TO:	U.S. participants, Inter-American Seminar on Economics

FROM:	Rob Shannon; Assistant Director, Conferences

DATE:	October 18, 2004

RE:	Logistics for the Seminar

On behalf of Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel and Graciela Marquez, I would like to formally invite you to attend the Inter-American Seminar on Economics. The seminar is sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research and El Colegio de Mexico. It will take place on December 3 and 4 at El Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico and will begin with a cocktail reception and dinner at 7:00 pm on Thursday, December 2. The preliminary program can be found at

The NBER will reimburse your travel expenses in accordance with our travel regulations (http://www.nber.org/~confer/2000/travelreg.html). Hotel reservations will be made at the Sheraton Centro Historico Hotel, Avenida Juárez 70, Colonia Centro, Mexico City, Mexico, Tel: (52)(55) 51305300, Fax: (52)(55) 51305255. I will make your hotel reservations for you. El Colegio de Mexico will cover your meals, domestic travel and hotel room and tax charges for up to two nights. If you wish to stay additional nights the rate is $130.00 plus tax per night.

Further information about the hotel can be found at http://www.sheratonmexico.com.

Please reply via email through the Conference Department's web reply form at <<replyurl>>. Please reply no later than November 3, 2004.

Participants will be picked up at the airport. Please be sure to provide me with your flight information.

AUTHORS: PAPERS ARE DUE AT THE NBER BY NOVEMBER 10, 2004 Please send a copy of your paper to my attention at the NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138. You can also send it electronically to confer@nber.org in either Word, WordPerfect or .pdf formats. Please note whether or not you would like your paper posted on the NBER's Conference Department homepage.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 617/868-3900, fax: 617/864-1825, or e-mail: rshannon@nber.org.