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Call for Papers
The 24th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference
Renaissance Boston Waterfront
April 10-12, 2026
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The 24th annual International Industrial Organization Conference will be held in person April 10-12, 2026 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront in Boston. The conference will include panel discussions and contributed sessions on all topics in industrial organization including antitrust economics and regulation.
We are pleased to announce that John Vickers will receive the 2026 Distinguished Fellow Award, and Luis Cabral will receive the 2026 Distinguished Service Award.
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The 2026 IIOC will feature two semi-plenary talks on computational methods in IO and switching costs in the digital economy.
Advances in Computational Methods in IO
John Rust, Georgetown University; and Uli Doraszelski, University of Pennsylvania
Switching Costs in the Digital Economy
Gary Biglaiser, University of North Carolina; and Luis Cabral, New York University
We are also happy to announce that the conference will feature two invited sessions:
Industrial Organization and Education
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Organizers and Chairs: Christopher Neilson, Yale University; and Adam Kapor, Princeton University
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Presenters: Luis Armona, Harvard University; Harshil Sahai, World Bank; Caue Dobbin, Georgetown University; and Adam Kapor, Princeton University
Algorithmic Pricing
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Organizers and Chairs: Jeanine Mikos-Thal, University of Rochester; and Matthijs Wildenbeest, University of Arizona
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Presenters: Diego Aparicio, IESE; Jeanine Miklos-Thal, University of Rochester; Alex Wolitzky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Hangcheng Zhao, Rutgers University
To submit a paper, please visit:
| | DEADLINES: Paper submissions through the web link above will be accepted through January 10, 2026. There is no submission fee. Decisions will be announced by February 6, 2026. Paper presenters must register by February 16, 2026. | | CONFERENCE GUIDELINES: Only one paper is allowed per submitter. The individual submitting the paper is expected to present if accepted. Paper acceptances are also conditional on the submitter's willingness to serve as a discussant in another session of the conference. Discussants are selected from conference presenters and attendants. If you wish to propose a full session, contact the Program Chair, Paul Grieco at paul.grieco@psu.edu. | | |
Again this year, the Industrial Organization Society is pleased to award the following two prizes which include an honorarium of $2,500. To be considered for one of the prizes, completed papers must be uploaded to the conference website by January 10, 2026.
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The 18th annual University of Florida Robert F. Lanzillotti Prize will be awarded for the best paper in antitrust economics.
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The 18th annual University of Florida Public Utility Research Center Prize will be awarded for the best paper in regulatory economics.
| RISING STAR SESSIONS: The Rising Star sessions showcase the best graduate student research in industrial organization and provide emerging scholars with both heightened visibility and expert feedback on their research. Session chairs and discussants are drawn from established Industrial Organization scholars, and many of the presenters in Rising Star sessions develop long-standing professional relationships with their session participants. To ensure we give student work consideration for these prestigious sessions, all graduate student submissions must go through the Rising Stars Area on the submission portal. Papers that are not selected for a Rising Star session will be considered for inclusion in a general session at the IIOC. | SPONSORED SESSIONS: This year there will be several sessions devoted to frontier topics that are sponsored by companies and institutes working on issues related to Industrial Organization. The Industrial Organization Society will select relevant topics, and the program committee will select papers that are the best fit with these topics. All conference submissions related to these topics will be considered for inclusion in these sessions. | | SPONSORS: 2026 sponsors will be announced soon. Last year's sponsors included: Amazon, Analysis Group, Bates White, Brattle Group, Charles River Associates, Compass Lexecon, Cornerstone, Econic Partners, FTI Consulting, Keystone Strategy, NERA, Secretariat Economists, University of Florida PPRC, University of Florida PURC, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. | | |
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Mike Abito, Ohio State University; Gaurab Aryal, Boston University; Heski Bar-Isaac, University of Toronto; Giulia Brancaccio, New York University; Zach Brown, University of Michigan; Christopher Conlon, New York University; Chiarra Farronato, Harvard University; Martin Hackmann, University of California, Los Angeles; Nima Hagpannah, Yale University; Chun-Yu Ho, University at Albany, SUNY; Brett Hollenbeck, University of California, Los Angeles; Karam Kang, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thomas Koch, Federal Trade Commission; Haizhen Lin, Indiana University; Qihong Liu, University of Oklahoma; Fernando Luco, Texas A&M University; Alexander MacKay, University of Virginia; Erik Madsen, New York University; Charles Murry, University of Michigan; Peter Newberry, University of Georgia; Aniko Oery, Carnegie Mellon University; Christian Peukert, University of Lausanne; Andrew Rhodes, Toulouse School of Economics; David Rivers, Washington University in St. Louis; Ted Rosenbaum, Federal Trade Commission; Florian Schuett, KU Leuven; Greg Taylor, Oxford University; Matthijs Wildenbeest, University of Arizona; Yiyi Zhou, Stony Brook University
PROGRAM CHAIR: Paul Grieco, Penn State University
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We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Sincerely,
Paul Grieco
Program Committee Chair
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