Call for Papers
Sixth Annual Meeting of LACEA
Montevideo, Uruguay, October 18-20, 2001

The Sixth Annual Meeting of the Latin American and the Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay on October 18th, 19th and 20th, 2001. The meeting is organized by CERES, the Department of Economics at the School of Social Sciences, Universidad de la República, and Universidad ORT. We invite participation from all branches of economics, from researchers and advanced graduate students interested in issues of relevance to Latin America.

All details of the submission procedure, as well as other information about the conference can be found at the conference web site:

http://www.ort.edu.uy/lacea2001.htm

For inquiries on the academic program and/or conference logistics, please contact: secretariat.lacea2001@ceres-uy.org

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 strongly encouraged to submit their work.

Paper Submission Procedure
Individuals who wish to present papers should submit abstracts no later than April 30, 2001. The final version of the paper is due May 31. Use JEL classification numbers in the presentation of your submission.

Electronic submissions should be made in a pdf file and sent to Lacea2001@decon.edu.uy

The Organizing Committee encourages electronic submissions, but mail submissions will be accepted. Hard copies must be accompanied by diskettes and should be postmarked as above or sent to:
CERES
Antonio Costa 3476
11300 Montevideo, Uruguay

Authors of accepted papers will be notified no later than July 31, 2001. Limited financial aid may be available on the basis of both merit and need, as determined by the Program Committee. Decisions regarding financial support will be informed after July 31.

Multiple individuals submissions are discouraged, and under no circumstances will more than two submissions be accepted from the same person, although he/she may be co-author in other papers submitted to the Conference.