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2026 Conference on Mechanism and Institution Design

Our 2026 Conference on Mechanism and Institution Design will take place between June 22-26, 2026, at York, UK. The conference will be organized by Yuan Ju, Paul Schweinzer, and Zaifu Yang and will be hosted as in-person meeting by the University of York, Department of Economics and Related Studies.

The conference welcomes paper submissions from many different fields such as economics, business, finance, politics, computer science, operations research, law, history relevant to mechanism or institution design in a broad sense, regardless of whether contributions are theoretical, empirical, experimental, historical or practical. Subjects include but are not limited to auctions, matching, school choice, college admission, organ exchange, decentralised markets, random market mechanisms, voting, social choice, taxation, tax reform, coalition formation, price formation, ranking and scoring, measurements of power and influence, contest, fair division, contract, bargaining, negotiation, market design implementation, pricing on electricity, pricing on public utilities, pricing on cloud computing services, online allocation mechanisms, online auctions, market design experiments, public goods experiments, behavioural mechanism design, information and incentive, digital sport market for labour, market design in transportation sector, institution and organisation, health care, health policy, health insurance, pension scheme, fiscal policy, monetary policy, growth and development, performance evaluation, arbitration, patent design, governance, refugee assignment, robust mechanism design, matching in dynamic environments, rationality and irrationality in market design, etc.

York is a beautiful historical city with a rich heritage and a wealth of attractions being one of the most popular tourist destinations in the UK. We would like to advise you to make a hotel reservation as soon as possible if you wish to attend the conference, in order to avoid a shortage of affordable accommodation.

• The CMID26 keynote speakers are:

• Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University
• Yan Chen, University of Michigan
• Matthew Jackson, Stanford University
• Olivier Tercieux, Paris School of Economics.

• Important Dates:

• Paper Submission Opens: 01-Oct-2025

• Paper Submission Deadline: 01-March-2026

• Notice of Accepted Papers : 01-Mar-2026 until 10-Apr-2026

• Registration Opens: 01-Apr-2026

• Early Registration Deadline: 01-Jun-2026

• Registration Deadline: 15-Jun-2026.

• Conference Fees:

Fees include a gala dinner, 3 lunches, drinks, and the membership of the Society for the Promotion of Mechanism and Institution Design.
• Before 01-May-2026 Early registration fee: £300 (GBP); students £200 (GBP)

• From 01-May--01-Jun-2026 Regular registration fee: £380 (GBP); students £280 (GBP)

• After 01-Jun-2026 Late registration fee: £480 (GBP); students £380 (GBP)

• Spouse registration:  £100 (GBP); fees include a gala dinner and all social events.

• Paper Submission:

• We will accept paper submissions from October, 1st, 2025 through March, 1st, 2026.

• Each individual is allowed one paper submission.

• Papers should be submitted in PDF with a cover letter to cmid2026@gmail.com.

• Student authorship should be declared.

Further information will be made available as soon as the planning process converges.