2025 World Congress, Seoul, Korea

August 18 - 22, 2025
Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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The 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society (ESWC 2025) will take place in Seoul, Korea, Monday, August 18 to Friday, August 22, 2025 organized by the Korean Economic Association, Seoul National University, Korea University, Sogang University, Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University, the Bank of Korea, National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences (NRC), Korea Development Institute (KDI), and Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP).

The World Congress occurs only once every five years and is the focal point of the Society’s meetings in which researchers from all regions of the world convene simultaneously to participate in a program covering all aspects of economics, with a scientific program reflecting the very best work in the profession.

Previous congresses have been held in Rome (1965), Cambridge, UK (1970), Toronto (1975), Aix-en-Provence (1980), Cambridge, USA (1985), Barcelona (1990), Tokyo (1995), Seattle (2000), London (2005), Shanghai (2010), Montréal (2015), with the 2020 ESWC taking place virtually in cooperation with Bocconi University in Milan.

The Program Committee Co-Chairs Rachel Griffith (Lead Chair), University of Manchester; Yuriy Gorodnichenko (Co-Chair), University of California, Berkeley; Michihiro Kandori (Co-Chair), University of Tokyo; and Francesca Molinari (Co-Chair), Cornell University. The Local Organizing Co-Chairs are Yoon-Jae Whang and Jinwoo Kim from Seoul National University.

Important dates

Submissions open: November 15, 2024
Submission close: January 31, 2025
Decision Notification: March 31, 2025
Registration Period (for presenters): March 31, 2025 – April 21, 2025
Preliminary Program Announcement: May 31, 2025

Conference website - www.eswc2025.org

Financial Aid

The Econometric Society and the Korean Economic Association have established a fund to provide financial assistance for participants from low income regions, low income institutions, or those who do not have access to travel funds. You can apply when you submit a paper.

Keynote Speakers

Larry Samuelson
Yale University
Econometric Society President’s Address

Itzhak Gilboa
HEC and Reichman University
Walras-Bowley Lecture

Magne Mogstad
University of Chicago
Fisher-Schultz Lecture

Silvana Tenreyro
London School of Economics and Political Science
Cowles Lecture

Hidehiko Ichimura
University of Arizona
Frisch Memorial Lecture

Lunchtime Sessions

Family Policies and the Gender Gap in Labor Markets - Monday, Aug 18, 2025

Jisoo Hwang
Seoul National University

Jessica Pan
National University of Singapore

Uta Schönberg
University of Hong Kong, University College London

In conversation with James Robinson - Tuesday, August 19, 2025

James Robinson
University of Chicago

Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia

Geoeconomics - Wednesday, Aug 20th, 2025

Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde
University of Pennsylvania

