Dates: October 31 - November 1, 2024
Venue: San Pedro I Building, 506 Dolorosa, San Antonio, TX 78204
Hosted by the Department of Economics, The Alvarez College of Business, The University of Texas at San Antonio.
The purpose of this conference is to foster interaction among researchers in Texas working on pure and applied economic theory, and to provide a forum for faculty and PhD students to present their current research. Each participating institution nominates up to three speakers (faculty and PhD students). Any paper (including work in progress) with significant theoretical content (independent of the area of application) is welcome.
Keynote Address: "Decentralized-Market Design: New Questions and Methods," Marzena Rostek, Juli Plant Grainger Distinguished Chair of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Participating Universities and local organizers:
Rice University, Mallesh Pai
Southern Methodist University, Santanu Roy
Texas A&M University, Huiyi Guo
The University of Houston, Gergely Ujhelyi
The University of Texas at Austin, Svetlana Boyarchenko
The University of Texas at Dallas, Alejandro Rivera
The University of Texas at San Antonio, Rodrigo A. Velez
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Jean-Baptiste Tondji
Program: please click here.
Hotel information: A discounted rate of $139 per night is available at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk Hotel, 217 N. St. Mary's Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. Group's booking link: here. Once you click on the link it will take you to the hotel's website, then enter your arrival/ departure dates. The rate is available from three days before to three days after the conference. You may also call the 24-hour reservation phone number at 210-224-2500, Option 2. If you are calling, please reference the group's block code: UDE. The last day to make reservations at the group discount, conditional on availability, will be on October 29, 2024. We recommend making early reservations to guarantee room availability.
Parking Information: If you are staying at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk Hotel, the most convenient parking is to use the hotel's parking, available for $24 a day (not covered by UTSA). This parking option includes overning and in-and-out priviledge (only for those staying at the hotel). If you are staying outside of the downtown area, please contact our administrative support by Monday, October 28th to organize parking. Please note that due to construction projects downtown, parking should be arranged in advance.
Organizers: Samson Alva, Rodrigo A. Velez, Department of Economics, The Alvarez College of Business, The University of Texas at San Antonio.
Administrative support: Katie McBride, katharine.mcbride@utsa.edu (210) 458-4315
Previous TETC and Key-note speakers: 2023 Simon Board (UCLA) @ A&M; 2022 Leeat Yariv (Princeton) @ Rice; 2019 Mike Peters (UBC) @ UTAustin; 2018 Bart Lipman (BU) @ SMU; 2017 Yeon-Koo Che (Columbia) @ A&M; 2016 Matthew Jackson (Stanford) @ Rice; 2015 Ed Green (Penn State) @ UTAustin; 2014 Johannes Horner (Yale) @ SMU; 2013 Tayfun Sonmez (Boston College) @ A&M; 2012 Stephen Morris (Princeton University) @ SMU.
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Updated, November 1st, 2024