the Industrial Revolution in East Asia? Evidence from the Factor Markets," in the American Economic Review; “The Allocation of Talent and US Economic Growth,” in Econometrica; “How Destructive is Innovation?” in Econometrica; and “Special Deals with Chinese Characteristics,” in the NBER Macroeconomics Annual.

Hsieh has been a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis, as well as the World Bank's Development Economics Group and the Economic Planning Agency in Japan. He is a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Senior Fellow at the Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development, and a member of the Steering Group of the International Growth Center in London.

He is the recipient of an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship, an Elected Member of Academia Sinica, and a two-time recipient of the Sun Ye-Fang Prize.

Call for submissions open: 26 February 2026

Paper submission deadline: 1 May 2026

Paper acceptance notification: 8 May 2026

Registration opens: 8 May 2026

Registration closes: 18 June 2026

Workshop dates: 9–10 July 2026

Full papers or extended abstracts in any area related to macro development are invited. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Acceptance notifications will be sent by 8 May 2026.

Registration for the two day event is free but mandatory. This includes the workshop dinner (Thursday evening) and lunch on both days, plus catered coffee breaks. Registration will open on 8 May 2026 and close by 18 June 2026.

Deakin Downtown 

Level 12, Tower 2, Collins Square

727 Collins Street

Melbourne

Victoria 3008

Australia

Information about places to visit in and around Melbourne is available on Guide to Melbourne.

Francesco Carli, Associate Professor, Deakin Business School

Yan Liang, Senior Lecturer, Deakin Business School

Debdulal Mallick, Associate Professor, Deakin Business School

Xueli Tang, Associate Professor, Deakin Business School

macrodev.annual@gmail.com