Matteo Maggiori
Stanford University

The Current State of Central Bank Digital Currency - Thursday, Aug 21st, 2025

David Andolfatto
University of Miami

Matteo Maggiori
Stanford University

Hyun Song Shin
Bank of International Settlements

Silvana Tenreyro
London School of Economics

Sung-guan Yun
Bank of Korea

Local Organizing Co-Chairs

Yoon-Jae Whang
Seoul National University

Jinwoo Kim
Seoul National University

Econometric Society General Sponsors

Scientific Program Committee

Program Committee Co-Chairs

Rachel Griffith
University of Manchester

Yuriy Gorodnichenko
University of California - Berkeley

Michihiro Kandori
University of Tokyo

Francesca Molinari
Cornell University

Program Committee

Abi Adams-Prassl, University of Oxford
Arun Advani, University of Warwick
Ingela Alger, Toulouse School of Economics
Heather Anderson, Monash University
Adrien Auclert, Stanford University
Juliane Begenau, Stanford University
Alexandre Belloni, Duke University
Michele Belot, Cornell University
David Berger, Duke University
Florin Bilbiie, University of Cambridge
Johannes Boehm, Sciences Po
Aislinn Bohren, University of Pennsylvania
Timo Boppart, Stockholm University (IIES)
Irene Brambilla, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Markus Brueckner, Australian National University
Peter Buisseret, Harvard University
David Byrne, University of Melbourne
Ivan Canay, Northwestern University
Matias Cattaneo, Princeton University
Yoosoon Chang, Indiana University Bloomington
Yeon-Koo Che, Columbia University
Hui Chen, MIT
Xu Cheng, University of Pennsylvania
Denis Chetverikov, University of California, Los Angeles
Jaewon Choi, Seoul National University
Eun Yi Chung, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Olivier Coibion, University of Texas Austin
Clement De Chaisemartin, Sciences Po
Aureo De Paula, University College London
Davide Debortoli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (CREI)
David Dorn, University of Zurich (UBS Center)
Itamar Drechsler, University of Pennsylvania
Piotr Dworczak, Northwestern University
Federico Echenique, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Elsby, University of Edinburgh
Juan Carlos Escanciano, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Eduardo Faingold, Insper
Maryam Farboodi, MIT
Bruno Ferman, Sao Paulo School of Economics
John Fernald, INSEAD Business School
Joachim Freyberger, University of Bonn
Alessandro Gavazza, London School of Economics
Raffaella Giacomini, University College London
Silvia Goncalves, McGill University
Bryan Graham, University of California Berkeley
Pauline Grosjean, UNSW Sydney
Jiaying Gu, University of Toronto
Youjin Hahn, Yonsei University
Jonathan Heathcote, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Jean-Jacques Herings, Tilburg University
Kei Hirano, Pennsylvania State University
Jonas Hjort, University College London
Nicole Immorlica, Microsoft Research
Luigi Iovino, Università Bocconi
Yuichiro Kamada, University of California, Berkeley
Navin Kartik, Columbia University
Jinwoo Kim, Seoul National University
Kwang Hwan Kim, Yonsei University
Yunjung Kim, Sogang University Seoul
Brendan Kline, University of Texas Austin
Botond Koszegi, Central European University
Kanghyuk Koh, Korea University
Anton Kolotilin, UNSW Sydney
Arvind Krishnamurthy, Stanford University
Oleksiy Kryvtsov, Bank of Canada
Hyejin Ku, University College London
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Columbia University
Michael Leung, University of California Santa Cruz
Andrei Levchenko, University of Michigan
Ilse Lindenlaub, Yale University
Attila Lindner, University College London
Hanno Lustig, Stanford University
Yueran Ma, University of Chicago
Matteo Maggiori, Stanford University
George Mailath, Australian National University
Kalina Manova, University College London
Elena Manresa, New York University
Guy Michaels, London School of Economics
Simon Mongey, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Juan-Pablo Montero, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC-Chile)
Roger Moon, University of Southern California
Ismael Mourifie, Washington University in St. Louis
Xiaosheng Mu, Princeton University
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University
Volker Nocke, University of Mannheim
Andriy Norets, Brown University
Martin O'Connell, University of Wisconsin Madison
Cormac O'Dea, Yale University
Aniko Ory, Carnegie Mellon University
Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College
Wojciech Olszewski, Northwestern University
Emanuel Ornelas, Sao Paulo School of Economics
Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland
Michaela Pagel, Washington University in St. Louis
Jessica Pan, National University of Singapore
Minsoo Park, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
Alessandro Pavan, Northwestern University
Barbara Petrongolo, University of Oxford
Carolin Pflueger, University of Chicago
Christine Pinto, Insper
Mikkel Plagborg-Moller, Princeton University
Bruce Preston, University of Melbourne
Marek Pycia, University of Zurich
Doron Ravid, University of Chicago
Pascual Restrepo, Boston University
Mathias Reynaert, Toulouse School of Economics
Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine
Gil Riella, EPPG FGV
Kota Saito, California Institute of Technology
Kjell Salvanes, NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohe, Columbia University
Myung Hwan Seo, Seoul National University
Amit Seru, Stanford University
Xiaoxia Shi, University of Wisconsin Madison
Yongseok Shin, Washington University in St. Louis
Rodrigo Soares, Insper
Rohini Somanathan, University of Delhi (Delhi School of Economics)
Michelle Sovinsky, University of Mannheim
Jann Spiess, Stanford University
Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics
Charles Sprenger, California Institute of Technology
Joerg Stoye, Cornell University
Satoru Takahashi, National University of Singapore
Oleksandr (Sasha) Talavera, University of Birmingham, UK
Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University
Alexander Torgovitsky, University of Chicago
Mathias Trabandt, Goethe University
Antonella Trigari, Università Bocconi
Farshid Vahid, Monash University
Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, Columbia University
Frank Verboven, KU Leuven
Vikrant Vig, Stanford University
Hans-Joachim Voth, University of Zurich
Mazhar Waseem, University of Manchester
Martin Weidner, University of Oxford
Johannes Wieland, University of California San Diego
Daniel Wilhelm, LMU Munich
Tom Wilkening, University of Melbourne
Jin Cynthia Wu, University of Notre Dame
Ning Neil Yu, Nanjing Audit University
Jane Zhang, UNSW Sydney
Sarah Zubairy, Texas A&M University

Invited Speakers

Klaus Adam
University College London

Isaiah Andrews
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

George-Marios Angeletos
Northwestern University

Timothy Armstrong
University of Southern California

Leah Boustan
Princeton University

Benjamin Brooks
University of Chicago

Ariel Burstein
University of California, Los Angeles

David Byrne
University of Melbourne

Giacomo Calzolari
European University Institute

Andrew Caplin
New York University

Matias Cattaneo
Princeton University

Yeon-Koo Che
Columbia University

Dean Corbae
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Xavier D’Haultfoeuille
CREST-ENSAE

