Submission Guidelines

Each submission requires a long abstract of between 900 and 1,100 words (not including references) that describes the paper. You will be required to paste the abstract into the submission form, which does not allow for mathematical symbols or LaTeX formatting. Authors may submit more than one abstract. Each paper can be submitted for the general sessions, and/or the sponsored sessions and/or the poster session. To be clear - you may check multiple boxes on the first page of the submission process - you need not submit the same paper twice/thrice.

Proposals for complete sessions for either the general paper sessions or the sponsored sessions are also encouraged. Organizers of proposed sessions should have authors of papers for the session submit their paper abstracts as noted above. A session proposal, which clearly identifies the organizer, papers, chairs and discussants (if applicable) and contains a narrative of less than 500 words describing the session, should be emailed to aereconference@gmail.com by the regular submission deadline.  Papers submitted as part of a proposed session may be accepted or rejected on an individual basis unless the organizer specifically requests the session be considered only in its entirety.

The Sponsored Sessions in 2011 focus on the key research questions at the nexus of urbanization and the environment under the theme Metropolises, Urbanization, and the Environment.  We welcome submissions on both theoretical and applied economic research related to the broad topic of Metropolises, Urbanization, and the Environment. Issues could include but are not limited to:

- valuation of environmental amenities within and across urban centers
- design and effectiveness of pollution control policy in the urban context
- urbanization and climate change (cause and effects)
- urban water and energy demand, supply, and innovation
- vehicle-related policy design, including impacts of market and nonmarket mechanisms
- local governance and the environment
- economic consequences of environmentally contaminated properties and their re-development
- urban land-use and the environment

The Sponsored Sessions will include up to twelve papers. As with the General Sessions, each paper is designated a discussant. Abstracts submitted to the sponsored sessions should make clear how the paper is related to the chosen theme. 

Submissions will be accepted starting December 15th, 2010 and must be received by midnight (Eastern Standard Time) on January 15th, 2011.

Authors will be notified of the status of their submissions by February 28, 2011. Presenters in the General and Sponsored Sessions must share their papers with the discussants before May 10 2011.  Please note that all selected paper and poster presenters must be 2011 AERE members and priority consideration for discussants will be given to 2011 AERE members.  All presenters and program participants must be registered for the conference by April 15, 2011 in order to be included in the final program.  Further, accepted papers must not be published before the time of the conference.

Questions should bedirected to the conference organizers Maximilian Auffhammer and Laura Taylor at the following address: aereconference@gmail.com.