Call for Papers: The Second Annual Xiamen University
International Workshop on Economic Analysis of Institutions
May 17-18, 2014
Xiamen, China
Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE)
and Department of Economics, School of Economics at Xiamen University
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the Second Annual International Workshop on Economic Analysis of Institutions at Xiamen University. We welcome submissions of research papers that adopt the economic approach in analyzing the role of institutions in economic, political, and social development. Institutions are broadly defined here to include both formal arrangements such as the legal system, the government, and their respective rules, as well as informal behavioral patterns including customs and other cultural values. Scholars from disciplines such as economics, history, political science, anthropology, and sociology are encouraged to submit their work. Topics will include the economic analysis of law, regulation, institutions and economic growth, transition economics, and economic history.
It is our honor to have the following distinguished keynote speakers this year:
Hartmut Egger (University of Bayreuth)
Price Fishback (University of Arizona)
David Friedman (Santa Clara University)
Sebastian Galiani (University of Maryland)
Peter Murrel (University of Maryland)
John Wallis (University of Maryland)
Colin Lixin Xu (World Bank)
PAPER SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION
The submission deadline is March 15, 2014. Decisions of acceptance will be announced by April 5, 2014.
The registration fee is 900 RMB (or 150 USD), but will be waived for students. Meals will be provided during the course of the workshop, but the participants are expected to cover travel and hotel expenses. The registration deadline is April 12, 2014.
FURTHER INFORMATION
The annual International Workshop on Economic Analysis of Institutions is part of the effort by WISE and SOE at Xiamen University to establish a leading research center in institutional economics in the Asia Pacific region.
The economics disciplines in Xiamen University were first established in 1921 and have a long tradition of excellence in teaching and research, with a focus on the role of institutions in economic and social development. Mr. Wang Yanan, the former President of Xiamen University for 19 years and the renowned economist who translated Adam Smith's Wealth of the Nation and Karl Marx's Das Kapital into Chinese, guided the rapid development of economics disciplines in XMU since 1949.
In May of 1982, China's State Education Ministry approved the elevation of the Department of Economics to the School of Economics, making it the first school of economics established among top universities in mainland China since 1980. In 2005, the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) was founded, as a recent effort by Xiamen University to build a first class modern economics research institute and to facilitate international research and academic exchanges. Currently, SOE and WISE are working close together to promote Xiamen University as one of the major centers for economic research and education in Asia Pacific. For more information about WISE and SOE, please see: http://wise.xmu.edu.cn/english/index.asp,
and http://se.xmu.edu.cn/English/default.aspx.
Located in Southeast China with convenient direct flights to many major cities in Asia, Xiamen is famous for its resort like atmosphere and has a reputation as the cleanest and most livable Chinese city. Interesting places near Xiamen include the UNESCO World Heritage Hakka Earth Buildings, Gulangyu (Piano Island) and Wuyi Mountain. For more information on the city of Xiamen, please go to: http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/home.php
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Xiaojia Bao (WISE, Xiamen University)
Jianhua Jiao (SOE, Xiamen University)
Mouhua Liao (WISE, Xiamen University)
Yanan Liu (SOE, Xiamen University)
Cheryl Long, Chair (WISE&SOE, Xiamen University)
Lei Meng (WISE, Xiamen University)
Luhang Wang (WISE&SOE, Xiamen University)
Ning Wang (RCI and Zhejiang University)
Helen Yang (SOE&WISE, Xiamen University)
Xiliang Zhao (SOE, Xiamen University)
