2010 ESP Conference
Economics Scholars Program for Undergraduate Research
March 26, 2010

What is the Economics Scholars Program (ESP)?

ESP, a collaborative effort between Austin College and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, is a program designed to foster the involvement of undergraduate students of economics in all facets and levels of the research process.

What is the Economics Scholars Program Conference?

The ESP Conference is a one-day undergraduate economics research conference. The event provides students the opportunity to share and gain feedback on their original research. It not only provides a forum for students already doing research but also aims to inspire others to create and pursue their own research agenda.

Who Should Attend?

Undergraduate students at all levels and faculty members (especially faculty research sponsors) are encouraged to attend.

The conference is modeled after professional economics conferences. Students are involved as:

1. Members of the Peer Review Board
2. Presenters of their own (or coauthored) original research
3. Discussants
4. Session chairs
5. Audience

Criteria for Participation

Peer Review Board: Preference will be given to discussants and presenters from previous ESP conferences as well as students who are already members of the national economics honors society, Omicron Delta Epsilon. Peer Review Board members meet periodically via teleconference to review submissions and are encouraged to attend the conference.

Session Chairs: Undergraduate students classified as a sophomore or higher who are interested in conducting research are encouraged to apply to be session chairs.

Discussants: Preference will be given to students who have completed coursework in econometrics or other empirical fields as well as coursework through intermediate microeconomics and intermediate macroeconomics.

Presenters: Undergraduates who are conducting independent original research in all fields of economics are encouraged to submit a paper for consideration. Papers can be empirical, theoretical or analytical in nature. 

Audience: Any undergraduate student or faculty member interested in economic research

Call for Papers
Deadline for submitting abstract: February 26, 2010

Undergraduate students at all levels are invited to discuss their independent and faculty-cosponsored work in any area associated with economics. Papers and discussants in the fields of applied economics, econometrics, history or pedagogy are welcome. Students are required to have a faculty sponsor. The sponsor is encouraged but not required to attend. Undergraduate students from all geographic areas are welcome.

• Submit a paper
• Acceptance criteria for papers submitted

Fast Facts

• When
  Friday, March 26, 2010
   
• Where
  Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  2200 N. Pearl St.
  Dallas, TX 75201
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Register to Attend or Participate

• There is no registration fee to attend or submit a paper, but all participants must register by the March 12, 2010 deadline to attend.
• Student registration
• Faculty or faculty sponsor registration
• Continental breakfast, lunch and parking are provided. Students and faculty sponsors are responsible for all travel costs.

Hotel Information

• Holiday Inn Dallas Market Center
  4500 Harry Hines Blvd.
  Dallas, TX 75219
  Phone: 214-219-3333
  Toll-Free: 888-465-4329
   
• Ask for the FRB Economics Scholars Program conference block (rate: $85), or book online and enter the group code ESP.

For more information

• Contact Melanie Fox Kean at mfox-kean@austincollege.edu or Sherry Kiser at sherry.kiser@dal.frb.org.