This year, only one paper per author will be accepted for presentation. Coauthors, however, may present additional papers.
 

Abstracts must be submitted as a .pdf file and follow the format below:

Title
Author Name(s)
Affiliation(s)
Address
Phone
Fax
Email

Category (one or, at most, two of the following):

Abstract (300 word maximum)

Send to:

pubchsoc@gmu.edu (subj: PCS Proposal Submission) or

Jo Ann S. Burgess
Public Choice Society Secretariat
Center for Study of Public Choice
Buchanan House—MSN 1E6
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA  22030-4444

Registration is a two-part process.  Please fill out the online registration form.  When the form is completed and you have reviewed the information, submit the form online.  Please also print a copy of the confirmation page and mail it in with your payment.  Keep a copy of the confirmation page for your records.

Your acceptance of the details on the confirmation page will generate an e-mail to the secretariat and another to you.

The link to the online registration page is at the foot of this page, below the instructions.
 

Registration fees are non-refundable. The business luncheon and reception are now included in the registration fees. No-shows will be billed.

Payment is by check, cash or bank transfer; credit cards are not accepted. The Society cannot afford the set-up, maintenance, and charge-per-transaction costs of credit card transactions.

See below for special information for international participants.
 

We are working to overcome some of the difficulties encountered in the past with hotel reservations and registration and other fees for international participants.

Hotel reservations:

The hotel is setting up a special e-mail, fax and point-of-contact for international participants.  These will be posted here as soon as they are available. book online now

Registration and other fees:

There is no perfect solution to the problem of payment of fees using different currencies; however, there are several options available. As in past years, in order to avoid late fees you must register before the early registration deadline (January 15) and notify the PCS secretariat that you plan to use one of the following options. (No notification is necessary if you send a check, money order, or bank draft in U.S. currency, but the amount must match the appropriate item[s] in the fee schedule.) Please note the additional charges for wire transfers.

• Check, money order, or bank draft for U.S. dollars mailed to the PCS Secretariat.
   
• Bank wire transfer—PCS bank routing information supplied upon request. Include the following additional amounts in your calculations: $15 U.S. bank fee per transfer and whatever fees originating bank charges. (The $15 to go to the PCS; remaining fee to originating bank.)
   
• Cash paid at registration in New Orleans. No late fees are accrued if arrangements are made before the early registration deadline. Late fees will apply, however, if the request to pay in cash in New Orleans is made after January 15.

Participants are strongly urged to use the conference hotel. It is important to make your reservations early and identify yourself as a participant in the Public Choice Society Meetings in order to take advantage of the established group rate.

We urge all attendees to schedule arrival and departure times so that all sessions will be well-attended. Your colleagues deserve no less.

At the present time, the hotel room rate is improperly listed at $169 per night--the correct rate is $159 per night. An adjustment is expected to be made soon. In the meantime, please continue to register. We shall post a note to the website when the error has been corrected.

If you are planning to stay additional days in New Orleans, please make those reservations separately--the conference room rate should still apply.

The contract rate for a single/double is $159 plus tax and hotel fee. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly or by email or fax. Additional hotel information for North American participants is listed below. Slightly different arrangements have been made for international participants; see that section for details.  book online now

The cutoff date for conference-rate reservations is February 28, 2006. After that, rooms will be on a space-available basis and at prevailing daily rates.

InterContinental New Orleans
444 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
UNITED STATES

Tel: 1-504-525-5566
Toll free: 1-800-445-6563
Fax: 1-504-523-7310
Email: neworleans@interconti.com
Web: http://new-orleans.intercontinental.com/

If you would like to extend your stay in New Orleans either before or after the conference, the InterContinental will allow PCS conference participants to include additional days in the hotel at the conference rate. Make sure you inform the hotel at the time you make your reservation and email the PCS Secretariat as well.
 

A highlight of the 2006 Meeting will be a plenary roundtable on developing the intellectual and social history of public choice and its allied fields. It will include distinguished participants who will discuss how best to tell the exciting “story” of public choice to different audiences, at different levels, so its impact can be better understood and appreciated.
 

Overhead projectors will be available for all sessions; we strongly encourage presenters to use this format. LCD projectors are very expensive and beyond the resources of the Society. (You may, of course, bring your own projector, but the Society will not be responsible for personal equipment.)
 

All papers accepted for presentation at the annual meeting will be posted on the PCS website. Because this represents a form of publication that is often overlooked, the following paragraph has been added to the registration form.

The Public Choice Society has my permission to post my conference paper to the PCS website. In the event space becomes available to post archived as well as current conference papers, it will be my responsibility to inform the Society if my paper(s) has/have been accepted for publication elsewhere, and I will acknowledge the conference in which the paper(s) was/were presented.

Submission of the registration form is acknowledgment that you have read the agreement and consent to your paper being posted.
 

Membership is not a requirement for conference participation. This year we are establishing a permanent membership registry, something we have not had in the past. The annual dues are modest: $30 for professors and $15 for students. If you have not already done so, there is a membership form you can complete at any time.

Membership and payment of your annual dues entitles you to voting in election years, a reduction in the registration fee, and the one-year posting on this website of recent or soon-to-be published Books by Members. (For the last item, please contact your publisher for permission and have them write to the PCS Secretariat at pubchsoc@gmu.edu with details.) Finally, new members will receive the official pin of the Society in their meeting registration packet.
 

Members only. Earlier we asked everyone to become a member of the Public Choice Society for the coming year by paying a nominal fee of $30 ($15 for students) in order to qualify for a reduced registration fee for the 2006 Meeting; to vote for the next president of the PCS; and to receive benefits explained in the previous section. If you have not already done so, please sign up now. Every paid-up member will be eligible to vote for the election of the president for 2006–2008.
 

The Society very much welcomes tax-deductible donations in any amount. These include either untargeted funds for the general support of the Society or targeted funds for the support of specific activities. In the case of the latter, please contact steven.brams@nyu.edu to discuss initiatives you would like the Society undertake as well as possible sources of funding (e.g., foundations) for this purpose. There is an online form to facilitate your donation. »