Welcome to the MWIEDC 2026!
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) this spring. The conference will be held April 24-25, 2026. The keynote speaker is Debraj Ray, the Julius Silver Professor of Economics at New York University.
We invite researchers to submit a paper to present at the conference. Papers on any topic related to international economic development are welcome. Abstracts without complete drafts will not be considered.
Each presenter will have a 30-minute presentation slot, including a 5-minute commentary by an assigned discussant and 5 minutes for audience questions. Sessions will begin at 8 am on April 24 and end at lunch on April 25. No more than three sessions will be held at the same time.
We will begin accepting submissions in November, 2026. Details coming soon.
The deadline for submissions is January 8, 2026. Notification of the acceptance decision will be provided in February.
Information about past MWIEDC conferences can be found here.
Keynote Speaker
Debraj Ray is a Professor of Economics and Julius Silver Professor at New York University. He is also a Research Associate at NBER, Part-Time Professor at University of Warwick, Research Fellow at CESifo, and a Spool Member at ThReD. Oxford University Press published his book A Game-Theoretic Perspective on Coalition Formation in 2008, and his economic research has been published in several journals.
