CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2012 International Forum on Modern Statistics and Econometrics

July 13 and 14, 2012

Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen University, China

School of Economics, Xiamen University, China

The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Econometrics, Xiamen University, China

The Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Statistical Sciences, Xiamen University, China

We are happy to announce that the second International Forum on Modern Econometrics and Statistics, organized by the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen (Amoy) University, China, will be held on July 13 and 14, 2012 at Xiamen University. Xiamen University is located in the beautiful island of Xiamen in Southeast China, also known as “Garden over the Sea.” The forum will consist of a new series of workshop or conferences focusing on new developments of modern statistical and econometric theory and methodology as well as their applications, in particular in economics and finance. The purpose of this forum is to promote methodological and theoretical research in modern statistics and econometrics in China and build a bridge for the Chinese colleagues to exchange their research with international well known scholars. This forum is jointly with School of Economics, Xiamen University, The Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Econometrics, Xiamen University, China, and The Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Statistical Sciences, Xiamen University, China.

Confirmed speakers include:

· Anil K. Bera, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign，USA, abera@illinois.edu

· Tony Cai, University of Pennsylvania, USA, tcai@wharton.upenn.edu

· Zongwu Cai, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA & Xiamen University, China, zcai@uncc.edu

· Carlo A. Favero, Bocconi University, Italy, carlo.favero@uni-bocconi.it

· Jiti Gao, Monash University, Australia, jiti.gao@gmail.com

· Jerry Hausman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, jhausman@mit.edu

· Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University, USA & Xiamen University, China, yhong.cornell@gmail.com

· Cheng Hsiao, University of Southern California, USA & Xiamen University, China, chsiao@usc.edu

· Chung-Ming Kuan, National Taiwan University, ckuanmetrics@gmail.com

· Runze Li, Pennsylvania State University, USA, rli@stat.psu.edu

· Liang Peng, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, peng@math.gatech.edu

The program committee invites high quality papers on related fields in modern statistics, econometrics and applied econometrics. To be considered for forum presentation, a PDF or a WORD file of the full paper should be submitted to our conference website http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/ECON-STAT2012, or e-mail to our conference e-mail address wise.econ.stat2012@gmail.com before May 31, 2012. The title page of paper should include the information of the presenter (full name, affiliation, email address, phone number and fax number), up to three JEL or IMS classifications, and up to six keywords. The decision of acceptance will be made no later than June 15, 2012. We particularly welcome submissions from those who are going to participate into the WISE 2012 Summer Schools on Econometrics and on Modern Statistics.

Program Committee:

· Zongwu Cai (Chair), University of North Carolina at Charlotte & Xiamen University, zcai@uncc.edu

· Haiqiang Chen, Xiamen University, hqchen2009@gmail.com

· Ying Fang, Xiamen University, yifst1@gmail.com

· Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University & Xiamen University, yhong.cornell@gmail.com

· Ming Lin, Xiamen University, ming.lin50@gmail.com

· Can Yang, Xiamen University, yc1957@sina.com

Updated information can be found at the website http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/ECON-STAT2012. Inquiries should be directed to our local organizers Dr. Ming Lin (Email: ming.lin50@gmail.com, Tel.: +86(0)592-2188720) or Dr. Haiqiang Chen (Email: hqchen2009@gmail.com, Tel.: +86(0)592-2180219) for academic affairs and Ms. Weiping Bao (Email: wpbao.wise@gmail.com, Tel: +86(0)592-2181269) for other information.

Xiamen University was founded in 1921 by Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, a well-known Oversea Chinese leader who lived in Singapore most of his lifetime. This is the first Chinese university founded by an oversea Chinese. It is located in the resort-like island of Xiamen in Southeast China, with convenient direct flights to major cities in Asia, such as Beijing (2.5 hours), Guangzhou (1 hour), Hong Kong (1 hour), Seoul (3.5 hours), Shanghai (1.5 hours), Shenzhen (1 hour), Singapore (4 hours), and Osaka (3.5 hours). Thanks to the contribution and influence of the late president, Professor Wang Yanan, who was also a prominent economist in China and the Chinese translator of Karl Marx’s On Capital, Economics in Xiamen University has been among the very top programs in China, with currently 5 state-rated key fields -- Accounting, Finance, Political Economics, Public Economics, and Social Statistics.

The Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics was established in 2005 and her main mission is to focus on high-quality graduate training, frontier research in modern economics, finance and statistics, and intensive international academic exchanges and cooperation. The MOE Key Lab for Econometrics and the Fujian Provincial Key Lab of Statistical Sciences were granted and set up in 2009 and 2010, respectively by the Chinese Ministry of Education and Fujian Province.