Call for Papers

The Third China Meeting of the Econometric Society

June 25-27, 2016

RIEM, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

       We are pleased to announce that the third China Meeting of the Econometric Society, organized jointly by the Econometric Society and the Research Institute of Economics and Management, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), will be held on June 25-27, 2016 at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China.

The objective of the China Meeting of the Econometric Society is to promote academic exchanges between scholars in the Greater China region and the West. The inaugural meeting was held in Peking University in 2013 and the second meeting was in Xiamen University in 2014.

Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province and a major metropolis in China, offers a unique cultural environment. Chengdu has been known as the “Country of Heavens” since more than 2,000 years ago, and now is the fifth-most populous city in China. Chengdu is also an officially-recognised UNESCO city of Gastronomy and the home of the giant panda.

The Research Institute of Economics and Management (RIEM) at SWUFE was established in 2006. Now RIEM has more than 100 graduate students and 45 faculty members holding doctoral degrees from well-established universities all over the world. Dedicated to high-quality research and teaching in Economics, Finance, and Management, RIEM’s goal is becoming an internationally-acknowledged academic center and a leading Chinese think tank.

The China Meeting of the Econometric Society welcomes submissions in all areas of economics. For those who are interested in presenting a paper in the meeting, please submit the full paper in English to the following e-mail: submission@swufe.edu.cn. The paper may contain a 200-300 words abstract, keywords, as well as 3-5 JEL codes. Paper submissions open in December 20, 2015, and close in March 15, 2016. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by April 1. Following the tradition of the two previously successful meetings, some sessions may be allowed to present in Chinese. Please indicate in your submission if you prefer to present in Chinese. At least one author of each submitted paper needs to be a member of the Econometric Society or must join prior to submission by visiting http://www.econometricsociety.org.

Registration will open after March 15. There is a registration fee of 300 USD for international participants and 1200 RMB for those whose primary affiliation is with a domestic Chinese institute. The registration fee for students is 200 USD for those from foreign institutions and 800 RMB for those from a domestic institution. There is no additional charge for lunches and dinners

during the conference. Tea breaks will also be provided. You are responsible for all other expenses, e.g., hotel, transportation, etc., that you may incur with attending this conference. There is a late fee charge of 350RMB (50USD) for the onsite registration.

For any inquiry about the meeting, please feel free to contact the Local Organizing Committee by sending an e-mail to cmes2016@swufe.edu.cn. More information will be available from the website http://riem.swufe.edu.cn/cmes2016/