Call for Papers: Annual Network Congress 2026 "Applied Economic Analysis of Individuals, Households, and Firms: Beyond the Representative Agent"

The Economics Program at Universidad EIA (Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia) and the Economics Researchers Network of the Banco de la República of Colombia are pleased to invite you to submit papers for the 2026 Annual Conference of the Network, titled “Applied Economic Analysis of Individuals, Households, and Firms: Beyond the Representative Agent”.

El Congreso se llevará a cabo de manera presencial en la ciudad de Medellín los días 3 y 4 de diciembre de 2026, y estará enfocado en diversas áreas de estudio relacionadas con la heterogeneidad de agentes en la economía, entre ellas: macroeconomía y política monetaria; mercados laborales, desigualdad y demografía; desarrollo económico e inclusión; heterogeneidad de las firmas, productividad y transición energética; economía regional, urbana, ambiental y agrícola; así como la microeconomía aplicada y los métodos cuantitativos. Invitamos a expertos, jóvenes investigadores y profesionales a presentar y discutir trabajos de investigación en torno al análisis económico aplicado a individuos, hogares y firmas, con énfasis en enfoques que van más allá del agente representativo. Cada autor puede enviar un solo artículo, aunque puede participar en la conferencia con más de un artículo a través de coautorías.

The Conference will be held in person in the city of Medellín on december 3 and 4, 2026, and will focus a wide range of research areas related to agent heterogeneity in economics, including: macroeconomics and monetary policy; labor markets, inequality, and demography; economic development and inclusion; firm heterogeneity, productivity, and the energy transition; regional, urban, environmental, and agricultural economics; as well as applied microeconomics and quantitative methods. We invite academics, early-career researchers, and professionals to submit and discuss research papers on applied economic analysis of individuals, households, and firms, with an emphasis on approaches that go beyond the representative agent framework. Each author may submit only one paper; however, authors may be listed as co-authors on multiple papers. 

The conference will bring together academics, researchers, practitioners, and public policymakers to present and discuss research on heterogeneous agent economics and its applications to public policy design. The event will feature distinguished international scholars, including Mark Huggett (Georgetown University), Nancy Qian (Northwestern University), and William Maloney (World Bank).