Adeline Delavande
University of Technology Sydney

Pierre Dubois
Toulouse School of Economics

Marcela Eslava
Universidad de Los Andes

Ignacio Esponda
University of California, Santa Barbara

Jason Hartline
Northwestern University, School of Engineering

Guojun He
University of Hong Kong

Kei Hirano
Pennsylvania State University

Cars Hommes
Bank of Canada

Nicole Immorlica
Microsoft Research

Koichiro Ito
University of Chicago

Hiroaki Kaido
Boston University

Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
Brown University

Greg Kaplan
University of Chicago

Andreas Kleiner
University of Bonn

Pat Kline
University of California, Berkeley

Anton Kolotilin
UNSW Sydney

Bingjing Li
University of Hong Kong.

Jia Li
Singapore Management University

Shengwu Li
Harvard University

Paul Milgrom
Stanford

Magne Mogstad
University of Chicago

Stephen Morris
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Xiaosheng Mu
Princeton

Nathan Nunn
University of British Columbia

Ryo Okui
University of Tokyo

Carol Propper
Imperial College London

Stephen Redding
Princeton University

Myung Hwan "Matt" Seo
Seoul National University

Amit Seru
Stanford University

Xiaoxia Shi
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Vasiliki Skreta
University of Texas at Austin

Amanda Starc
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Jorg Stoye
Cornell University

Adam Szeidl
Central European University

Balazs Szentes
Hong Kong University, Business School

Juuso Toikka
Unniversity of Pennsylvania

Wilbert Van der Klaauw
Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Michael Weber
University of Chicago

Martin Weidner
University of Oxford

Registration

Registration is now open. You can register for the conference by visiting the Oxford Abstract website. Kindly note that the registration deadline for presenters is April 21st, 2025.

Regular registration: Early bird: $575 USD (till April 21st, 2025)
Student: Early bird: $200 USD (till April 21st, 2025)
Regular registration: $625 USD
Student: $250 USD
Gala Dinner: $120 USD
Non-member registration: $900 USD

Paper Submissions

The submission process is now closed.

Please direct questions to [email protected] for queries regarding this conference. or visit the Conference Website - www.eswc2025.org

Financial Aid

Congress Venue: COEX

COEX has been home to Korea's most significant events as well as academic conferences and exhibitions, hosting an average of 2,000 meetings and events annually. The Center consists of four main exhibition halls and 54 meeting rooms with onsite facilities including three five-star hotels, Asia's largest underground shopping mall and a city airport terminal, ensuring that all business, entertainment and shopping can be met under one roof.

Host City, Seoul

Seoul, the heart of the nation and home to 10 million residents, is a world-class city where contemporary lifestyle meets long-standing history. Every corner of Seoul is packed with friendly Seoulites and extraordinary restaurants, teeming with ultra-modern streetscapes and dashing natural landscapes.

Hotels, Dorm Rooms and University Apartments

The Econometric Society has arranged access to self-pay discounted hotel rooms through Marriott International with access to five Marriott properties near the COEX. In order to secure the discounts, one must fill out the attached reservation form and email it to the individual property (except in one case in which a direct reservation link is available). Please see below for all information and links.

The local organziers also have additional hotel information available on their website. Please click here to access that information.

For students and young professionals, the local organziers have made a limited number of on-campus dorm rooms and apartments are available. Dorm and apartment reservation information is posted below following the Marriott property reservation information and can also be found on the main World Congress website.

Finally, third party reservation sites are also reliable booking agents for hotel rooms.
Please see https://www.expedia.com and https://www.booking.com.

MARRIOTT PROPERTIES
Josun Palace, Luxury Collection SELLC
State Room, King bed; KRW 465,000 +10%VAT (SUN-FRI) / KRW 565,000+10%VAT (SAT); approx. $320-$386.
10 minutes by car to COEX.
Reservation cut-off date: July 4, 2025.
To make a reservation, please fill out this writable form and email to [email protected]
/uploads/forms/Josun%20Palace%20a%20Luxury%20Collection%20Hotel%20Seoul%20Gangnam_Reservation%20Form%20UPDATED%20(2).docx

AC Hotel Seoul Gangnam SELAG
Superior, 220,000; Deluxe double 240,000; breakfast 33,000; approx. $151-$165 per night.
15 minutes by car; 10 minutes by subway to COEX.
Reservation cut-off date: August 8, 2025.
To make a reservation, please fill out this writable form and email to [email protected]
/uploads/forms/AC%20Hotel%20by%20Marriott%20Seoul%20Gangnam_writable%20form.docx

