QME Conference 2026

Quantitative Marketing and Economics (QME) invites you to save the date for the 24th annual conference, co-sponsored by Chicago Booth Kilts Center for Marketing and hosted by WashU Olin.

Date: Thursday, August 27 and Friday, August 28, 2026
Location: WashU Olin (St. Louis, MO). A virtual option will be offered.

The conference seeks papers dealing with empirical and theoretical issues in marketing and economics. Submissions will be evaluated by the Conference Committee.

Please submit your paper in PDF format to qme2026.hotcrp.com by the submission deadline of May 15, 2026.

Important Dates

May 15: Paper submission deadline
Mid July: Paper acceptance notification
August 10: Conference registration deadline

Conference Committee

Raphael Thomadsen (WashU) Co-Chair	Yufeng Huang (Rochester)
Song Yao (WashU) Co-Chair	Zhenling Jiang (Wharton)
Pedro Gardete (Nova)	Andreas Kraft (Chicago Booth)
Soheil Ghili (Yale)	Sarah Moshary (UC-Berkeley)
Wes Hartmann (Stanford)	Robbie Evan Sanders (UCSD)
Sylvia Hristakeva (Cornell)

Email Flora Alvarado to ask questions.

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