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Call for Papers
Fourth Annual Meeting of LACEA
Santiago, Chile, October 21-23, 1999

The Centro de Economía Aplicada of the Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad de Chile, and the Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, are organizing the 1999 LACEA Conference.  The meetings will take place in Santiago, Chile on the 21-23 of October 1999. We invite participation from all branches of Economics, from researchers and advanced graduate students interested in issues of relevance to Latin America. During the 1996 Meetings organized by ITAM, México, 157 papers were presented in 49 sessions.  The 1997 Meetings, organized by the FEDESARROLLO and Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia, 218 papers were presented, in a total of 66 sessions.  In the latest Meetings, in 1998, organized by the Universidad Tocuato di Tella, Argentina, 240 papers were presented in 60 sessions.

Conference Organizers:
Prof. José De Gregorio                     
Centro de Economía Aplicada          
Universidad de Chile                                                   
Casilla 2777                                                                
Santiago, Chile                                                
e-mail: jdegrego@dii.uchile.cl

Fax: 562 6897895         

Prof. Dominique Hachette
Instituto de Economía
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Casilla 76, Correo 17
Santiago, Chile
e-mail: hachette@volcan.facea.puc.cl

Fax: 562 5521310

Topics of Interest:
The Association is interested in theoretical and empirical contributions in all fields of economics. Authors are requested to classify their papers according to the JEL classification system.

Graduate Student Participation:
Graduate Students are encouraged to submit their work in progress.

Paper Submission Procedure:
Individuals that wish to present papers should submit abstracts no later than March 30, 1999.  Electronic submissions of abstracts are accepted.  Three copies of the finished papers or preliminary drafts must be sent by May 15, 1998.  Please, do not submit papers electronically. Use JEL classification numbers in the presentation of your submission. Papers accepted will be notified no later than July 15, 1998.  Decisions regarding financial support will be informed starting July 15Th.  Multiple individual submissions are discouraged and under no circumstances more than two submissions will be accepted from the same person, although he/she may be co-author in other papers submitted to the Conference.

Please send abstracts and papers to:
LACEA 1999
Profs. José De Gregorio and Dominique Hachette
Address: Casilla 76, Correo 17, Santiago, Chile
e-mail: lacea99@dii.uchile.cl
Fax:  (56 2) 552 1310
Phones:  (56 2) 678 4045 (De Gregorio)
(56 2) 686 4326 (Hachette)