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The 9th Annual Economics Teaching Conference (sponsored by the National Economics Teaching Association and Cengage Learning) will be in Austin on October 24 and 25. The call for papers is here, and there is an 'extra early bird' discount if you register by May 31.

You can also try for a free trip to the conference by competing for Cengage's Second Annual Economist Educator Best in Class Award. Submissions are due by July 8.

And the National Association of Economic Educators has a Call for Papers out for the 2014 ASSA meetings:

The National Association of Economic Educators and the Council on Economic Education will conduct three sessions at the January 2014 meetings of the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) and American Economic Association (AEA) annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 3-5, 2014.

New research papers on any relevant topic in economic education will be considered. Those interested in presenting a paper should send an abstract or complete paper, no later than May 24, 2013, to:

Dr. Andrew Hill, Chair
NAEE Research Commitee
c/o Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
10 Independence Mall
Philadelphia, PA, 19106.

Alternatively, papers and/or expressions of interest in serving as a discussant may be sent via email to: Andrew.Hill@phil.frb.org.

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