2026 Midwest Econometrics Group Annual Meeting

The Economics Department in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business is excited to host the 34th annual meeting of the Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG 2026), a two-day event focused on econometric theory, methods and empirical applications.

MEG 2026 will take place Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, 2026 at the Graduate Hotel (located on UC's campus). Lodging is available (see below).

The opening lecture will be delivered by Jeffrey Wooldridge, Walter Adams Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Economics and University Distinguished Professor from Michigan State University's department of economics.

The keynote speaker for the Friday night dinner is Beth Munnich of the University of Louisville, who is also a faculty affiliate of the University of Notre Dame.

Stay tuned to this page for coming agenda, session and speaker information.

• Explore the BLINK immersive laser light art festival happening every night after conference activities. Take an Uber 2.6 miles to Music Hall to start.
• Try Cincinnati-style chili at Skyline Chili. The nearest location is 0.8 miles from the hotel on historic Ludlow Avenue.
• Taste Greater's ice cream, Specialty Food Association Hall of Fame winner. Try the black raspberry chip! The nearest location is 0.9 miles from the hotel on Ludlow Avenue.
• See the University of Cincinnati's award-winning West campus architecture.
• See USA Today's third-ranked Best Zoo and top-ranked botanical garden in the nation — located less than a mile from the hotel.

Four-person sessions have 25 minutes per presentation. Five-person sessions have 20 minutes per presentation.

The call for papers is closed.

Rooms are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please book your hotel stay using this link so MEG gets credit for room stays generated. We pay a penalty for not filling enough rooms, there's nowhere cheaper or more convenient to stay, and the room stays subsidize the cost of our meeting areas.

Please call (513-487-3834) or email Graduate Hotel Senior Sales Manager Brandon Blankenship if you have trouble booking your stay.

Note: The Graduate Hotel is booked for Friday night. If you haven't yet booked a hotel room, you might consider the Hampton Inn & Suites Cincinnati Uptown, which is a less-than-10-minute walk from the Graduate, or a downtown hotel just a 3-mile Uber/Lyft trip away.

Cincinnati is home to many firms that hire econometricians including, but not limited to: Great American Insurance, Fifth Third Bank, Kroger, GE Aerospace, P&G, 84.51°, Medpace, Paycor, dunnhumby, NielsenIQ and Worldpay.

Applications for the Mentoring Workshop are closed.

Applications for the student paper awards are closed.

• Lindner College of Business
• Lindner Economics Department
• Kautz-Uible Economics Institute
• Charles P. Taft Research Center
• McGraw-Hill Publishers
• International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE)