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The Twelfth Annual Missouri Economics Conference

October 5 - 6, 2012
Reynolds Alumni Center, University of Missouri—Columbia

The Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank St. Louis and the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri—Columbia are pleased to announce the twelfth Missouri Economics Conference, which will take place at the University of Missouri on Friday and Saturday, October 5 - 6, 2012.

The deadline to submit papers for the 2012 Missouri Economics Conference is September 1, 2012. To be considered for presentation at the conference, research papers or abstracts should be sent via email to: haslagj@missouri.edu.

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Registration:
Nonpresenters are invited to participate, and everyone must register. To register, please use our online registration form. There are no registration fees. Attendance is limited by available space and hence all participants must pre-register. The registration deadline to be included for luncheons and dinner is September 25, 2012. Late registrations may be accepted if space is available.

Please contact Joann Kunza at KunzaJ@missouri.edu for additional information.

Sessions:
Concurrent sessions will consist of four papers. Participants will have 30 minutes to present a paper. All sessions will take place at the Reynolds Alumni Center on campus.

Hotel Arrangements:
Drury Inn—Columbia at 1000 Knipp Street (I-70 and Stadium Blvd.). Reservations can be made online or by phone: 1-800-378-7946 or 573-445-1800. When calling the Group Reservation Number is: 2111534. You must reference this code to get the rate of $114.95/night + tax. Reservations must be made by September 13, 2012, in order to receive the special rate. After that date, reservations will be provided on a space-available basis only.

Note: Due to a home football game, occurring on October 6, 2012, hotel availability may be limited during the conference.

Travel Information:
Driving to the Conference: A Map to the University of Missouri, Columbia is posted at http://map.missouri.edu/.

Flying to the Conference:
The local airport is Columbia Regional Airport. It is generally cheaper to fly to Kansas City (150 miles to the west) or St. Louis (120 miles to the east) and either rent a car or take a shuttle bus. The MO-X shuttle offers service from the Kansas City and St. Louis airports to Columbia. Details about the MO-X shuttle can be found at http://moexpress.com/moxolrs/.