We are pleased to announce that the 30th anniversary of the Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings (MMM) will be hosted at Purdue University September 6-8, 2024.
The Midwest Macroeconomics Group was founded by Mario Crucini, Gerhard Glomm and Ping Wang in 2011 to formalize an institutional structure of the Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings, the first three of which were hosted by the founders at Michigan State University (1994), Ohio State University (1995) and Penn State University (1996), respectively. The goal of these meetings is to encourage frontier academic research in macroeconomics, broadly defined in terms of topics but rigorously grounded in economic theory and measurement.
Historically, conferences had been held once a year in the spring, but the growth of the population of attendees and submissions had been so impressive that beginning in fall 2012, the group started meeting twice a year, in the fall and spring. When the conference was held annually the average number of papers on the program was 168 (2005-11) and has since averaged 153 (2011-2019). Over the same period the acceptance rate of submissions has dropped from 60% to 50%. The spring meetings receive about 40% more submissions than the fall meetings and are about a third larger in size.
We look forward to welcoming meeting attendees to West Lafayette in September.
This is a traditional face-to-face conference (not a hybrid or remote conference)
The registration dates and submission deadlines have passed.
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé
Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Heterogeneous Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity: Foundations of a Nonlinear Phillips Curve
Lee Ohanian
Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
The Great Depression May Have Started Much Sooner Than We Thought
Participants of the Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings are responsible for their own travel expenses and accommodations.
Airports
The Purdue University Airport (LAF) has partnered with Southern Airways Express to run daily round-trip flights to and from O'Hare. For more information, please check out our Purdue flight information webpage.
Ground Transportation
Visitors can take ground transportation from Chicago or Indianapolis airports:
For Reindeer Shuttle, you may need to set the final destination to Purdue Memorial Union (PMU) Club Hotel. For Lafayette Limo, the final destination should be the State Street Bus Stop (south of PMU).
For those renting vehicles, the driving distance from ORD Airport to PMU at Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) is approximately 140 miles (2.5 hours). The driving distance from IND Airport to PMU is approximately 70 miles (1.25 hours).
Visitor parking is available in the Grant Street Parking Garage near the PMU.
Lodging
Local Dining
