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The 2026 Meeting of the EPCS will be held at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain on March 23-25, 2026.

Keynote Speakers

Ruben Enikolopov (University of Pompeu Fabra)

Thomas Fujiwara (Princeton University)

Wicksell Prize

Every year, the EPCS awards the Wicksell Prize in honor of the Swedish economist Johan Gustaf Knut Wicksell, to the best paper presented at the annual meeting by a young scholar. To qualify for the prize, the presenter of the paper as well as all co-authors must be under 30 years of age as of December 31, 2025. The Wicksell Prize is sponsored by the European Journal of Political Economy.

Conference Website

Submission

Please submit your full paper via

Deadline for submission is November 30, 2025.

Decisions will be sent by the beginning of January 2026.

NEW: The European Journal of Political Economy offers a registration fee waiver for a limited number of young (under 35 years) participants from low-income countries.[1] Eligible candidates can apply for this support during the submission process.

[1] Countries not considered advanced economies according to IMF: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2023/April/groups-and-aggregates

Local Organizer

Joaquin Artes (Complutense University in Madrid, Spain )

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The 2025 Meeting of the EPCS was held at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia on 3-5 April. Conference organizers: Nicolas Gavoille.

  • Conference program
  • 199 participants took part in parallel sessions
  • Keynotes by Raphaël Franck (University of Stuttgart) and  Beata Javorcik (Oxford University)
  • Election of three new Board Members: Ekaterina Borisova (Lille University), Niklas Potrafke (University of Munich & Ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy),  Janne Tukiainen (University of Turku)
  • An official amendment to the by-laws of the society was adopted, following its presentation last year in Vienna
  • Wicksell prize winner: Abelardo De Anda Casas (Oxford University) for his paper “Poverty and Low Human Capital: The Legacy of African Slavery in Venezuela and the Deep Historical Roots of Chavismo“
  • Conference of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS) 2025 held at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, April 3-5, 2025. Pictures: Didzis Grodzs.