SAET Conference on Current Trends in Economics

Conference Chairs: Aloisio Araujo and Nicholas Yannelis

The 25^th Annual SAET Conference will be held July 13-18 , 2026, with a special celebration on July 18, for the 80^th birthday of Aloisio Araujo. The conference will take place at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Related Event: Association for Public Economic Theory 2026 reunion https://eventos.fgv.br/en/pet-26

Program

The early registration deadline has been extended to June 15, 2026.
The conference fee categories are based on the participant’s country of residence. Please note that the reductions apply only to the conference fee, including the Students/Postdocs category, and do not apply to the SAET membership fee.
To register, participants must pay both the conference fee, through IMPA’s payment system at the end of this registration form, and the SAET membership fee, through SAET’s webpage.
In case of any doubt regarding the applicable category, please contact us before completing your registration.
Participants whose country of residence falls under one of the reduced-fee categories and who have already paid the previous fee are kindly asked to contact us.

Full fee applies to participants residing in Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Japan, and Singapore.
60% fee applies to participants residing in China and Latin America, except Haiti and Bolivia.
30% fee applies to participants residing in Africa, other countries in Asia, Haiti, and Bolivia.

Registration Period	Category	Individual Registration Fee (Both SAET membership and conference fee)	Student/Post-Doc Cost
Until June 15, 2026	Full fee	$400	$120
Until June 15, 2026	60% fee	$288	$88
Until June 15, 2026	30% fee	$204	$64
Starting June 16, 2026	Full fee	$500	$180
Starting June 16, 2026	60% fee	$348	$132
Starting June 16, 2026	30% fee	$234	$96

The conference registration cost includes all the conference lunches, coffee breaks, the opening reception on the 13th of July (with drinks & hors d’oeuvres), and a social dinner.

Registration is a two-step process. Please click on each link below and register on both.

Step 1: SAET

Step 2: IMPA

Plenary Speakers

Presidential Lecture: Chris Pissarides, London School of Economics and University of Cyprus
Chair: John Geanakoplos, Yale University

Debreu Lecture: James J. Heckman, University of Chicago
Chair: Ricardo Paes de Barros, INSPER

Optimal Redistribution via Income Taxation and Market Design: Piotr Dworczak, Northwestern University and Group for Research in Applied Economics
Chair: Jeff Ely, Northwestern University

McKenzie Lecture: M. Ali Khan, Johns Hopkins University
Chair: Luciano I. de Castro, University of Iowa

Marginal Social Valuation and Robust Policy Assessment: Lars Peter Hansen, University of Chicago
Chair: Juliano Junqueira Assunção, PUC-RIO

Timothy J. Kehoe (University of Minnesota)

Recursive contracts in non-convex environments: Felix Kübler (University of Zurich)

Andreu Mas-Colell (University of Pompeu Fabra )

From degradation to recovery: Quantifying the impact of emission prices on tropical forests: José Scheinkman (Columbia University)

Michael Woodford (Columbia University)

Local Organizing Committee

Aloisio Pessoa de Araujo (IMPA e FGV)
Carolina Alejandra Parra Martinez (UERJ)
Eduardo Faingold (INSPER)
Jaime Jose Orrillo Carhuajulca (UCB-DF)
Juan Pablo Gama Torres (UFMG)
Leandro Lyra Braga Dognini (UERJ)
Rafael Dix Carneiro (Duke University)
Suely Torres De Melo Dos Santos (IMPA)
Susan Schommer (UFRJ)
Vitor Chagas Da Costa (IMPA)

VISA Information

To check whether or not you need a VISA to enter Brazil, please be aware that as of April 10, 2025, citizens from Australia, Canada, and the United States must obtain an e-Visa for tourism or business visits to Brazil. Other nationals requiring visas include citizens of India, China, Cuba, Egypt, and numerous others. Visitors should verify requirements through Brazilian consular authorities and portals before travel.

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Accommodation

Official hotels and agencies are not allowed to contact participants unless the participant has previously contacted the hotel directly. To make a reservation, please contact the hotel of your choice directly.

If you have received a message from Global Travel Experts, please note that it is not from the organization of the event and may be a scam. All official messages about the event are sent by the e-mail eventos@impa.br.

Please review the list of recommended hotels that the local conference organizers put together.

Rio de Janeiro Official Tourist Agency

Please visit the website of Riotur, the official tourist agency of Rio de Janeiro for activities and places to see!