Community Events

October 24th, 2025

7th Annual Meeting

Announcement

WATE 2025 will be hosted by the Department of Economics at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. WATE was started with the goal of providing a forum where Floridian researchers in Economics can meet and exchange ideas. We hope you take this opportunity to submit a paper or participate in the conference to help strengthen the research community within the state of Florida.  

Call for Papers

 We invite submissions for the 2025 WATE-Florida, to be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL on Friday, October 24, 2025. The one-day workshop will consist of several paper sessions. It is likely that there will be 2-3 sessions running concurrently throughout the day. The organizing committee will assign discussants for each paper.

We welcome submissions in all areas related to applied and theoretical work in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Scholars from all Florida economics departments and their co-authors are welcome to apply. We also welcome submissions from doctoral student researchers. 

Deadline

The deadline for submissions is July 15, 2025. Please submit your paper by email to ufeconomicsdepartment@gmail.com, and refer to WATE-Florida in the subject line. Decisions will be made shortly thereafter. A complete submission should include (1) the authors’ names, (2) the authors’ institutional affiliations, (3) the paper title, and (4) an abstract. If a draft manuscript is available, please include it as well.

2025 WATE Organizing Committee: Thomas Knight (chair), Gunnar Heins, and Doug Turner. 

We invite submissions for the 2025 WATE-Florida, to be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL on Friday, October 24, 2025. The one-day workshop will consist of several paper sessions. It is likely that there will be 2-3 sessions running concurrently throughout the day. The organizing committee will assign discussants for each paper.

NOTE: The organizing committee has attempted to include economics faculty from across Florida colleges and universities. Please feel free to share this call with your graduate students and any colleagues who me may have missed. You may distirbute the attached flyer.

October 24th, 2025

7th Annual Meeting

Announcement

WATE 2025 will be hosted by the Department of Economics at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. WATE was started with the goal of providing a forum where Floridian researchers in Economics can meet and exchange ideas. We hope you take this opportunity to submit a paper or participate in the conference to help strengthen the research community within the state of Florida.  

Call for Papers

 We invite submissions for the 2025 WATE-Florida, to be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL on Friday, October 24, 2025. The one-day workshop will consist of several paper sessions. It is likely that there will be 2-3 sessions running concurrently throughout the day. The organizing committee will assign discussants for each paper.

We welcome submissions in all areas related to applied and theoretical work in microeconomics and macroeconomics. Scholars from all Florida economics departments and their co-authors are welcome to apply. We also welcome submissions from doctoral student researchers. 

Deadline

The deadline for submissions is July 15, 2025. Please submit your paper by email to ufeconomicsdepartment@gmail.com, and refer to WATE-Florida in the subject line. Decisions will be made shortly thereafter. A complete submission should include (1) the authors’ names, (2) the authors’ institutional affiliations, (3) the paper title, and (4) an abstract. If a draft manuscript is available, please include it as well.

2025 WATE Organizing Committee: Thomas Knight (chair), Gunnar Heins, and Doug Turner. 

We invite submissions for the 2025 WATE-Florida, to be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL on Friday, October 24, 2025. The one-day workshop will consist of several paper sessions. It is likely that there will be 2-3 sessions running concurrently throughout the day. The organizing committee will assign discussants for each paper.

NOTE: The organizing committee has attempted to include economics faculty from across Florida colleges and universities. Please feel free to share this call with your graduate students and any colleagues who me may have missed. You may distirbute the attached flyer.