This year's program will feature sessions on the investments and institutions that support economic growth and standards of living, highlighting research on innovation, education and human capital, health, housing, the environment, and effective policy institutions.

• Institutions and Economic Growth, with Nobel Laureates
• Economic Policy in a Fragmenting World
• Global Conflict and Economics
• Innovation, Advances, and Artificial Intelligence at Federal Statistical Agencies
• Productivity from AI to Health to Services
• The Housing Affordability Crisis: Controversies and Questions

     Other topics of interest at upcoming panel and paper sessions in Washington, DC, include:

• Are Economists Being Heard?
• Economics of Immigration
• Global Drivers of Inflation and Monetary Policy
• Low Fertility: Causes, Prospects, and Economic Consequences
• New AI Tools for Economic Science
• New developments and Q&A with editors: AEA Journals
• Oil, the Energy Transition, and Geoeconomics
• Prediction Markets, Derivatives, and Monetary Policy
• Private Capital Meets Productive Arbitrage: Economic Development and Infrastructure as an Asset Class
• Teacher Labor Markets
• The Economics of Climate Risk and Property Insurance
• The Economics of Crop Burning in South Asia
• The Economics of Military Build-ups, Wars and Post-Conflict Recoveries
• What are the Consequences of High US Deficits and Debt?

ASSA 2027 meeting registration is open. All scheduled sessions and events are listed in the preliminary program. Register today to join your colleagues in January!

2027 ASSA Annual Meeting
January 3–5, (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
Washington, DC