Four Points by Sheraton Seoul, Gangnam SELFG
Standard KRW 200,000+, Premier KRW 220,000+ room only; breakfast 20,000+; approx. $137 a night.
15 minutes by car to COEX.
Reservation cut-off date: July 31, 2025
To make a reservation, please fill out this writable form and email to [email protected]
/uploads/forms/Four%20Points%20Sheraton_ESWC%202025_Room%20Reservation%20Request%20Form.docx

Aloft Seoul Gangnam SELAL
AUK: KRW 175,000 (inclusive), River King: KRW 190,000 (inclusive); approx. $120-$131 a night.
8 minutes by car to COEX.
Reservation cut-off date: July 17, 2025
To make a reservation, please fill out this writable form and email to [email protected]
/uploads/forms/Aloft%20Seoul%20Gangnam-writable%20reservation%20form.doc

JW Marriott Seoul SELJW
KRW 320,000 no breakfast, deluxe room; KRW 355,000 with breakfast; approximately. $220-$244 a night.
30 minutes by car to COEX.
Reservation cut-off date: July 4, 2025
To make a reservation, please click on the reservation link: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1743055745220&key=GRP&guestreslink2=true&app=resvlink
For any issues, please email [email protected]

DORMITORY ROOMS AND APARTMENTS
Gonzaga Hall, Sogang University
To make reservations, kindly fill out this google reservation form.

- How to get to Sogang University
https://scc.sogang.ac.kr/wwwe/location.html
- Campus Map
https://scc.sogang.ac.kr/wwwe/campusmap.html
- Facilities (Photos of rooms and other facilities in the dormitory)
https://gonzaga.sogang.ac.kr/home/sub01/sub01_03.jsp

- Price (Student Rooms for All Applicants)
RW60,000/day (single occupancy, I am using a room by myself and paying for two persons)
KRW30,000/day (double occupancy, I am sharing a room with someone else and paying for one person)

The price is charged on a daily basis. For example, if you check in on August 17, and check out on August 22, you will be paying for 6 days.

- Price (Apartments for Postdocs and Professors)
KRW 37,000/night l Studio (maximum occupancy: 1 person)
KRW 66,000/night l One bedroom (maximum occupancy: 2 people)
KRW 84,000/night l Two bedrooms (maximum occupancy: 3 people)
The price is charged per night.

Visa Application Information

Many, if not all, of you will need to apply for a Visa to enter South Korea. It is critical that you review the South Korea Visa requirements for your country of current residence and apply for your Visa as soon as is allowed. After completing the registration at the ESWC 2025 website, participants may request a letter of invitation issued by the Congress organizers in Korea. If needed, please secure this letter as soon as possible.

Following is a link to Korea Air’s Visa information tool, however, this does not substitute for checking the government sites.

Please be aware that visa refusal rates vary, and applications may be denied if documents are incomplete or requirements are not met. To improve your chances of approval, please pay close attention to the following:

Submit a complete application with all required documents, including your invitation letter.
Ensure financial proof is sufficient, showing your ability to cover expenses during your stay.
https://www.k-eta.go.kr/portal/newapply/index.do

For visa-related inquiries, please reach out via email at [email protected].
When writing your email, be sure to include:
Subject: Visa Inquiry – [Your Name]
Your Full Name (as per passport)
Your Affiliation (university/institution)
Nationality
Passport No.
Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY)
Length of visit: 8/18/2025 - 8/22/2025

Social Event Schedule

Welcome Reception (Monday, August 18th, 2025) at COEX (Conference site, Convention Hall D)
Thank You Party (Tuesday, August 19th, 2025) – location to be determined. BY INVITATION ONLY WITH RSVP for program chairs and program committee members, invited speakers, and local organizing chairs and committee members.
Gala Dinner (Wednesday, August 20th, 2025) at the Grand Intercontinental Seoul Parnas Hotel (the main conference hotel, adjacent to COEX)
Cultural Musical Event (Thursday, August 21st, 2025) at Sejong Center (https://www.sejongpac.or.kr/eng/main/main.do [sejongpac.or.kr]).

We are delighted to offer childcare services from August 18 to 22 during ESWC 2025, with service hours from 08:50 to 12:55 and 14:05 to 18.25.

Please see the registration form for more information including the link to the required or click on separate child care form.

Important Notes
- Childcare services are available only for children aged 3 to 11 years.
- Lunch and snacks will not be provided due to food safety issues.
- Individuals may bring their own snacks and drinks, but please note that this is a peanut-free environment.
- For public health issues, children with colds and/or infectious diseases will not be permitted to enter.
- Guardians must pick up their children during the lunch break between the morning and afternoon service hours.
- Childcare services will be closed from 12:55 to 14:05.
- All children must have proof of individual travel insurance coverage for emergencies.
- ESWC 2025 LOC reserves the right to discontinue childcare services if children causes disruptions to other children or caregiver(s).
- For any modifications or inquiries about childcare services, please reach out to the ESWC 2025 Secretariat at [email protected].