Next fall, the international economics group at the University of Colorado, in conjunction with the Purdue Center for International Business Education and Research, will be hosting the 15th Annual Empirical Investigations in International Trade conference. At this conference, economists specializing in empirical international trade will present their current research. The goal of this conference is to promote the awareness of ongoing research in the area. It is also our hope that by bringing together people of similar interests, increased communication of ideas and future directions for the general research area will be promoted.

Previous editions of the conference have included researchers at many different stages in their careers. The atmosphere is informal and lively, characterized by significant audience participation. We do not intend to publish the papers.

Format: The conference will begin at 9am Friday, Oct. 10, and will continue through noon on Sunday. We anticipate having a total of 15 presentations, 6 on Friday, 6 on Saturday and 3 more on Sunday morning. Each session will be an hour long, with 30-40 minutes going to the presentation, 10 minutes to the discussant, and the remaining time to be used for open discussion.

• Deadline: August 1, 2008. Selections will be made and authors notified by August 15, 2008. A final conference schedule will be posted on the conference website by September 1, 2008.
• Please submit only completed or nearly completed papers. Given the volume of submissions in past years, abstract only submissions are not typically accepted.
• We will be sponsoring the graduate student competiton once again this year.
  • Graduate students, please make sure that you indicate your eligibility for this competition when making your submission.
• Papers should be submitted electronically, in PDF format, through the following link:

• Please notify us if you would like to attend and/or would be willing to serve as a discussant but are not submitting a paper.
• If you have submitted a paper, you needn't also register. Your submission is your registration if your paper is accepted.