CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2013 International Symposium on Analysis of Panel Data

June 8 and 9, 2013

Natural Science Foundation of China

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

Schoolof 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 International Symposium on Analysis of Panel Data, financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Project “Panel Data Modeling: Theories and Applications”) and organized by the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), Xiamen (Amoy) University, China, will be held on June 8 and 9, 2013 at Xiamen University. Xiamen University is located in the beautiful island of Xiamen in Southeast China, also known as “Garden over the Sea.” The symposium will consist of a new series of workshops or conferences focusing on new developments of modern panel data analysis theory and methodology as well as their applications, in particular in economics and finance. The purpose of this symposium is to promote methodological and theoretical research in analysis of panel data in China and build a bridge for the Chinese colleagues to exchange their research with internationally well known scholars. This symposium 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:

• Zongwu Cai, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Jiti Gao, Monash University
• Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University & Xiamen University
• Cheng Hsiao, University of Southern California & Xiamen University
• Qi Li, Texas A&M University & Beijing Capital University of Finance and Economics,
• Liangjun Su, SingaporeManagement University
• Tongsan Wang, China Academy of Social Science
• Shaoping Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
• Zhijie Xiao, Boston College
• Xiaotong Zhang, Nankai University
• Xueyan Zhao, Monash University
• Yong Zhou, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
• Pingfang Zhu, Shanghai Academy of Social Science
  

The program committee invites high quality papers on related fields in analysis of panel data as well as their applications. Proposals for the organization of Special Sessions on specific topics (including special applications to Chinese economy) are also welcome. To be considered for forum presentation, a PDF or a WORD file of the full paper should be submitted to our conference website http://wise.xmu.edu.cn/Meetings/panel2013/，or send an e-mail to our conference e-mail address wise.panel2013@gmail.combefore April 15, 2013. 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 April 30, 2013.

Program Committee:

• Zongwu Cai, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, zongwucai@gmail.com

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

• Ying Fang (Chair), Xiamen University, yifst1@gmail.com

• Yongmiao Hong, Cornell University & Xiamen University

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

Updated information can be found at the website http://wise.xmu.edu.cn/Meetings/panel2013/. 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. Hong Zhang (Email: hzhang.wise@gmail.com, Tel: +86(0)592-2187878) for other information.

XiamenUniversity 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 Economic 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.