This year's program will feature sessions on the investments and institutions that support economic growth and standards of living.  These highlight research on innovation, education and human capital, health, housing, the environment, and effective policy institutions.

• Institutions and Economic Growth, with Nobel Laureates
• Global Conflict and Economics
• Productivity from AI to Health to Services
• Economic Policy in a Fragmenting World
• Innovation, Advances, and Artificial Intelligence at Federal Statistical Agencies
• The Housing Affordability Crisis: Controversies and Questions

     Other topics of interest at upcoming panel sessions in Washington, DC, include:

• Are Economists Being Heard?
• New developments and Q&A with editors: AEA Journals
• The Economics of Military Build-ups, Wars and Post-Conflict Recoveries
• The Economics of Crop Burning in South Asia

     Plus paper sessions:

• Oil, the Energy Transition, and Geoeconomics
• New AI Tools for Economic Science
• The Economics of Climate Risk and Property Insurance
• Teacher Labor Markets
• Low Fertility: Causes, Prospects, and Economic Consequences
• What are the Consequences of High US Deficits and Debt?
• Private Capital Meets Productive Arbitrage: Economic Development and Infrastructure as an Asset Class
• Global Drivers of Inflation and Monetary Policy
• Prediction Markets, Derivatives, and Monetary Policy
• Economics of Immigration

ASSA 2027 meeting registration is now open! All scheduled sessions and events are listed in the preliminary program. Register today to join your colleagues in January!

2027 ASSA Annual Meeting
January 3–5, (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
Washington, DC

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